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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 



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Fig. 21.—Cultivating a 
nd 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, N. J., for shipment. The largest sweet 
potato shipping point in southern New Jersey. 
but is chiefly wooded. Above this frontal slope the terrace rises 
gently to altitudes between 40 and 50 feet above tide level. The 
~ 2 is 
