SOIL SURVEY OF BRADFORD COUNTY, FLORIDA. 
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velvet beans do well and are excellent crops to include in rotations. 
Sugar cane ordinarily produces 8 to 15 barrels of sirup per acre, 
though the yield varies widely with the season. Sweet potatoes pro¬ 
duce about 300 bushels per acre. Oranges and grapefruit do excep¬ 
tionally well on this type. There are several small commercial 
groves in the southeastern part of the county, and small groves for 
home use are numerous. Peaches are also grown in the same local¬ 
ity. 
The price of land of this type of soil in sections more remote 
from markets or shipping points is $10, and in more favorable lo¬ 
cations from $20 to $40 an acre. 
NORFOLK LOAMY SAND. 
The Norfolk loamy sand consists of about 8 inches of brownish- 
gray or light-brown loamy sand, resting upon a brownish-yellow 
loamy sand. The color becomes lighter with depth, and at 36 inches 
the material is usually bright yellow or golden yellow. Both the soil 
and subsoil are decidedly more coherent than the material of either 
the Norfolk fine sand or Norfolk sand, and the type is considerably 
more retentive of moisture. In the southwestern part of the county 
some small areas of loamy fine sand are included with this type. 
The agricultural value of such areas is similar to that of the main 
type, which fact, with their small extent, made it seem inexpedient 
to show them as a separate type on the map. 
The Norfolk loamy sand occupies nearly level situations, slightly 
elevated above the adjacent Portsmouth soils, into which it grades 
almost imperceptibly. In places erosion has given a gently undu¬ 
lating topography. In lower positions near the poorer drained Ports¬ 
mouth soils the color of the soil grades from the typical to a dark 
gray or dark grayish brown, and of the subsoil to a yellowish brown. 
Where the topography is undulating the color of the soil and sub¬ 
soil varies, the lighter shades of brown prevailing on the slopes and 
the darker colors in the depressions and flat areas. 
Owing to' its position and surface configuration the type is thor¬ 
oughly but not excessively drained, and under ordinary conditions 
it retains sufficient moisture for the maturing of almost any of the 
crops commonly grown. 
In its natural condition the type supports a growth of longleaf 
pine, a few scattered water oaks, and a thrifty growth of wire grass. 
The type is confined to the south-central and southwestern parts 
