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Table II. — I'roporUon of total area and of the area of each soil type occupied by various 
crops and groups of crops, Churchland area, June, 1916. 
Crop and group of crop 
General farm crops 
Soy beans 
Corn 
Truck crops 
Potatoes 
Cabbage 
Beans 
Cucumbers 
Cucumbers and peas 
Strawberries 
Strawberries and beans. 
Beets 
Cauliflower 
Miscellaneous vegetables 
No annual crops 
Forest 
Gardens and grounds . . . 
No crops 
Swamp 
Grand total 
All soils 
Sassafras fine 
sandy loam. 
Acres 
7.0 
2.8 
942.1 
614.5 
142. 7 
52.1 
15.1 
36.7 
45.6 
4.5 
15.6 
11.0 
4.3 
129.3 
44.5 
62.8 
20.9 
1.1 
Per 
cent. 
0.9 
.6 
.3 
87. 1 
56.8 
13.3 
4.8 
4.6 
1.4 
1.0 
.4 
12.0 
4.2 
5.8 
1.9 
.1 
Acres. 
154.7 
91.1 
18.7 
2.1 
20.8 
3.2 
2.8 
10.5 
2.8 
2.7 
35.5 
1.6 
27.9 
6.0 
Per 
cent. 
3.1 
5.5 
1.5 
1.5 
18.7 
Norfolk fine | Keyport fine 
sandy loam. sandy loam. 
Acres. 
9. 
6. 
2. 
438. 
299. 
48. 
34. 
IL 
29. 
1. 
4. 
7. 
1,081.2 100.0 190.2 100.0 488.3 100.0 210.4 
Per 
cent. 
89.8 
61.2 
10.0 
7.0 
2.4 
1.0 
1.5 
.2 
8.3 
.2 
5.5 
2.6 
Acres. 
.6 
201.0 
123.4 
48.3 
7.5 
11.2 
4.1 
5.6 
Per 
cent. 
0.3 
.3 
95.5 
58.6 
23.0 
3.6 
7.3 
2.6 
.9 
.4 
8.8 
4.2 
6.9 
3.3 
1.9 
.9 
100.0 
Crop and group of crops. 
Suffolk fine 
sandy loam. 
Portsmouth 
loam. 
Norfolk fine 
sand. 
Loamy sand. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Truck crops 
107.5 
71.8 
20.6 
6.2 
3.7 
2 
5."o 
73.7 
49.2 
14.1 
4.3 
9.9 
5.2 
2.4 
.4 
83.9 
44.1 
20.3 
3.4 
6.4 
6.4 
68.8 
68.8 
24.3 
17.6 
3.9 
1.5 
95.7 
Potatoes 
69.3 
Cabbage 
15.3 
Beans 
5.9 
Cucumbers and peas. . . 
2.6 
""3." 4" 
Strawberries 
1.9 
1 
Strawberries and beans 
16. 1 
.4 
.2 
.7 
1.1 
1.6 
Beets 
.8 
Miscellaneous vegetables 
2.8 
No annual crops 
38.3 
34.4 
2.8 
1.1 
26.3 
23.6 
2.0 
.7 
1.9 
.8 
16.1 
6.8 
2.9 
31.2 
4.3 
Forest 
Gardens and grounds 
2.2 
.7 
23.7 
7.5 
1.1 
4.3 
No crops 
Swamp 
1.1 
9.3 
Grand total 
145.8 
100.0 
11.8 
100.0 
9.3 
100.0 
25.4 
100.0 
Rough, broken land, chiefly in forest, 69.4 acres. 
Tidal marsh, 27.3 acres. 
