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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 — Continued. 
Crop and group of crops. 
Keyport 
sandy loam. 
Keyport 
fine sandy 
loam. 
Elkton 
sandy loam. 
Elkton 
loam. 
Suffolk 
fine sandy 
loam. 
Suffolk 
loam. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
71.4 
32.0 
19.6 
19.0 
15.0 
6.7 
4.1 
4.T) 
0.6 
0.3 
40.0 
24.0 
1.2 
14.8 
8.5 
5.1 
.2 
3.2 
1.6 
.8 
.8 
7.8 
3.9 
3.9 
43.2 
39.7 
1.5 
1.8 
.2 
22.1 
Corn 
20.3 
Hay and pasture 
Co^vT)eas . . 
.8 
.9 
Oats 
.6 
.3 
Sorghum 
.8 
226.0 
128.0 
20.0 
70.0 
.2 
47.3 
26.8 
4.2 
14.7 
Truck crops 
201.0 
123.4 
5.6 
95.5 
58.6 
2.6 
106.8 
42.0 
21.6 
38.2 
22.8 
9.0 
4.6 
8.2 
12.4 
3.4 
3.0 
6.0 
60.8 
16.7 
14.7 
29.4 
107.5 
71.8 
5.0 
73.7 
49.2 
3.4 
34. i 
.9 
14.2 
1.6 
3.8 
10.9 
.7 
2.0 
117.6 
97.9 
13.2 
5.8 
. 7 
17.4 
Potatoes.. - 
Strawberries 
7.3 
.8 
Cabbage 
48.3 
7.5 
15.3 
.9 
8.8. 
6.9 
23.0 
3.6 
7.3 
.4 
4.2 
3.3 
20.6 
6.2 
3.9 
14.1 
4.3 
2.6 
2.0 


5.6 
Cucumbers 
.3 
All other vegetables 
8.0 
180.2 
158.0 
1.2 
19.0 
2.0 
1.6 
37.7 
33.1 
.2 
4.0 
.4 
5.0 
321.2 
276.0 
.8 
43.0 
1.4 
1.0 
68.7 
59.0 
.2 
9.2 
.3 
1.0 
6.4 
6.4 
31.4 
31.4 
38.3 
34.4 
1. 1 
2.8 
26.3 
23.6 
. 7 
2.0 
60.3 
Forest 
50.2 
6.8 
Gardens and grounds. . . 
Orchard and vineyard. 
1.9 
.9 
3.0 
.3 
Grand total 
477.6 

210.4 
468.0 
20.4 
145.8 
194.9 
Crop and group of crops. 
Suffolk 
gravelly loam. 
Portsmouth 
sandy loam. 
Portsmouth 
loam. 
Loamy sand. 
Swamp. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
Acres. 
Per 
cent. 
General farm crops 
12.8 
9.1 
.4 
.4 
2.9 
30.1 
3.1 
4.4 
3.5 
3.1 
8.7 
4.4 
2.9 
29.3 
14.2 
8.0 
3.1 
4.0 
17.6 
12.6 
.5 
.5 
4.0 
41.7 
4.3 
6.1 
4.8 
4.3 
12.0 
6.1 
4.1 
40.7 
19.7 
11.1 
4.3 
5.6 
1.4 
.8 
.6 
3.7 
2.1 
1.6 
Corn 
Hay and pasture 
Cowpeas 
Oats 
Truck crops 
1.2 
.6 
.6 
3.2 
1.6 
1.6 
9.9 
5.2 
1.9 
83.9 
44.1 
16.1 
24.3 
17.6 
.4 
95.7 
69.3 
1.6 
Potatoes 
Sweet potatoes 
2.4 
.4 
20.3 
3.4 
3.9 
1.5 
15.3 
5.9 
Beans . 
Cucumbers . ■ . 
Another vegetables 
.9 
1.1 
3.6 
4.3 
34.8 
34.8 
93.1 
93.1 
1.9 
.8 
16.1 
6.8 
4.5 
100.0 
Forest 
Cfardens and grounds. . . 
1.1 
4.3 
1.1 
9.3 
4.5 
100.0 
. 
72.2 
37.4 
11.8 
25.4 
4.5 
Truck crops occupy 50.4 per cent of the total land area included 
in the three surveys, general farm crops occupy 9.6 per cent, .and 
40 per cent of the area is not occupied by annual crops. 
A considerable proportion of the entire area surveyed is thus not 
cropped, and it is desirable to compare crop acreages on the basis 
of their relationship to the cropped area as well as with respect to 
their proportionate place in the whole area. 
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