SOIL CLASSIFICATION 



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cane, fruit and small fruit, legumes for hay or cover crops, rice and nursery 

 stock. 



Silt Loam. — Cotton, tobacco, truck for canning, corn, small grains, 

 ha}^ and pasturage, tree and small fruits. 



Clay Loam. — Cotton, export tobacco, corn, small grains, very good 

 for grazing, fruit, rice, flax, hemp, etc. 



Clay. — Rice, sugar cane, export tobacco, forage crops, hay and fruit. 



Soil Adaptation of the Leading Crops of the South Central and South Atlantic 



Coast Region. 



Plains and Mountain Region. — Most of this region is semi-arid to 

 arid and used largely as pasture, but where transportation and water are 

 available, very good crops may be grown by the aid of irrigation. The 

 following is a summary of the leading crops adapted to soils of the Plains 

 and Mountain region: 



Sand. — Is the predominating soil and care must be taken to prevent 

 its drifting. It gives fair crops of truck, fruit, cotton, Kaffir, sorghum, 

 wheat, oats and hay. 



