SOILS OF SOUTHEEN" NEW JERSEY i^ND THEIR USES. 



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Immediately along the flooded areas the ground rises rather sharply 

 to a low terrace which extends interruptedly along the course of the 



Fig. 21. — Cultivating aod ridging up sweet potatoes on Sassafras coarse sandy loam 



near Swedesboro, N. J. 



stream. The frontal slope to tidewater areas is usually rather steep, 

 comprising a low cliff which is not included with the tilled upland 



Fig. 22. — Hauling sweet potatoes to Swedesboro, K. J., for shipment. The largest sweet 

 potato shipping point in southern New Jersey. 



but is chiefly wooded. Above this frontal slope the terrace rises 



