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BULLETIN 1005, U. S. DEPARTMENT 0¥ AGRICULTURE. 



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

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



Crop and group of crops. 



All soils. 



Acres. 



Per 

 cent. 



Sassafras fine 

 sandy loam. 



Acres. 



Per 



cent. 



Norfolk fine 

 sandy loam. 



Acres. 



Per 



cent. 



Keyport fine 

 sandy loam. 



Acres. 



Per 



cent. 



General farm crops 601. 5 



Hay i 312. 4 



Corn 163. 3 



Corn and soy beans 11. 7 



Corn and cowpeas 89. 



Cowpeas 22. 7 



Millet 2. 4 



Truck crops 333. 8 



Kale 157. 



Spinach \ 70. 8 



Potatoes 60. 3 



Strawberries I 40. 5 



Beans 3.2 



Sweet potatoes 2. 



No annual crop 146. 9 



Forest I 44. 5 



Gardens and grounds ! 58. 4 



No crop [ 42. 9 



Swamp ' 1.1 



55.6 



28.9 



15.1 



1.1 



8.2 



2.1 



.2 



30.8 



14.5 



6.5 



5.6 



3.7 



.3 



.2 



13.5 



4.1 



5.4 



3.9 



.1 



76.6 

 39.1 

 27.3 



40.2 

 20.5 

 14.3 



8.0 



2.2 



4.2 

 1.2 



270.4 



153. 1 



71.8 



1.1 



25.1 



19.3 



75.7 

 32.7 

 36.1 



39.7 

 17.2 

 18.9 



3.4 



170.4 

 84.1 

 26.0 

 36.5 

 22.9 



.4 

 38.2 



1.6 

 27.9 



8.7 



.2 

 20.0 



.8 

 14.6 

 4.6 



22.5 

 26.6 



Grand total 1,082. 2 



99.9 



55.1 



31.2 



14.6 



.2 



5.1 



3.9 



34.7 

 17.1 

 5.3 

 7.4 

 4.7 



138. 6 

 73.8 

 36.3 

 10.4 

 15.1 

 .6 



2.4 

 61.4 

 27.9 



7.4 

 17.3 



5.6 



3.2 



.2 

 10.2 



.2 

 4.6 

 5.4 



66.2 



35.3 



17.3 



5.0 



7.2 



.3 



1.1 



29.4 



13.3 



3.6 



8.3 



2.7 



1.5 



9.2 



6.9 



1.9 



.4 



4.4 

 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. 





88.6 

 37.8 

 17.3 



60.8 

 26.0 

 11.8 



7.9 

 2.1 

 3.4 



66.4 

 17.6 

 28.6 



4.7 



50.5 



14.7 

 6.5 

 3.5 



.2 

 4.3 



.2 

 9.1 

 3.7 



.6 

 3.7 



.4 



.7 

 1.1 



59.0 



Hav 1 



26.1 





3.7 



39.8 



14.1 





.8 





33.5 



23.0 



2.4 



20.2 



.6 

 .4 



6.4 

 4.3 



17.2 





.8 





15.1 



8.4 



.7 



2.8 



3.2 



10.4 

 5.7 

 . 5 

 2.0 

 2.2 



2.1 

 .2 



17.7 

 1.7 



36.6 









14.9 









2.4 













14.9 





1.9 



16.0 







1.6 









2.8 





42.0 

 34.4 



2.8 

 4.8 



28.8 

 23.6 

 2.0 

 3.2 



1.9 



.8 



16.0 

 6.7 



4.6 



49.5 



4.4 



Forest 







2.2 

 2.4 



23.7 



25.8 



1.1 



4.4 













1.1 



9.3 

















! 







145. 7 



100.0 



11.9 



100.1 



9.3 



100.0 



24.9 



100.0 







1 Volunteer hay, following a spring truck crop. 



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

 Tidal marsh, 27.3 acres. 



SOIL AND CROP ACREAGES FOR JUNE. 



The crop map for June indicates that a total area of 942.1 acres 

 or 87.1 per cent of the total area mapped is given to the growing of 

 truck crops. In fact only 9.8 acres, or less than 1 per cent of the 

 area, is in general farm crops. The remainder of the area, com- 

 prising 129.3 acres of upland, consists of land occupied for gardens 

 and grounds, 62.8 acres; ol forest, 44.5 acres; and of land not 

 cropped and land classed as swamp, 22 acres. 



