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Table; I .—Classification and characteristics of soils and subsoils according to their color — 
Continued 
CLASS VI.—DARK-GRAY TO BLACK SOILS, WITH GRAY MOTTLED POORLY DRAINED SUBSOIL 
No. 
Depth. 
Type. 
Location. 
Inches. 
o— 6 
6-i6 
16-36 
0- 6 
6-16 
16-36 
Clyde silty clay. 
j-Wells County, Ind. 
| Do. 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. t . 
S pbioii). 
.do. 
.do... 
CLASS YU.—LIGHT-BROWN TO GRAY SOIL, GRAY SUBSURFACE, AND HEAVY, PLASTIC, MOTTLED SUBSOIL 
0- 8 
8-12 
12-36 
0- 6 
6-16 
16-28 
28-40 
Crosby silty clay loam. 
j-Grant County, Ind. 
jcherokee County, Kans. 
.do. 
.do. 
Cherokee silt loam. 
.do.. 
.do. 
.do. 
CLASS vm.— RED SOILS WITH RED SUBSOILS, HEAVY AND PLASTIC IN FLAT AREAS 
53 fsoil).. 
0-15 
Vernon very fine sandy loam.. 
\Oklahoma Experiment Sta- 
15-36 
.do.. 
J tion. 
CLASS IX.—LIGHT-BROWN 
TO GRAY SOILS WITH HEAVY CLAY SUBSOIL 
0- 4 
Oktibbeha clay. 
joktibbeha County, Miss. 
4-36 
.do... 
CLASS X.—LIGHT-BROWN SOILS, LIGHT-BROWN TO GRAY SUBSOIL 
0-12 
Ritzville silt loam. 
1 
58 (submit) ........ 
.do. 
1 -Franklin County, Wash. 
36-72 
.do. 
1 
CLASS XI.—BROWN SOILS WITH HEAVY, PLASTIC YELLOW SUBSOIL 
Ao fsoiO. 
O- 4 
4-30 
Iredell clay loam.. 
^Chester County, S. C. 
. 
.do. 
CLASS xn.—LIGHT-BROWN SOIL, 
, FAINT REDDISH BROWN UPPER SUBSOIL, AND MOTTLED LOWER SUBSOIL 
63 . 
O- 0 
Pheba fine sandy loam. 
j-Starkville, Miss. 
^2 . 
9-36 
.do. 
% 
A short description 1 of these soil types follows. 
CLASS I 
Holland sandy do am. —The Holland sandy loam is a brown sandy 
loam, medium to rather coarse in texture. Organic matter is usually 
deficient. The subsoil is a brown to light-brown, open, friable sandy 
loam underlain by the parent rock, which is usually granite. The 
1 Prepared by Mr. T. D. Rice, Inspector of Soil Survey, Bureau of Soils. 
