. STATE OF MARYLAND MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL U.S. DEPT OF AGRICULTURE 
MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY EXPERIMENT STATION U.S, BUREAU OF SOILS 
HIPATIERSON, DIRECTOR MILTON WHITNEY, CHIEF 
WM, BULLOGK CLARK, STATE GHOLOGIST 
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MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 
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IN CO-OPERATION WITH 
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— Light yellow rr flow 
Yellow and brown loam, slight- oer if we Ta ten deen by 
Cecil ly sandy, with subsoil contain- Sassafras | heavier yellow loam: fertile 
1b jing greatest percentage of Loam and productive, yielding good 
Oam | Gia Hoo Le lands, wheat, Cid of wheat, corn, oats and. 
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' Reddish and brown sands, un- 
dTewuy reddish loam underlain derlain by reddish and yellow 
Cecil by red. clay-loam, which grades Norfolk sand subsoil; well adapled for . 
Cla; into stiff redclay, well adapted s at ruck eropa and small fruits, — 
iY to wheal and grass and small am cl but not 30, fone for Ua : = BMS ° = 
crops TA88, Wil ‘orest growth o, * — ud “ 
Giiee tracer a SOl L PROFILES 
‘1 i ; Gravel-loam, underlain by (3 feet de ep) 
| Brownish or yellowish-brown 2 
Cecil || tocim ‘with considerable sand, Susquehanna | HME Aurea CCRT 
silt, and clay, underlain by a. ene i poh a 
Mica-Loam vig poor soil although fairly pro 
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similar subsoil; corn, wheut rave ductive when ‘percentage of Sristeyuleiavraya hi Susquehanna Elkton 
=| and grass are grown ; 2 clay is large Cecil Cecil Conowingo Conowingo Sassafras Norfolk quenanna Gl 
Loam Mica~Loam Barrens Clay Loam Sand L gs 
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Light yellow or whitish-lookin, Sif clay, with frequently a 4 Loam Clay loam Loam Clay loam Loam Grayel loam 
Conowingo loca, tundertaen by aiyellowist- slight covering of gravelly ae = ry 
a | brown loam subsoil; unproduc- Susquehanna loam; generally very unpro- 
Barrens five, with stunted growth of Clay ductive, often covered with pine 
small pines and oaks and oak thickets Clay loam. 
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Olay loam Clay loam Clay loam Clay loam Clay loam | 
Brownish and yellowish toams, ] Brown and yellow, often gray- 4 Clay loam 
Conowingo underlain by yellow and red Elkton tafe clayton, sunderlere by 
5 sti? clay loams: well adapted ne ) light yellow or mottled clays; 
Clay to tomatoes and corn, and. for- . Clay | fine ile Hee ied 
‘s ests of hard. wood = graith of oak and pine 
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LITH, BYAHOENG GO, BALTIMORE (40. 
Surveyed by 
Clarence W. Dorsey and 
Jay A. Bonsteel ' 
1839 
