UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 1005 



Contribution from the .Bureau of Soils 

 MILTON WHITNEY, Chief 



Washington, D. C. ▼ April 24, 1922 



SOILS OF EASTERN VIRGINIA 



AND THEIR USES 



FOR TRUCK CROP PRODUCTION 



By 



J. A. BONSTEEL, Scientist in Soil Survey 



CONTENTS 



I Page 



Introduction 1 



The Norfolk Trucking District 2 



Churchland Area 9 



Diamond Springs Area 18 



Soil Preferences Expressed by Farmers 32 



General Conclusions 38 



The Eastern Shore Trucking District of Virginia 43 



Onley Area 48 



Soil Preferences Expressed by Farmers . *. 59 



Relationship Between Special Crops and Definite Soil Types . 64 



General Summary 68 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1922 



