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SOIL SURVEY OF WAUPACA COUNTY. 
type affords excellent grazing, and where the stones are most 
plentiful the land can be used to best advantage for this pur¬ 
pose. Sheep are raised to some extent, although it would seem 
that this industry could he materially extended. Corn is raised 
principally for silage, but when it matures the yield usually 
ranges from 40 to 60 bushels per acre. Oats yields range from 
35 to 60 bushels per acre with some yields reported much higher 
than this. Barley usually yields from 25 to 35 bushels, and rye 
from 15 to 20 bushels. The hay, which consists chiefly of clover 
and timothy, yields from V /2 to 3 tons per acre. Alfalfa is 
grown to a limited extent, although special treatment of the soil 
is usually necessary in getting this crop started. Potatoes yield 
from 100 to 200 bushels per acre and are the most important 
cash crop grown on the type. Wheat is grown only to a lim¬ 
ited extent but gives very satisfactory yields on this soil. Prob¬ 
ably the most common rotation followed by farmers on this soil 
consists’ of small grain, seeded to clover and timothy,—hay be¬ 
ing cut for two years, after which the land is plowed for corn 
or potatoes and then again followed by small grain. Stable ma¬ 
nure is the only fertilizer used to any extent though a small 
amount of green manuring is practiced. 
KENNAN FINE SANDY LOAM 
Extent and distribution .—The Kennan fine sandy loam is an 
important type though not fully improved. It is confined al¬ 
most entirely to the western half of the county, and chiefly to 
the northwestern quarter of the area where it occurs in tracts 
of from 10 or 20 acres to several square miles. 
Description .—The surface soil of this type to an average 
depth of 8 inches is brown or slightly grayish-brown, mellow, 
fine sandy loam. This material becomes somewhat lighter in 
color with depth and becomes a yellowish-brown at a depth of 
from 10 to 18 inches. In texture the subsoil is usually a fine 
sandy loam containing considerable clay which in places be¬ 
comes a sandy clay loam. The heaviest portion of the subsoil 
usually occurs at a depth of from. 18 to 24 inches. This may 
sometimes extend to a depth of 30 inches, but in the lower depths 
the material usually becomes somewhat more sandy. In some 
areas the subsoil through its entire section was found to be 
somewhat sandy, but was not sufficiently light to be classed un¬ 
der another type name. 
