


UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Contribution from the Bureau of Soils 
MILTON WHITNEY, Chief 

Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER. October 24, 1918 

SOILS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND THEIR 
USES. 
By J. A. BoNSTEEL, Scientist in the Soil Survey. 
- CONTENTS. 
Page. | Comparison of detailed areas—Cont. Page. 
@haracter ofthe revione. 5.5. -5,.--2---22-25-- 1 Hartford and Thorofare areas contrasted 56 
General view of the soil-crop relations of Relation of soils to crop uses in the detailed 
SOULMOEMENG Wi CESO Vinee tee 22 eee sen 9 ALOAS Sh Sisters se Aa cece eiae Se ee eee ee 57 
Detailed soiland crop maps..-..-..-..------- 14 | Relationship between special crops and defi- 
Soil and crop survey of the mreohold area 16 nite soil types in the detailed areas........ anol 
Soil and crop survey of the Hartford area 25 | Soil preferences expressed by farmers-.......- 65 
Soiland crop survey ofthe Thorofarearea 34 | Comparison of expressed preferences with 
Soil and crop survey of the Swedesboro ESUITS/ONSUEMEY Stee pee ae eee eee 70 
PTOE ESA BE ae Sa aes a re eee A2n) Soilandicropiseosraphiyeesses see eeene eae 72 
- Comparison of detailed areas........-.-..---- 54 | Review of soil uses in southern New Jersey 
Freehold and Swedesboro areas con- by series, classes, and types of soils........ 72 
TAS HO ores See ae reg ea. ne Ste 5b wl CONCIUSHOM ye folac cae Hast sepia ete cca 76 
CHARACTER OF THE REGION. 
LOCATION. 
The southern part of the State of New Jersey, lying south of the 
line of the Pennsylvania Railroad between Trenton and New Bruns- 
wick and comprising about 4,400 square miles, is a compact area 
within which the climatic conditions, the agcessibility to great 
markets, the means of transportation to those markets, and the skill 
and industry of the agricultural population are sufficiently uniform 
to afford an unusual opportunity for the study of the influence of 
the character of the soil upon the production of farm crops. 
This region lies between the Atlantic Ocean and the Delaware 
River and Bay. Its southern extremity is in latitude 38° 55’ N. 
and its northern border extends to latitude 40° 30’ N. It includes 
all of the counties of Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, Camden, At- 
lantic, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, and Cape May, and the 
southeastern portions of Middlesex and Mercer, 
47659°—18—Bull. 677 —1 
