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THE SOILS OF CECIL COUNTY 



is always remarked, much to the detriment of this section of Mary- 

 land, as the impoverished condition of this formation is wrongly sup- 

 posed to be indicative of a much larger section of the State. 



The texture of a number of samples of the Susquehanna clay for- 

 mation is given in the following table : 



MECHANICAL ANALYSES OE SUSQUEHANNA CLAY. 









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4025 



Plum Point, 1% miles 

 NW. 



Stiff red clay, to 

 8 inches. 



4.15 



Tr. 



0.64 



0.27 



2.77 



12.86 ! 36.87 



42.26 



4028 



Leslie 



Stiff yellow clay, 

 4 to 36 inches. 



4.33 



0.78 



1.84 



1.76 



5.66 



11.43 39.61 



34.95 



40?a 



Plum Point, 1% miles 

 NW 



Stiff red clay 

 (road cut). 

 Red clay, 8 to 36 



4.28 

 4.78 







Tr. 



17.42 40.13 

 9.20 31.27 



36.20 







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.31 



2.00 





4026 



Subsoil of 4025 



51.39 







inches. 























