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sandy loam and the Keyport fine sandy loam, the former type lead- 

 ing in total acreage and in percentage of acreage for the section. 

 This fact accords well with the general observations with respect to 

 potato production in the Norfolk district. The Norfolk fine sandy 

 loam, both because of its greater extent and of its peculiar suitability 

 of texture and drainage, is the most important Irish potato soil in 

 the district. 



With regard to cabbage production, both the Sassafras fine sandy 

 loam and the Norfolk fine sandy loam fall somewhat behind the aver- 

 age for the areas mapped; the area upon the Keyport fine sandy loam 

 is decidedly larger than the general average, and that upon the Suffolk 

 fine sandy loam is somewhat above the general average. 



The proportionate area in snap beans is higher on the Norfolk fine 

 sandy loam than on any other type. 



Cucumbers are somewhat concentrated upon - the Sassafras and 

 Keyport fine sandy loams, the former leading. 



Strawberries are chiefly encountered on the Norfolk fine sandy 

 loam, while garden peas are grown chiefly as an interplanted crop 

 with cucumbers on the Sassafras fine sandy loam. 



SOIL AXD CROP ACREAGES FOR AUGUST. 



The soil and crop map showing conditions in the latter part of 

 August indicates a totally different distribution of cropping from that 

 recording conditions in June. In August the spring truck crops have 

 been harvested and marketed and their places taken either by forage 

 crops or by truck crops capable of making a full growth and of being 

 harvested during the winter months. 



The general farm crops cover, in August, 601.5 acres, or 55.6 per 

 cent of the total upland area. The truck crops, including strawber- 

 ries, which occupy the land during the year, covered but 333.8 acres, 

 or 30.8 per cent of the area. The area not occupied bj- annual crops 

 is slightly greater than in June, owing to the fact that certain fields 

 have not been replanted. 



The standards for the area are again established by the percentages 

 for "All soils." It appears that the soils which do not possess the 

 most complete natural drainage bear a somewhat high proportion of 

 forage crops, as in the case of the Keyport and Suffolk fine sandy 

 loams, which carry, respectively, 66.2 and 60.8 per cent of general 

 farm crops, while the Sassafras and Norfolk fine sandy loams carry but 

 40.2 and 55.1 per cent of their areas in such crops. The latter figure 

 is approximately the normal for the area, as would be expected from 

 the dominating extent of the type. 



Among the fall and winter truck crops the largest acreage is given 

 to kale in the Churchland area. It occupies a total area of 157 acres 

 or nearly one-half of the total in truck crops. The Sassafras and 



