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BULLETIN 141, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



thousands of acres of this excellent soil that await drainage and 

 occupation. 



CROP USES AND ADAPTATIONS. 



A general review of the crop adaptations of the different soils of 

 the Clyde series may be presented in tabular form. The materials 

 from which this tabulation is compiled comprise the results obtained 

 in 26 different soil surveys, located in 6 different States, and cover- 

 ing an aggregate area of more than a million and a quarter acres of 

 the different soils. Because of the" widespread distribution of the 

 areas and of the very different conditions of drainage and utilization 

 which are prevalent in these different areas, the tabulation is decid- 

 edly generalized, and may be taken to comprehend the chief crop 

 adaptations of each soil type, with local differences of climate and 

 of drainage, either natural or artificial, eliminated, or at least sub- 

 ordinated to a rank of minor importance. The instances considered 

 also comprehend considerable variations in market and transporta- 

 tion facilities, so that the general summary possesses the widest pos- 

 sible application. 



This table is to be understood to refer only to the agricultural 

 conditions as they exist at present in the region chiefly occupied by 

 the soils of this series. The table makes no prediction as to ultimate 

 crop adaptations when the soils of this series have become more gen- 

 erally and more thoroughly drained, or when a larger number of 

 different crops has been tried out and the unsuited crops discarded 

 for those which give the best economic results. 



Tabular summary of the crop adaptations of soils of the Clyde series. 



Soil type. 



Specific adaptations. 



Of prime importance. Of moderate importance. 



May be grown. 



Sand group: 

 Clyde sand . 



Clyde gravelly sand. 



Clyde fine sand 



Sandy loam group: 

 Clyde sandy loam . . 



Clyde stony sandy 



loam. 

 Clyde fine sandy 



loam. 

 Loam group : 



Clyde loam 



Clyde silt loam . 



Clay group: 



Clyde silty 



loam. 

 Clyde clay loam 



Clyde clay 



clay 



Corn, oats, hay, beans. 



Corn, oats, hay, sugar 



beets, beans. 

 Corn, oats, hay, sugar 



beets. 



Corn, hay, sugar beets. 



Corn, oats, hay, blue- 

 grass pasture. 



Corn, hay, sugar beets, 

 bluegrass pasture. 



Rye, beans, early Irish. 



potatoes, clover. 

 Rye, buckwheat, clover . . 

 Rye, Irish potatoes, clover 



Corn, oats, timothy and 



clover, beans. 

 Corn, oats, timothy and 



clover, beans. 

 Wheat, sugar beets 



Wheat, rye, barley, buck- 

 wheat. 



Pasturage, in poorly drain- 

 ed areas. 



Oats, barley, cabbage 



Cabbage, onions 



Wheat, oats 



Corn, oats, mixed hay. 



Corn, oats. 

 Corn, mi-red hay. 



Sugar beets, tomatoes, po- 

 tatoes, alfalfa. 



Sugar beets, wheat, oats, 

 apples. 



Cabbage, onions, chicory. 



Cabbage, alfalfa, 

 pears, quinces. 



Late potatoes, cauliflower. 



Late potatoes (small area 

 cleared and drained). 



Late potatoes, alfalfa on 

 tile-drained land. 



