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BUU:.ETIX 1005, U. S. DEPAETMEIs^T OF AGRICULTURE. 
Sassafras loam and fine sandy loam are used for onion culture. Of 
the 15 growers reporting, 10 prefer a sandy loam soil, and 5 a loam 
soil. For the early spring crop this preference is believed to he well 
founded. 
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPECIAL CROPS AND DEFINITE SOIL TYPES. 
Table XIV summarizes the results of the surveys of the Churchland, 
Diamond Springs, and Onley areas for spring and summer crop 
conditions. 
Table XIV. — Proportion of total area and of the area of each soil type occupied by various 
crops and groups of crops: Churchland area, Va., June, 1916; Diamond Springs area, 
Va., June, 1916; Onley area, Va., July, 1916. 
Crop and group of crops. 
All soils. 
Sassafras 
coarse 
sandy 
loam. 
Sassafras ^^^afras 
Sassafras 
loam. 
Norfolk 
coarse 
sandy 
loam. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
General farm crops 
Corn 
455.6 
309.4 
61.2 
49.0 
15.1 
10.7 
7.0 
3.2 
2,400.0 
1, 135. 6 
394.7 
316.4 
9.6 
6.0 
1.3 
1.0 
.3 
.2 
.2 
.1 
50.4 
23.9 
8.3 
6.6 
5.5 
2.6 
1.5 
2.0 
40.0 
26.8 
7.6 
0.0 
.6 
.0 
29.1 
26.4 
2.7 
10.5 
9.5 
1.0 
91.0 
55.8 
24.2 
7.2 
11.8 
7.2 
8.2 
.9 
41.8 
30.3 
2.2 
12.1 
8.8 
2.5 
2.4 
13.5 
10.9 
2.6 
4.6 
3 7 
Hay and pasture 
Cowpeas 
.6 
-■is- 
'"2.'4" 
.9 
Wheat 
9.3 
2.7 
Oats 
1.4 
.2 
Sov beans 
1 
Sorghirm 
2.4 
436.8 
236.0 
13.2 
173.4 
.3 
56.4 
30.4 
1.7 
22.4 
Truck crops 
Potatoes 
Strawberries 
152.6 
12.7 
100.3 
8.0 
16.9 
10.0 
54.8 
4.5 
36.1 
2.9 
6.0 
3.6 
178.2. 
97.1 
6.2 
.51.8 
28.2 
1.8 
69.3 
4.8 
24.4 
5. 5 
22.7 
3.6 
. 5 
7.8 
31.1 
11.8 
16.7 
2.6 
67.3 
4.7 
23.7 
5.3 
22.0 
3.5 
.5 
7.6 
30.2 
11.5 
16.2 
2.5 
198.8 
63.2 
80.0 
1.8 
50.6 
1.5 
.4 
1.3 
78.8 
56.4 
10.2 
6.5 
5.7 
68.3 
21.7 
27.6 
.6 
Cabbage 
Beans 
260.8 
123.8 
70.2 
18.9 
12.3 
27.7 
16.0 
124.2 
45.6 
42.7 
35.2 
.7 
5.5 
3.6 
8.1 
4.6 
36.1 
13.3 
12.4 
10.3 
17.4 
5 
.1 
Another vegetables....! 98.5 
No annual crop 1, 903. 8 
Forest il,273.3 
Nocrop.'. 360.1 
Gardens and grounds 235. 3 
Orchard and vineyard.. 34.0 
S^^amp 1-1 
4.7 
96.5 
58.2 
21.8 
12.7 
3.8 
1.7 
34.7 
21.0 
7.8 
4.6 
1.3 
14.2 
246.2 
180.2 
7.8 
55.2 
3.0 
1.9 
31.8 
23.3 
1.0 
7.1 
.4 
.4 
27.1 
19.4 
3.5 
2.2 
2.0 
Grand total 
; 1 
4,759.4 
100.0 
278.2 
774.0 

344.2 
102.9 
291.1 
Crop and group of crops. 
Norfolk 
fine^andy 
loam. 
Norfolk 
loam. 
Norfolk 
silt loam. . 
Norfolk 
fine sand. 
Norfolk 
gravelly 
sandy Inani . 
Norfolk 
graveUy 
loam. 
Veres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
•^-.|4l 
General farm crops 
9.2 
2.8 
1.9 
.6 
57.4 
44.0 
4.0 
11.6 
8.9 
.8 
1.4 
4.1 
38.7 
32.8 
14.6 
Corn 
12.4 
Hay and pasture 
1.4 
4.1 
3.3 
1.2 
■VNTieat 
5.8 
3.6 
1.2 
.7 
■ 
Oats 
2.6 
1.0 
Sov beans 
6.4 
438.3 
1.3 
89.8 
61.2 
6.4 
67.2 
6.0 
41.1 
1.5 
14.0 
1.7 
.4 
2.5 
370.8 
200.3 
165.6 
3.1 
1.8 
13.6 
1.2 
8.3 
.3 
2.8 
.4 
.1 
. 5 
74.9 
40.4 
33.5 
.6 
.4 
6.4 
6.4 
68.8 
68.8 
3.9 
.2 
3.5 
11.2 
.6 
10.0 
95.2 
14.2 
18.1 
6.9 
6.6 
25.1 
5.1 
19.2 
130.1 
65.1 
41.9 
13.8 
9.3 
36.1 
Potatoes 
299.0 
5.4 
Strawberries 
31.2 
6.8 
Sweet potatoes 
2.6 
48.8 
J4.4 
11.8 
13.1 
40.8 
.8 
13.1 
26.9 
10.0 
7.0 
2.4 
2.8 
8.3 
.2 
2.6 
5.5 
.2 
.6 
2.5 
Beans 
9.5 
Cucumbers 
1.9 
M\ other vegetables 
7.4 
No annual crop 
Forest 
9.0 
100.0 
2.9 
31.2 
29.3 
25.5 
1.8 
.4 
1.6 
M.7 
73.7 
5.2 
1.1 
4.7 
49.3 
24.7 
Nocrop 
Gardens and grounds 
Orchard and vinevard. . 
9.0 
100.0 
.7 
2.2 
7.5 
23.7 
15.9 
5.2 
3.5 
Grand total 
488.3 
495.4 
i '■" 
9.3 
34.6 
264.0 
