LIGHT COLORED FINE SANDY LOAM SOILS 
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When the county was first settled wheat was grown extensively 
on this soil, but very little is now produced. It is considered a 
fair corn soil, and the yields are practically the same as on the 
Boone silt loam. Potatoes can be grown successfully, though the 
acreage is not large. 
The rotation of crops most commonly practiced consists of 
corn, followed by oats or barley, with which clover and timothy 
are seeded. Hay is cut for one or two years, and the field may 
be pastured for a year before being again plowed for corn. 
Cultivation of this soil is not difficult, and a lighter class of 
implements and stock can be used than on the silt loam type. 
The selling price of land of this type is quite variable,'depend¬ 
ing upon location, character of the surface, texture of the soil, 
and improvements. In the area near Mondovi the gently sloping 
and nearly level portions of the type sell for $60 to $100 an acre. 
The rougher places which are more distantly removed from towns 
are held at $40 to $50 an acre. In Little Bear and Spring Creek 
Valleys the price of land of this class ranges from $25 to $50 an 
acre. 
Boone Fine Sandy Loam, Bolling Phase .—The rolling phase of 
the Boone fine sandy loam is separated from the typical soil for 
two reasons. In the first place the topography is more rolling 
than the typical soil and in the second place the depth of the soil 
material to the underlying rock is less than the average for the 
type as a whole. Because of these two conditions the agricultural 
value of the phase is considerably lower than that of the typical 
soil. In fact a considerable proportion of the rolling phase has 
been left wooded because of its lower value. 
In texture the rolling phase is a somewhat lighter fine sandy 
loam than the main portion of the type, and the depth to rock, 
which is mostly the Potsdam sandstone, ranges from 1 foot to 3 
feet. A few rock outcrops occur, but these are not extensive. 
The surface of the phase is nowhere found to be so steep as the 
steep phase of the Knox silt loam, but may be described as con¬ 
sisting of rather low ridges with geptle slopes and as regions 
where the topography is gently rolling to rolling. Some of the 
narrow areas of this type found bordering Knox silt loam or 
Rough stony land have been included with the rolling phase. 
The rolling phase has the same origin as the typical soil and 
the original vegetation is the same. Where this class of land has 
been cleared the yields are lower than usual for the type, the 
