156 Soilsof the Far West. 



loam extending to a depth of 6 feet or more. Generally occupies 

 sloping valley plains. Soil is derived from disintegration of red 

 sandstone rock. Well drained, free from alkali, and frequently 

 covered with hog-wallow mounds. Adapted to grain crops, and, 

 where hardpan is more than 3 feet from the surface, to fruits and 

 vineyards. 



1 2 :i 4 



Soil (9) 27 44 18 9 



Acres. 

 Fresno, Cal 74, 547 



Placentia sandy loam. — Sandy loam 3 feet in depth, underlain by 

 sandy adobe. Surface material is compact and grades into the 

 sandy adobe. High mesa land, valley lands, and high plains and 

 rolling hills; remnant of old flood plain subsequently modified l)y 

 wind action. Well drained and free from alkali. At present 

 adapted to citrus and other fruit when w^ater supply is available; 

 dry farmed, to wheat, barley, and black-eyed beans. 



12 3 4 



Soil (10) 14 38 34 13 



Subsoil (7) 12 40 33 14 



Acres. 



Lower Salinas Valley, Cal 74, 000 



Los Angeles, Cal 06, 048 



San Gabriel, Cal 48, 820 



Acres. 



Sati Jose, Cal 61,-568 



Santa Ana, Cal 16, 8.57 



Ventura, Cal 23. 880 



Santiago sandy loam. — Sandy loam 3 feet deep, underlain by 

 sand to bh feet, which is in turn underlain by sand and gravel. 

 Over a considerable area the gravel comes to the surface and in- 

 creases in size and amount in the lower depths. Lower delta 

 plains of the foothill streams in Orange County, Cal. Dry-farmed 

 to wheat and barley, and under irrigation at present adapted to 

 fruits of that locality. 



12 3 4 

 Subsoil (1) 12 51 27 7 



Acres. 

 Santa Ana, Cal 17.100 



Elsinore sandy loam. — Liglit-colored sandy l(»am 4 feet in depth, 

 underlain l)y (•()ar>e sand, grading into gravel. Low, level ]i)t>r- 

 tions of Sevier Valley, Utah. Derived from river-transjiorted ma- 



