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good provision for forage crops for the work stock, and this is accom- 

 plished without interference with the main business of growing truck 

 crops for sale. 



With respect to their total area, the three line sandy loam types 

 lead in the production of the potato crop, the Sassafras sandy loam 

 is next in importance, and the Keyport sandy loam and Norfolk 

 coarse sandy loam are least important among the more extensive 

 soil types. 



It should be held in mind that both the Keyport and Suffolk fine 

 sandy loams have been provided with excellent systems of tile 

 underdrains within the section covered by the Churchland a,rea 

 survey, and that these figures represent the two types at their best 

 with regard to potato growing. This fact is of considerable impor- 

 tance, since there remain in the region very considerable areas of 

 each of these soils which are thus proved to be of a high degree of 

 usefulness for potato growing whenever proper drainage is installed. 



Table XV summarizes the potato acreage of the three areas ac- 

 cording to soil type. 



Table XV. — Acreage of potatoes, according to soil type, in the Churchland, Diamond 

 Springs, and Onley areas, combined. 



Soil type. 



Area 

 planted. 



Propor- 

 tion of 

 type oc- 

 cupied. 



Propor- 

 tion of 

 cropped 

 area of 

 the type. 



Acres. 



•Per cent. 



Per cent. 



299.0 



61.2 



66 8 



236.0 



30.4 



44.7 



128.0 



26.8 



32.2 



123.4 



58.6 



61.4 



71.8 



49.2 



66.8 



63.2 



21.7 



30.0 



Propor- 

 tion of 

 total 

 crop. 



Norfolk fine sandy loam.. . 



Sassafras sandy loam 



Keyport sandy loam 



Keyport fine sandy loam. . 

 Suffolk fine sandy loam. . . 

 Norfolk coarse sandy loam 



Per cent. 

 26.2 

 20.8 

 11.3 

 10.9 

 6.3 

 5.6 



Table XVI summarizes the data for strawberries. 



Table XVI. — Acreage of strawberries, according to soil type, in the Churchland, Diamond 

 Springs, and Onley areas, combined. 



Soil type. 



Sassafras coarse sandy loam 

 Norfolk coarse sandy loam . 



Norfolk loam 



Norfolk fine sandy loam 





Propor- 



Area 



tion of 



planted. 



type oc- 





cupied. 



Acres. 



Per cent. 



100.3 



36.1 



80.0 



27.6 



41.1 



8.3 



31.2 



6,4 



Propor- 

 tion of 

 cropped 

 area of 

 the type. 



Propor- 

 tion of 

 total 

 crop. 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



55.2 



25.4 



36.0 



20.3 



33.0 



10.4 



7.0 



7.9 



The two coarse sandy loams are clearly the preferred strawberry 

 soils, while the crop is scattering on the other types encountered. 

 It should be stated that strawberries are also grown extensively on 



