MIAMI STONY. LOAM. 
The Miami stony loam: oceugies a level higher than 
that occupied by any of the other soils on the farm. It 
occurs as ridges hung upon the hill side. It is probable 
due to deposit from subglacial streams. 
The soil of the Miami stony loam is a dark yellow 
to light brown sandy loam six to ten inches in depth. 
The subsoil is out little lighter in color, and is of a sandy 
loam texture to a depth of about two and one half feet, 
where it changes to a silty loam. Cuttings by streams 
shows that the whole is underlain by shale or clay. Stones 
and gravel are present in large amounts, composing as they do 
from five to forty five ver cent of the soil mass. The 
stones are mostly of granite, gneiss, and sand stone, 
usually they are not very large, but many boulders of the 
size of a man's head do occur. Many shale fragments are 
also present. This type occurs as weil derined ridges 
extending up the hill side, the intervening spaces being 
occupied by the Volusia loan. The origin is glacial, and 
the peculiar distribution is due probably to deposit from 
streams under the glacier. In fact these ridges have in 
many respects the appearance of eskers. 
The soil is well drained, underdrainage is unnecessary. 
It is a warm soil, and of such a nature that it can be 
cultivated very soon after a rain. 
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