58 BULLETIN 142, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
and in restricted localities by the production of special crops such as 
tobacco and tomatoes. A considerable part of the corn grown is sold, 
while all of the wheat is produced for cash sale. The balance of 
the corn, the greater part of £he oat crop, and nearly all the forage 
are fed upon the farm. In Ohio and Indiana the feeding operations 
consist chiefly of the fattening of cattle bought for this -purpose. 
Associated with the feeding of stock is the fattening of hogs raised 
on the farm. Many of the counties in western Ohio and central 
Indiana which are dominated by the Miami clay loam and the Miami 
silt loam, annually sell more than a million dollars worth of these 
two animal products. In fact, the chief form of animal industry 
consists of fattening beef cattle, the cattle being followed in the feed 
lot by hogs. Dairying is only developed in these counties to a limited 
extent where local markets or shipping facilities render it particu- 
larly profitable. In Michigan, however, the dairy industry rather ex- 
ceeds in importance the fattening of beef ca'ttle. Hogs are grown 
both on the dairy farms and with the beef cattle. In Wisconsin the 
type is found in the dairy section, and the growing of forage crops 
and the feeding of dairy cows are the chief industries. 
SUMMARY. 
A general consideration of the crop uses and adaptations of the 
soils of the Miami series indicates that the more gravelly and sandy 
soils of the series are relatively unimportant agriculturally be- 
cause of limited total extent, defective moisture-holding capacity, 
and a generally rougher topography. Yet some of these soils, par- 
ticularly the Miami fine sand and sandy loam, would constitute 
valuable special-crop soils if they were suitably located with respect 
to markets. 
The Miami fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, and clay loam com- 
prise by far the greatest area of the soils of this series, and they are 
well suited with respect to topography, drainage and moisture con- 
ditions, and climatic surroundings to the growing of the most im- 
portant staple crops of the temperate region. The Miami fine sandy 
loam is the coarsest textured soil of the series which is well suited 
to general farming. It is a fairly good soil for the production of 
corn, oats, and hay, and is well suited to the growing of beans and 
Irish potatoes. The occurrence of considerable areas of the type 
under special climatic conditions has encouraged its use for orchard- 
ing and the growing of grapes and small fruits. 
The Miami loam is an excellent general-purpose soil, and is ex- 
tensively used for the growing of corn, oats, and hay, with beans as 
the chief special crop. It is also suited to orcharding upon a domestic 
scale. Climatic conditions have favored the development of the dairy 
industry. 
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