MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL 
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in Sections 12, 13, 24, and 25 east and north of Maxwell Station. 
The Genesee soils lie upon a low level to flat irregularly wooded 
plain cut by sloughs and old stream channels. Some of the sandy 
knolls are more elevated, the t} T pe lying from 1 to 10 feet above 
normal water stage. Some of the higher sandy knolls are seldom 
if ever flooded but most of the bottom land is subject to flooding 
especially in spring. Occasionally as much as 6 or 8 feet of water 
has covered the bottoms. Floods are less frequent since the dis¬ 
continuance of logging operations and dams on the sloughs. In 
general the highest elevations occur along sloughs and along the 
rivers. 
The soil material has been deposited in the valley bottoms by 
the more recent floods of the rivers and is largely derived from 
glacial material brought down by the streams from farther north 
and east. 
In the lower portions and bordering the sloughs the soil is 
timbered, often quite heavily, to elm, oak, birch, and soft maple 
or birch and willow brush. More elevated or sandy portions 
subject to considerable drying out at times, have scattered oak 
and in some cases a semi-prairie condition with red-top grass and 
scattered oaks, is found. 
Some small patches of the soil have been under cultivation and 
very good yields obtained. Most of the soil cannot be used and 
serves only as a pasture land and furnishes some hay. The 
higher sandy portions which are cultivated in one or two places, 
produce good rye, potatoes, or corn, but in dry seasons are sub¬ 
ject to drought due to the open sandy subsoil which prevents 
capillary rise of water. Less elevated portions of the soil which 
are also somewhat finer are reported to have produced as much 
as 60 bushels of corn, 250 bushels of potatoes, and 60 bushels of 
oats per acre in favorable seasons. These yields cannot be 
depended upon because these lower portions of the soil type are 
often subject to overflow. 
Low Phase Genesee Fine Sandy Loam .—Within the area of fine 
sandy loam (largely wooded) are included low open areas of 
overflow land which are covered with water most of the time. 
The vegetation consists of reeds, sweet flag, and generally coarser 
marsh grasses. Where such areas are extensive they have been 
separated out as low phase of the fine sandy loam. 
The soil on such overflow areas is generally heavier than that 
on the wooded portions and varies greatly in depth and texture. 
