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sandy loam and the Keyport fine sandy loam, the former type lead- 
ing in total acreage and in percentage of acreage for the section. 
This fact accords well with the general observations with respect to 
potato production in the Norfolk district. The Norfolk fine sandy 
loam, both because of its greater extent and of its peculiar suitability 
of texture and drainage, is the most important Irish potato soil in 
the district. 
With regard to cabbage production, both the Sassafras fine sandy 
loam and the Norfolk fine sandy loam fall somewhat behind the aver- 
age for the areas mapped; the area upon the Keyport fine sandy loam 
is decidedly larger than the general average, and that upon the Suffolk 
fine sandy loam is somewhat above the general average. 
The proportionate area in snap beans is higher on the Norfolk fine 
sandy loam than on any other type. 
Cucumbers are somewhat concentrated upon the Sassafras and 
Keyport fine sandy loams, the former leading. 
Strawberries are chiefly encountered on the Norfolk fine sandy 
loam, while garden peas are grown chiefly as an interplanted crop 
with cucumbers on the Sassafras fine sandy loam. 
SOIL AND CROP ACREAGES FOR AUGUST. 
The soil and crop map showing conditions in the latter part of 
August indicates a totally different distribution of cropping from that 
recording conditions in June. In August the spring truck crops have 
b^en harvested and marketed and their places taken either by forage 
crops or by truck crops capable of making a full growth and of being 
harvested during the mnter months. 
The general farm crops cover, in August, 601.5 acres, or 55.6 per 
cent of the total upland area. The truck crops, including strawber- 
ries, which occupy the land during the year, covered but 333.8 acres, 
or 30.8 per cent of the area. The area not occupied by annual crops 
is slightly greater than in June, owing to the fact that certain fields 
have not been replanted. 
The standards for the area are again established by the percentages 
for ''All soils." It appears that the soils which do not possess the 
most complete natural drainage bear a somewhat high proportion of 
forage crops, as in the case of the Keyport and Suffolk fine sandy 
loams, which carry, respectively, 66.2 and 60.8 per cent of general 
farm crops, while the Sassafras and Norfolk fine sandy loams carry but 
40.2 and 55.1 per cent of their areas in such crops. The latter figure 
is approximately the normal for the area, as would be expected from 
the dominating extent of the t^^pe. 
Among the fall and winter truck crops the largest acreage is given 
to kale in the Churchland area. It occupies a total area of 157 acres 
or nearly one-haK of the total in truck crops. The Sassafras and 
