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Table IV. — Proportion of total area and of the area of each soil type occupied by various 
crops and groups of crops, Diamond Springs area, June, 1916. 
Crop and group of crops. 
All soils. 
Sassafras 
coarse sandy 
loam. 
Sassafras 
fine sandy 
loam. 
Sassafras 
loam. 
Norfolk 
coarse sandy 
loam. ' 
Norfolk 
loam. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
240.4 
14.8 
193.2 
12.6 
.8 
10.1 
.8 
.5 
.4 
35.5 
rio. 1 
6.2 
5.8 
3.8 
1.5 
1.0 
.5 
.5 
.4 
.4 
.3 
51.9 
30.2 
17.3 
2.9 
1.5 
29.1 
2.7 
26.4 
10.5 
1.0 
9.5 
41.8 
2.2 
30.3 
9.3 
27.1 
1.4 
19.7 
6.0 
2.5 
2.4 
13.5 
2.6 
10.9 
4.6 
.9 
3.7 
57.4 
4.0 
44.0 
5.8 
3.6 
ll.C) 
Hay and pasture 
Corn - 
.8 
8.9 
Wheat 
15.1 
1.2 
Oats 
9.3 
8.0 
674.7 
248. 3 
21.1 
16.8 
118.1 
111.1 
71.7 
28.8 
18.4 
10.2 
9.1 
8.0 
7.7 
5.4 
985.7 
573.4 
329.4 
55.3 
27.6 
i 
! 
2.5 
69.3 
(20.2 
a:. 
22.7 
4.8 
3.6 
5.5 
.5 
.2 
7.6 
2.4 
67.3 
I23. 7 
22.0 
4.7 
3.5 
5.3 
.5 
.2 
7.4 
Truck crops 
152.6 
p. 7 
16.4 
.2 
16.9 
12.7 
10.0 
8.0 
54.8 
36.1 
6.0 
4.5 
3.6 
2.9 
23.5 
.2 
'"."2' 
6.0 
10.2 
"6." 9' 
15.2 
1 '^ 
.1 
3.9 
6.6 
*4."5* 
198.8 
70.2 
9." 3 
50.6 
63.2 
1.5 
1.8 
.4 
68.3 
[27.6 
17.4 
21.7 
.5 
.6 
.1 
67.2 
40.4 
14." 6' 
6.0 
1.7 
1.5 
.4 
13.6 
Strawberries and pota- 
toes 
[ 8.3 
Strawberries and beans. 
Cabbage 
?.8 
Potatoes 
1.2 
Beans 
Sweet potatoes 
.4 
.3 
.1 
Tomatoes 
Radish 
4.7 
1.7 
1.3 
.4 
1.5 
.3 
Pumpkin and squash . . 
Miscellaneous truck 
crop 
1.0 
370.8 
200. 3 
165.6 
3.1 
1.8 
.2 
No annual crop 
Forest 
No crops 
Garden and grounds . . . 
Orchard and vineyard. . 
96.5 
58.2 
21.8 
12.7 
3.8 
34.7 
21.0 
7.8 
4.6 
1.3 
88.7 
44.0 
36.7 
7.3 
.7 
57.6 
28.6 
23.8 
4.7 
.5 
31.1 
11.8 
16.7 
2.6 
30.2 
11.5 
16.2 
2.5 
78.8 
56.4 
10.2 
6.5 
5.7 
27.1 
19.4 
3.5 
2.2 
2.0 
74.9 
40.4 
33.5 
.6 
.4 
Grand total 
- 
1, 900. 8 
100.0 
278.2 
100.0 
154.0 
99.9 
102.9 
99.9 
291.1 
100.0 
495.4 
100.1 
Crop and group of crops. 
Norfolk 
gravelly 
loam. 
Sufiolk Suffolk 
iJavSK Norfolk 
Swamp. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
cmt. ^^^^^• 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
! 
General farm crops 38. 7 
14 6 
12.8 
17.6 
.5 
12.6 
43.2 
1.5 
39.7 
22.1 
.8 
20.3 
1.4 
1.4 
4.1 
4.1 
Hay and pasture 
Corn 
32.8 
12.4 

Wheat 
Oats 
2.6 
3.3 
95.2 
|15.7 
i.o 
1.2 
36.1 
|e.3 
2.5 
5.4 
9.5 
2.6 
1.9 
3.5 
.6 
.2 
2.1 
.9 
49.3 
24.7 
15.9 
5.2 
3.5 
2.9 
.4 
30.1 
4.4 

T.'i 
3.1 
8.7 
3.5 
4.4 
.7 
4.0 
.5 
41.7 
6.1 
4.3 
4.3 
12.0 
4.8 
6.1 
1.0 
.2 
1.8 
34,1 
13.5 
.7 
3.8 
.9 
10.9 
1.6 
.7 
.1 
.9 
17.4 
7.3 
2.0 
.4 
5.6 
.8 
.3 
Cowpeas . . . 
"3.' 9" 
3.5 
.2 
.2 
"ii.*2' 
10.0 
.6 
.6 

Truck crops 

Strawberries and pota- 
Strawberries and beans. 
Cabbage 
6.6 
14.2 
25.1 
6.9 
5.1 
9.3 
1.5 
.5 
5.5 
2.4 
Potatoes 
Beans 
Sweet potatoes 
Cucumbers 
Tomatoes 
Cantaloupe 
Radish 
Pumpkin and squash . . 
1.5 
.7 
29.3 
14.2 
8.0 
3.1 
4.0 
2.1 
1.0 
40.7 
19.7 
11.1 
4.3 
5.6 
.7 
1.3 
117.6 
97.9 
13.2 
5.8 
.7 
.3 
.7 
60.3 
50.2 
6.8 
3.0 
.3 
Miscellaneous truck 
No annual crop 
Forest 
130. 1 
65.1 
29.3 
25.5 
1.8 
.4 
1.6 
84.7 
73.7 
5.2 
1.1 
4.7 
9.0 
100.0 
4.5 
'100.0 
No crops 
Garden and grounds. . . 
41.9 
13.8 
9.3 
9.0 
100.0 
4.5 
100.0 
Orchard and vineyard.. 

Grand total :. 
264.0 
100.0 
72.2 
100.0 
194.9 
99.8 
34.6 
100.0 
9.0 
100.0 
4.5 
100.0 
