TABLE OF CONTENTS 
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Table of Contents. 3 
Illustrations . 5 
Introduction . 7 
Soil Classification . 9 
CHAPTER I. 
General Description of the Area. 11 
Soils . 15 
CHAPTER II. 
Group of Heavy Soils. 19 
Knox silt loam. 19 
Knox silt loam, steep phase. 23 
Lintonia silt loam. 24 
Bates silt loam. 26 
Vesper silt loam. 27 
Chemical composition and improvement of heavy soils. 28 
CHAPTER III. 
Group of Medium Heavy Soils. 31 
Boone loam . 31 
Boone fine sandy loam. 32 
Vesper fine sandy loam. 34 
Chemical composition and improvement of medium heavy soils 36 
CHAPTER IV. 
Group of Sandy Soils. 37 
Boone fine sand..... . 37 
Boone fine sand, level phase. 38 
Boone fine sand, low phase poorly drained. 40 
Plainfield sand . 41 
Plainfield fine sand . 43 
Plainfield sandy loam . 44 
Vesper sandy loam. 44 
Chemical composition and fertility of sandy soils. 45 
