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FIELD OPERATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF SOILS, 1916. 



The following table gives the name and actual and relative extent 

 of each soil mapped in the county: 



Areas of different soils. 



Soil. 



Miami silt loam 



Hilly phase 



Miami loam 



Muck 



Carrington silt loam 



Light phase 



Plainfleld fine sand 



Rolling phase 



Maumeesilty clay loam... 



Maiimee loam 



Maumce fine sandy loam. 

 Miami line sandy loam. . . 



Clyde silty clay loam 



Waukesha silt loam 



•Plainfleld fine sandy loam 

 Homer silt loam 



Acres. 



Per 



CCDt. 



16.4 



7.5 

 6.8 



6.4 



5.4 

 5.0 

 4.3 

 4.0 

 3.6 

 3.5 

 3.5 

 3.4 



Soil. 



Maumee loamy fine sand . . 



Griflln sili loam 



Light phase 



Crosby silt loam 



Newton silt loam 



Dunesand 



Newton loam 



Newton fine sandy loam. . . 



Swamp 



Waukesha loam 



Plainfield loam 



Lucas loam 



Lucas silt loam 



Waukesha fine sandy loam 



Total 



7,360 



5.632 

 832 

 5,824 

 5.632 

 5,376 

 5,312 

 5,120 

 4,736 

 4,480 

 4,288 

 4,224 

 3,008 

 2,432 



Per 



cent. 



2.8 



2.4 



2.2 

 2.1 

 2.0 

 2.0 

 L9 

 L8 

 L7 

 L6 

 1.6 

 1.1 

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MIAMI FINE SANDY LOAM. 



The soil of Miami fine sandy loam, to a depth of about 7 inches, 

 consists of light grayish brown loamy fine sand to fine sandy loam, 

 and from 7 to 12 inches a light yellowish brown fine sandy loam. 

 Below the average depth of 12 inches the material is a compact 

 fine sandy loam to loam or sandy clay loam, and the lower subsoil 

 or substratum ma}^ grade into moderately heavy till or into sandy 

 strata. Gravel and bowlders are scattered over the surface and 

 embedded in the soil. There is some reason to believe that much 

 of this t^'pe represents the remains of an ancient beach line of Lake 

 Michigan. There are local areas, as south of Sedley, where the 

 sandy surface material extends to a depth of 3 feet or more, and is 

 practically stone free. However, it has been so modified by erosion 

 and mixed with till, which often appears at the surface on knolls 

 and hillsides, that it is classed as a glacial soil. 



This type occupies a more or less continuous belt across the county 

 through Burdick and Sedley, and extends up Salt Creek valley to 

 Valparaiso and along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to Coburg. 



The topography ranges from steep gullied as on hillsides to fairly 

 level areas as on the lower slopes of the moraine. A few kameli]je 

 and eskerlike bodies are included with the type. 



Both surface drainage and underdrainage are good. Some steep 

 areas are subject to erosion. 



This type is not important in the general agriculture of Porter 

 County, and has not been hirgcly cultivated, because of its unfav- 



