. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. The Bulletin 23 Cotton, corn, and wheat are grown, and fair jdelds are obtained. Cotton, lima beans, Irish potatoes, cabbage, and vegetables give better returns than other crops. The following table gives the results of mechanical analysis of samples of the soil and subsoil of the Cecil loam: MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF CECIL LOAM. Number Description Fine Gravel, Per Cent Coarse Sand, Per Cent Medium Sand, Per Cent Fine Sand, Per Cent Very Fint Sand, Per Cent Silt, Per Cent Clay, Per Cent 24362 Soil .-- *
. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. The Bulletin 23 Cotton, corn, and wheat are grown, and fair jdelds are obtained. Cotton, lima beans, Irish potatoes, cabbage, and vegetables give better returns than other crops. The following table gives the results of mechanical analysis of samples of the soil and subsoil of the Cecil loam: MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF CECIL LOAM. Number Description Fine Gravel, Per Cent Coarse Sand, Per Cent Medium Sand, Per Cent Fine Sand, Per Cent Very Fint Sand, Per Cent Silt, Per Cent Clay, Per Cent 24362 Soil .-- * 24363 Subsoil- -- DURHAM SANDY LOAM This soil and the Durham coarse sandy loam are the 'Svhitish" or "light gray sandy lands" of this region. There are 5,760 acres of the Durham sandy loam in the county. Most of this soil occurs in rather large bodies to the southeast of Concord and southwest of Mount Pleasant, and also to the northeast of Fig. 5.—This scraper is beintc used quite to put the roads in better shape The surface soil to a depth of about 8 to 15 inches is a light gray loamy sand containing a few quartz fragments. The subsoil is a yellow friable clay or sandy clay. It occupies level to gently rolling to hilly surface features, the rougher areas comprising the slopes near the streams. The best farming areas lie to the southwest of Mount Pleasant and on the ridges in the vicinitv of Concord. It is Avell Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original North Carolina. Dept. of Agriculture. Raleigh : State Board of Agriculture
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