. Soils of southern New Jersey and their uses . s by later deposits, and the deeper layers are chieflyexposed along the margins of streams upon rather steeply slopingareas. The underlying marl beds have influenced the surface layers fromwhich the dominant soils are derived to some degree and the deepersubsoils sometimes show unmistakable evidences of admixture ofmarl. Sassafras loam.—The surface soil of the Sassafras loam, to anaverage depth of 10 or 12 inches, is a mellow, brown to dark-brownsilty loam. It is underlain by a yellowish-brown to brown, heavysilty loam, which is rather more compa
. Soils of southern New Jersey and their uses . s by later deposits, and the deeper layers are chieflyexposed along the margins of streams upon rather steeply slopingareas. The underlying marl beds have influenced the surface layers fromwhich the dominant soils are derived to some degree and the deepersubsoils sometimes show unmistakable evidences of admixture ofmarl. Sassafras loam.—The surface soil of the Sassafras loam, to anaverage depth of 10 or 12 inches, is a mellow, brown to dark-brownsilty loam. It is underlain by a yellowish-brown to brown, heavysilty loam, which is rather more compact than the surface soil. Thetotal depth of surface soil and subsoil in the Freehold area rangesfrom 1 or 2 feet along the slopes to the streams to 5 or 6 feet over thegreater part of the upland. In the Freehold area, as elsewhere in southern New Jersey, thetype occupies nearly level to gently sloping uplands, and naturaldrainage is well established over the greater part of its surface. 1 Field Operations of the Bureau of Soils, 1913, p. U S DEFT. OF A&RICULTUREBUREAU OF SOILSWILTON GENERALIZED SOIL MAP SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
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