Texture of some important soil formations . £R .SI ,® u £ *_^S. £. . . . RAINS IN MILLIMETERS. Jull. No. 5, U, S Dept Agr., Div. Agr. Soils. Plate 35. •-:.... ..:: .... the ,- - en- MAM ^H Ir^*} ip-3*! |M|| oU - 23 WHITE BURLEY TOBACCO LAND. The White Barley tobacco, used largely for smoking and chewing, isgrown upon the very heavy limestone soils of Tennessee, Kentucky, andOhio. The soil maintains a uniformly large supply of moisture, and theplant makes a very large, rank growth. An illustration is given show-ing the texture of a typical White Bur
Texture of some important soil formations . £R .SI ,® u £ *_^S. £. . . . RAINS IN MILLIMETERS. Jull. No. 5, U, S Dept Agr., Div. Agr. Soils. Plate 35. •-:.... ..:: .... the ,- - en- MAM ^H Ir^*} ip-3*! |M|| oU - 23 WHITE BURLEY TOBACCO LAND. The White Barley tobacco, used largely for smoking and chewing, isgrown upon the very heavy limestone soils of Tennessee, Kentucky, andOhio. The soil maintains a uniformly large supply of moisture, and theplant makes a very large, rank growth. An illustration is given show-ing the texture of a typical White Bur ley tobacco land in the limestonesoils near Lexington, Ky. An illustration is also given showing graphically the relative amountof water maintained in equal weights of the soils adapted to thesethree classes of tobacco.
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