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good provision for forage crops for the work stock, and this is accom- 
phshed ^vithout interference with the main business of growing truck 
crops lor sale. 
With respect to their total area, the three fine sandy loam types 
lead in the production of the potato crop, the Sassafras sandy loam 
is next in importance, and the Keyport sandy loam and Norfolk 
coarse sandy loam are least important among the more extensive 
soil types. 
It should be held in mind that both the Keyport and Suffolk fine 
sandy loams have been provided with excellent systems of tile 
underdrains within the section covered by the Churchland area 
survey, and that these figures represent the two types at their best 
with regard to potato growing. This fact is of considerable impor- 
tance, since there remain in the region very considerable areas of 
each of these soils which are thus proved to be of a high degree of 
usefulness for potato growing w^henever proper drainage is installed. 
Table XV summarizes the potato acreage' of the three areas ac- 
cording to soil type. 
Table XV. — Acreage of potatoes, according to soil type, in the Churchland, Diamond 
Springs, and Onley areas, combined. 
Soil type. 
Area 
planted. 
Propor- 
tion of 
type oc- 
cupied. 
Propor- 
tion of 
cropped 
area of 
the type. 
Acres. 
Per cent. 
Per cevt. 
299.0 
61.2 
66 8 
236.0 
30.4 
44.7 
128.0 
26.8 
32.2 
123.4 
58.6 
61.4 
71.8 
49.2 
66.8 
63.2 
21.7 
30. 
Propor- 
tion of 
total 
crop. 
Norfolk fine sandy loam. . . 
Sassafras sandy loam 
Keyport sandy loam 
Keyport fine sandy loam. . 
Suffolk fine sandy loam. . . 
Norfolk coarse sandy loam 
Per cent. 
26.2 
20.8 
11.3 
10.9 
6.3 
5.6 
Table XVI summarizes the data for strawberries. 
Table XVI. — Acreage ofstratvherries, according to soil type, in the Churchland. Diamond 
Springs, and Onley areas, combined. 
Soil type. 
Propor- 
Area 
tion of 
planted. 
type oc- 
cupied. 
Acres. 
Per cent. 
100.3 
36.1 
80.0 
27.6 
41.1 
8.3 
31.2 
6,4 
cropped ^«J^f 
area of l^^^^ 
the type. I '"^OP- 
Sassafras coarse sandy loam 
Norfolk coarse sandy loam. 
Norfolk loam 
Norfolk fine sandy loam — 
Per cent. 
55.2 
36.0 
33.0 
7.0 
Per cent. 
25.4 
, 20.3 
10.4 
7.9 
The two coarse sandy loams are clearly the preferred strawberry 
soils, while the crop is scattering on the other types encountered. 
It should be stated that strawberries are also grown extensively on 
