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SOIL SURVEY OF OUTAGAMIE COUNTY. 
as peat, the manure should be used on the upland soils and 
commercial fertilizers containing phosphorus and potash used 
on the peat land. 
On the deeper peats which are in a very raw and acid condi¬ 
tion the use of lime in some form in addition to the commercial 
fertilizers will be found profitable. Occasionally a marsh is 
found on which on account of coldness and high acidity at first 
nitrification or the chemical change by which the nitrogen in 
the organic matter becomes available to crops does not take 
place readily and the use of a light application of composted 
stable manure to inoculate the soil with the proper organisms 
is very helpful. 
Crops and system of farming on marsh lands .—Since the 
growth of corn and potatoes to which these marsh lands would 
otherwise be well adapted, is limited in this section on account 
of the danger from frost, the best staple crops for this land are 
grasses for hay and pasture, hardy root crops, and rye and, to a 
less extent, oats. When properly fertilized and limed, clover, 
alfalfa, and other legumes can also be grown. On fairly well 
drained marsh land not too raw good pasture can also be de¬ 
veloped. The compacting of the soil resulting from the use of 
this land as pasture is also a great benefit to it. When peat 
land is placed under cultivation a heavy roller should be classed 
along with implements necessary to its successful management. 
On account of the crops to which this land is adapted and its 
use as a pasture, marsh lands can be used for dairying or stock 
raising to good advantage. 
Certain special crops, such as cabbage, onions, buckwheat, and 
rape, are well adapted to such lands when well drained and fer¬ 
tilized. 
