SOIL SURVEY OF THE OCALA AREA, FLORIDA. 
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pine is found it is second growth, the land having been cultivated and 
later abandoned and allowed to reforest itself. A considerable area 
of the high hammock land has at some time in the past been culti¬ 
vated, but it, too, has reverted to forest, and pine has taken posses¬ 
sion of it. The greater part of the high hammock is covered with 
pine, some areas with longleaf and others with shortleaf pine. The 
longleaf and shortleaf pines are also intermingled on some areas. 
There is also some hardwood growth on these higher areas, partic¬ 
ularly in the draws. The pine-woods areas are called hammock land 
because it is said they originally supported a hardwood growth, the 
pine representing a second growth. 
The growth on the high hammocks is also heavy. The oak trees 
are large. The pine growth is very thick and grows to a good height 
and size. Broom sedge takes possession of old fields. 
Before the freeze of 1895 a considerable acreage of the high 
hammock, as well as of the low hammock land, was planted to citrus 
fruits, this being regarded as especially good soil for oranges, but 
after the freeze the lands were abandoned, and the groves were not 
reestablished. 
The Fellowship sandy loam is considered one of the strong, pro¬ 
ductive soils of the area and is adapted to the general farm crops 
and to some of the special trucking crops. All the type, including 
the high hammocks, needs artificial drainage. The high hammocks 
would be greatly improved by tiling, this not only removing water 
quicker than it is now accomplished, but aerating the soil as well. 
While this soil is largely forested and relatively little cultivated, 
it has a high value and is not on the market. 
The average results of mechanical analyses of the soil and subsoil 
of the Fellowship sandy loam are given in the subjoined table: 
Mechanical analyses of Fellowship sandy loam. Nos t 260839-260840 from 3 miles 
northeast of Silver Springs (soil 0 - 6 , subsoil 6-36 in.); Nos. 260849 - 
260850 from 2 miles east of Silver Springs (soil 0 - 10 , subsoil 10-36 
in.) ; Nos. 260855-260856 from X A mile east of Fellowship (soil 
0 - 1 , 5 , subsoil 15-36 in.). 
Number 
Descrip¬ 
tion 
Fine 
gravel 
Coarse 
sand 
Med¬ 
ium 
sand 
Fine 
sand 
Very 
fine 
sand 
Silt 
Clay 
260839.260849.260855 
260840.260850.260856 
Soil_ 
Subsoil— 
Per ct. 
0.8 
1.0 
Per ct. 
9-.2 
5.1 
Per ct. 
19.5 
12.4 
Per ct. 
37.4 
26.1 
Per ct. 
18.2 
11.8 
Per ct. 
10.8 
8.1 
Per ct 
4.5 
34.4 
