SOILS OF EASTERN VIRGINIA. 



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Table II. — Proportion of total area and of the area of each soil type occupied by various 

 crops and groups of crops, Churchland area, June, 1916. 



Crop arid group of crops. 



General farm crops 



Soy beans 



Corn 



Truck crops 



Potatoes 



Cabbage 



Beans 



Cucumbers 



Cucumbers and peas 



Strawberries 



Strawberries and beans . . 



Beets 



Cauliflower 



Miscellaneous vegetables . 

 No annual crops 



Forest 



Gardens and grounds 



No crops 



Swamp 



All soils. 



Sassafras fine 

 sandy loam. 



Acres. 



7.0 



2.8 



942.1 



614.5 



142.7 



52.1 



15.1 



36.7 



45.6 



4.5 



15.6 



11.0 



4.3 



129.3 



44.5 



62.8 



20.9 



1.1 



Per 

 cent. 



0.9 

 .6 

 .3 



87.1 

 56.8 

 13.3 



4.8 



4.8 



4.6 



1.4 

 1.0 



.4 



12.0 



4.2 



5.8 



1.9 



.1 



Grand total 1,081.2 100.0 190.2 100.0 488.3 100.0 210.4 



Acres. 



154. 7 



91.1 



18.7 



2.1 



20.8 

 3.2 

 2.8 



10.5 

 2.8 

 2.7 



35.5 

 1.6 



27.9 

 6.0 



Per 

 cent. 



81.3 



47.9 



9.8 



1.1 



10.9 



3.1 



5.5 

 1.5 

 1.5 



18.7 

 .8 



14.7 

 3.1 



Norfolk fine 

 sandy loam. 



9.2 



6.4 



2.8 



438.3 



299.0 



48.8 



34.4 



.2 



11.6 



29.9 



1.3 



4.9 



7.3 



.9 



40.8 



.8 



26.9 



13.1 



Keyport fine 

 sandy loam. 



Per 



cent. 



1.9 

 1.3 

 .6 



89.8 



61.2 



10.0 



7.0 



1.0 

 1.5 



.2 

 8.3 



.2 

 5.5 

 2.6 



Acres. 



0.6 

 .6 



201.0 



123. 4 



48.3 



7.5 



11.2 



4.1 



5.6 



8.8 

 6.9 

 1.9 



Per 

 cent. 



0.3 

 .3 



95.5 

 58.6 

 23.0 

 3.6 



7.3 

 2.6 



4.2 

 3.3 



100.0 



Crop and group of crops. 



Suffolk fine 

 sandy loam. 



Portsmouth 

 loam. 



Norfolk fine 

 sand. 



Loamy sand. 



Acres. 



Per 



cent. 



Acres. 



Per 

 cent. 



Acres. 



Per 

 cent. 



Acres. 



Per 

 cent. 





107.5 

 71.8 

 20.6 

 6.2 

 3.7 

 .2 

 5.0 



73.7 



49.2 



14.1 



4.3 



9.9 



5.2 



2.4 



.4 



83.9 



44.1 



20.3 



3.4 



6.4 

 6.4 



68.8 

 68.8 



24.3 



17.6 



3.9 



1.5 



95.7 





69.3 





15.3 









5.9 













2.6 

 3.4 













Strawberries 



1.9 















ie. i 







.4 



.2 



.7 



1.1 



1.6 



Beets 









.8 



Miscellaneous vegetables 















2.8 



No annual crops 



38.3 



34.4 



2.8 



1.1 



26.3 



23.6 



2.0 



.7 



1.9 



.8 



16.1 

 6.8 



2.9 



31.2 



4.3 



Forest 







2.2 

 .7 



23.7 

 7.5 



1.1 



4.3 











Swamp 



1.1 



9.3 





















Grand total 



145.8 



100.0 



11.8 



100.0 



9.3 



100.0 



25.4 



100.0 







Rough, broken land, chiefly in forest, 69.4 acres. 

 Tidal marsh, 27.3 acres. 



