SOILS OF SOUTHEEN JSTEW JEESEY AND THEIE USES. 



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but also in importance. This type practically fixes the form of 

 agriculture and the crop usages of the area represented. 



The absolute and relative extent of the different soils mapped in 

 the Freehold area is given in Table II. 



Table II. — Extent of different soil types. Freehold area. 



Soil type. 



Area 

 occu- 

 pied. 



Propor- 

 tion of 

 total oc- 

 cupied 

 area. 



Soil type. 



Ai'ea 

 occu- 

 pied. 



Propor- 

 tion of 

 total oc- 

 cupied 

 area. 



Sassafras loam. 



Acres. 



2,098.8 

 90.8 

 68.2 

 65.7 

 42.4 



Percent. 

 83.7 

 3.6 

 2.7 

 2.6 

 1.7 



Collington clay loam 



Acres. 

 15.3 

 14.1 

 111.8 



Per cent. 

 0.6 





Collington sandy loam 



.6 





4.5 



Colts Neck sandy loam 







2.507.1 









These soil types comprise the upland farming area and aggregate 

 2,507.1 acres of land occupied either for the production of crops, as 

 farm woodlot, or for the necessar}'^ sites of farm homesteads and farm 

 lanes. 



rsEs or SOILS. 



The interpretation of tjie agricultural uses of the soils of this area 

 is based upon : 



(1) The total acreage of each crop as it stood in August, 1914. 



(2) The percentage relationship of each crop area to the total area 

 of all farm crops as mapped. 



(3) The classification of all crops recorded into general farm crops, 

 including lima beans; truck crops, including Irish potatoes; fruit 

 crops, including all orchard, berry, and nursery crops, and the sup- 

 plementaiy areas of land not used for the production of any annual 

 crop, but occupied by gardens and' grounds, forested areas, and land 

 not in crops for various reasons. 



This classification gives an opportunity for the comparison of the 

 crop uses of each ty«pe with the standard as established for the area 

 by the percentages given for " all soils." For example, it will be seen 

 that the percentage of 'the total area of the Sassafras loam which is 

 given to potato growing is 42.4 per cent, while the percentage of all 

 soils in the area is 40.3 per cent in potatoes. This indicates that the 

 type is used somewhat more extensivel}" for potato growing than the 

 average, a matter to be expected, since a larger proportion of the 

 type is under cultivation than the average for the area. 



Table III summarizes this information : 



