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Soil Survey of Porter County, Indiana. By T. M. Bushnell, of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, In Charge, and Wendell Barrett, 



of THE Indiana Department of Geology 5 



Description of the area 5 



Climate '9 



Agriculture 10 



Soils 17 



Miami fine sandy loam 20 



Miami loam 21 



Miami silt loam 22 



Crosby silt loam 24 



Carrington silt loam 25 



Clyde silty clay loam 26 



Waukesha fine sandy loam 27 



Waukesha loam 27 



Waukesha silt loam 28 



Plainfield fine sand 29 



Plainfield fine sandy loam 30 



Plainfield loam 31 



Lucas loam 32 



Lucas silt loam 33 



Maumee loamy fine sand 34 



Maumee fine sandy loam 35 



Maumee loam . ., 35 



Maumee silty clay loam 36 



Homer silt loam 37 



Kewton fine sandy loam 38 



Newton loam 39 



Newton silt loam 40 



Griffin silt loam 41 



Muck 42 



Swamp 43 



Dunesand 44 



Summary 44 



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