SOILS OF EASTERN VIRGINIA. 



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

 various crops and groups of crops , Onleij, Va., September, 1916 — Continued. 



Crop and group of crops'. 



Elkton sandy 

 loam. 



Acres. 



Per cent. 



Elkton loam. 



Aeres. 



Per cent. 



Portsmouth sandy 

 loam. 



Acres. 



Per cent. 



General farm crops. ...... 



Hay and pasture. .... 



Corn.... 



Corn and cowpeas. . . . 



Cowpeas 



Sudan and cowpeas. . 

 Truck crops 



Potatoes 



S vveet potatoes 



Strawberries 



No annual crops 



Forest 



Gardens and grounds. 



No crop 



Orchard 



Grand total - 



73.3 



1.6 



36.2 



21.3 



14.0 



.2 



74.4 



18.0 



37.2 



19.2 



320.4 



276.0 



43.0 



15.7 

 .3 

 7.7 

 4.7 

 3.0 



2.2 



10.8 



'io.'s 



15.9 

 3.8 

 8.0 

 4.1 

 68.4 

 59.0 

 9.1 



8.8 

 1.0 

 6.0 

 1.8 

 9.4 

 6.4 



43.1 

 4.9 



29.4 

 8.8 



46.1 



31.4 



3.0 



14.7 



1.4 



.3 



468. 1 



20.4 



2.0 



.6 



1.4 



.6 

 31.8 

 34.8 



37.4 



6.4 

 1.6 

 3.8 



1.6 



93.0 

 93.0 



SOIL AND CROP ACREAGES FOR JULY. 



It will be noted from the tables that the absolute acreage of each 

 crop or other form of land occupation is given for the entire area and 

 for each soil type in detail. There is also shown the relative extent 

 of occupation in each case in the form of percentages of the entire 

 area or of the particular soil type. The percentage figures for the 

 entire area establish a basis for comparison for all soils of the locality. 

 It is thus possible to study any departures from the normal practice 

 and to compare the uses of any particular soil for the growing of in- 

 dividual crops or groups of crops. 



The July crop map shows a total area of 783.2 acres given to truck 

 crops, or 44.1 per cent of the entire area. Almost an exactly equal 

 area, 788.8 acres, or 44.3 per cent, is occupied by forest and home- 

 steads or is not cropped. The remainder, 205.4 acres, or only 11.6 

 per cent of the area, is used for the growing of forage crops or for pas- 

 ture. The most extensive single form of land occupation is that of 

 forest, which covers 655.4 acres, or 36.8 per cent of the area mapped. 

 The greater part of this forest land consists of the Elkton sandy loam 

 and Portsmouth sandy loam, the latter type being forested to 93.1 

 per cent of its extent. The Sassafras sandy loam has only 23.3 per 

 cent of its area in forest. Excluding the Elkton loam, a total area 

 of 20.4 acres, the other types are relatively cleared and occupied in a 

 degree closely comparable with their natural drainage conditions. 



The July table shows the relative importance of the different crops 

 grown. The area in Irish potatoes, amounting to 410 acres, con- 

 stitutes 23.1 per cent of the total area and 41.5 per cent of the area 

 in annual crops. Sweet potatoes occupy 287.6 acres or 16.2 per cent 

 of the surveyed area, or 29.1 per cent of the cropped area. Corn, 



