GROUP OF FINE SANDY SOILS. 
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The type is of limited extent and of minor importance. It 
occurs in small scattered tracts, the most important of which are 
found in Grand Chute and Maine Townships. 
The surface is undulating to gently rolling and because of the 
sandy nature of the material the natural drainage is good and 
frequently excessive. 
The original timber growth was mixed pine and hardwood, 
with hardwoods predominating. Practically all of the original 
timber has been removed. 
This is a soil of only medium to fair agricultural value. It is 
deficient in organic matter and mineral plant foods, but its tex¬ 
ture is such that by growing green manuring crops, following 
good crop rotations, and using proper fertilizers it can be built 
up into a profitably producing soil. Small grain, clover, and 
potatoes are a good rotation for this kind of land, with the second 
crop of clover plowed down. Liming will help in getting clover 
started and commercial fertilizers can also be used with profit. 
A 2-10-4 will give good results. From 150 to 200 pounds per 
acre should be applied to corn or small grain crops. Potatoes 
should have larger applications. 
This soil has been included with the group of fine sands be¬ 
cause in its agricultural value it more nearly approaches these 
soils than the group of loams and fine sandy loams, which usually 
have heavy subsoils. 
PLAINFIELD FINE SAND. 
The surface soil of this type to an average depth of eight 
inches consists of a loose, grayish-brown, very fine sand which 
contains but little organic matter. It is entirely free from 
gravel and stones. Below eight inches the material becomes 
lighter in color, usually being a pale yellow or yellowish-brown. 
The texture continues a very fine sand to undetermined depth. 
This, soil is of very limited extent, but is found in a number of 
small tracts in several regions, chiefly in Maine, Deer Creek, and 
Bovina Townships. 
The surface is level or only gently undulating with some minor 
irregularities caused by wind action. In many places the water- 
table is not far below the surface, so that during part of the 
year the drainage is none too good. When the streams are low, 
the loose, open character of the material permits the free move¬ 
ment of water through the soil, and the type often suffers from 
lack of moisture during the dry portion of the summer. 
