GROUP OF SANDY SOILS. 
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soil occurs exclusively in large areas, agriculture does not thrive 
notably on it. 
Good yields of crops adapted to the soil are often produced 
in favorable seasons where the land is properly cultivated. 
Such crops as corn, rye, buckwheat, beans, cucumbers, tobacco 
and clover are grown on this soil in different parts of the county. 
Special crops succeed best on this soil because of its easy culti¬ 
vation, but the land can be very quickly run down and crop 
yields greatly reduced where methods for keeping up the soil 
fertility are not used. 
Dairy farming is at a disadvantage unless the stock can 
range over a large area of land, or in case the farm includes 
bottom land or heavy soil for pasturage, for this soil furnishes 
scant pasturage during the dry parts of the summer months. 
Tobacco and beans are grown on this soil mainly in the val¬ 
leys west of Black River in the towns of Springfield, Northfield, 
Albion, and Curran. Cucumbers are grown in the towns of 
Brockway, Alma, and Komensky. 
The chief crops grown and the average yields obtained during 
the most favorable seasons are as follows: Corn, 15 to 20 
bushels; oats, 15 to 20 bushels; rye, 12to 15 bushels; buckwheat, 
10 to 12 bushels; and potatoes, 50 to 100 bushels per acre. 
The yields of crops vary greatly on this soil, depending partly 
on the location of the land, the kind of season, and in part on 
how the land is handled. The best yields are generally obtained 
where this land lies in such a position that it does not dry out 
too readily in the summer months, such as on a north slope or 
at the base of a slope where run-off and seepage of the rainfall 
tend to keep the soil moist and still not too wet. Best yields 
are also obtained where small patches of this soil are surrounded 
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on the farm by heavier soil. On such places, the farmer seems 
to have more manure to spare for the light soil, and he often 
has better success with clover. A slightly more compact sub¬ 
soil than normal is sometimes found in such locations as de¬ 
scribed above. 
Very good yields of mammoth clover are sometimes obtained 
on this soil, and in a number of places clover for seed is regu¬ 
larly grown. Some farmers find that spring sown clover with 
oats does better than with fall sown rye on this soil. In other 
locations where this soil is extensive, clover is practically never 
