BULLETIN 648, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
single crop, cotton. At the time this survey was made (1914) the 
boll weevil had not invaded Georgia, but since then the entire south- 
ern part of the State has become infested. Of this, more will be said 
in another place. 
The topography of the southern half of Brooks County is gently 
rolling to flat. Most of it has sufficient slope to provide good natural 
ALA. 
Fig. 1.- 
-Map of Georgia, showing, in black, location of area 
indicates Coastal Plain section. 
surveyed. Shaded area 
drainage, though considerable areas, particularly near the streams, 
are rendered swampy and of little value because of insufficient 
drainage. * 
The soil of this area is distinctly sandy, being mainly of the Nor- 
folk sandy loam and closely related types. It is a gray sand, under- 
laid at a depth of from 10 to 40 inches or more by a }^ellow subsoil of 
a heavier texture. The soil is quite uniform over the area covered by 
this survey and is fairly representative of the soils over a cousider- 
