. Soils of southern New Jersey and their uses . Fig. 7.—Bush Lima beans for canning, on Sassafras loam, near Freehold, N. J. the area was selected for mapping because it gave an unusually goodopportunity for the study of this, type and its influence upon cropsystems. It was evident from a reconnoissance of southern New Jerseythat the Sassafras loam was of leading importance in the productionof corn, wheat, hay, and potatoes not only in Monmouth Countybut generally wherever it occurs in bodies of any size. Thus, inMercer, Middlesex, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, andCumberland counties
. Soils of southern New Jersey and their uses . Fig. 7.—Bush Lima beans for canning, on Sassafras loam, near Freehold, N. J. the area was selected for mapping because it gave an unusually goodopportunity for the study of this, type and its influence upon cropsystems. It was evident from a reconnoissance of southern New Jerseythat the Sassafras loam was of leading importance in the productionof corn, wheat, hay, and potatoes not only in Monmouth Countybut generally wherever it occurs in bodies of any size. Thus, inMercer, Middlesex, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, andCumberland counties this soil is almost universally used over thegreater part of its extent for the growing of these crops. Figures8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 show the high state of cultivation and the pro-ductiveness of this soil when planted to these crops. In all locali- 22 BULLETIN 617, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. ties where it is found in New Jersey it constitutes the standard soiltype for this class of farming. In Monmouth County the speciali-. Fig. 8.—Field of American Giant potatoes on Sassafras loam, near Freehold, N. over 275 bushels per acre. zation in potato growing has been pushed a little further than inmany other localities, but the extension during the last 10 years of
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