
SOILS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND THEIR USES. NG 
Joam with associated areas of Elkton and Portsmouth types, while 
those of the eastern section include the Collington sand, sandy loam, » 
and fine sandy loam. 
Sassafras loam.—The Sassafras loam of the Hartford area does 
not differ materially from the same type as occurring in the Free- 
hold area, except that there is possibly a smaller admixture of 
greensand marl in the deeper subsoil and the coloration of the sub- 
soil is consequently a somewhat more reddish brown. The type oc- 
cupies undulating to gently rolling uplands at elevations ranging 
from 50 to 90 feet above tide level and natural drainage is well 
established. 
Sassafras sandy loam.—The Sassafras sandy loam differs slightly 
from the type as developed near Freehold, but is more nearly typical 
of the extensive areas found in other parts of southern New Jersey. 
The surface soil, near Hartford, to a depth of 10 or 12 inches, is a 
brown to dark-brown sandy loam. It is directly underlain by a 
pale-yellow sandy loam extending to a depth of 15 to 20 inches. This 
grades into reddish-yellow sandy clay. In the Hartford area a por- 
tion of the type occupying sloping ground contains an appreciable 
quantity of fine quartz gravel scattered through both soil and subsoil. 
The surface of the type ranges from nearly level to decidedly 
sloping. Surface and internal drainage is well established. 
Collington sand—The surface soil of the Collington sand is a 
hght-brown, medium to coarse sand, having a depth varying from 
12 to 18 inches. It is underlain by a reddish-yellow medium sand 
subsoil. A small amount of glauconite is found in the deeper por- 
tions of the subsoil. In the Hartford area the total depth of surface 
soil and subsoil amounts to 6 feet or more over the greater part of 
the type. 
The Collington sand occupies slopes and rolling, elevated positions. 
It is excessively drained and not well suited to agricultural uses. 
The greater part of its area is used to supply molding and builder’s 
sand and agriculture is not well developed. 
Collington sandy loam.—The Collington sandy loam in the vicinity 
of Hartford consists of the normal soil and a deep phase. The normal 
soil does not differ materially from the areas of the type as described 
for the Freehold area. The deep phase differs enough to warrant 
_ separate description. The soil is a yellowish, loamy sand. It is un- 
' derlain at a depth of 14 to 30 inches by a yellow to reddish-yellow, 
friable sandy clay, which becomes compact and slightly tinged with 
green at 30 to 36 inches below the surface. The type occurs on level 
uplands and is well drained. It consists practically of a gradation 
between the normal Collington sandy loam and the Collington sand. 
Collington fine sandy loam.—The surface soil of the Collington 
fine sandy loam, to a depth of about 12 inches, is a dark-brown fine 

