Excerpt from The Orangeburg Fine Sandy Loam In the interior belt of Alabama and Mississippi, where the Orange burg fine sandy loam is widely. Developed, there is a considerably greater range in cotton yields, due to the fact that a larger propor tion of the type is hilly and broken. Many slopes too steep for any cultivation are annually planted to this crop. As a result, the yields frequently sink below one-half bale to the acre and seldom average more than that amount. This is due in part to faulty methods of tillage and in part to an attempt to till areas which should be in pasture or in forest. In the louisiana-texas belt a smaller propor tion of the total area of the Orangeburg fine sandy loam has been brought under cultivation than in the other two regions where it is prevalent. As a result, there are even wider variations in the yields secured, due to the causes already enumerated. The type will be found to produce about 300 pounds of lint cotton per acre, which is easily exceeded by the best farmers and is rarely attained by those using less efficient methods. For increasing the efficiency of the Orangeburg fine sandy loam as a cotton producing soil the following improvements must all be adopted in the treatment of this type. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Orangeburg Sandy Loam The Orangeburg sandy loam is an extensive and important general farming soil found in the south Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain regions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Norfolk Fine Sand The Norfolk fine sand thus possesses the color characteristics of all of the soils of the Norfolk series. The characteristic yellow color of the subsoil distinguishes this series from any of the members of the Portsmouth series which usually possess a black or dark-brown face soil and a gray subsoil. Similarly it differs from the soils of the Orangeburg series, which may be associated with it, since the latter always possess red sandy clay subsoils at some depth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Profiles in the History of the U.S. Soil Survey offers a broad-ranging collection of essays chronicling the development of the U.S. Soil Survey and its influence on the history of soil survey as a scientific discipline that focuses on mapping, analysis, and description of soils. Appraises the influences of key individuals and institutions on the establishment of federal support for and coordination of U.S. soil surveys. Provides an account of life in the field, detailing experience shared by many soil scientists and survey processionals. Reviews the opening of careers in soil survey to women and African-Americans. Relates aspects of the utility of the soil survey to other federal services, to other fields of research, and to land-use planning. Discusses the future of the U.S. Soil Survey and the new directions both the survey and its uses will take. Soil scientists and other soil survey professionals will find this collection valuable both for the new research it provides and for the memories it preserves of life and work in the field and laboratory. Historians will increasingly turn their attention to this crucial earth science as the intriguing connections between soils, the environment, and human history become more apparent. Teachers, students, and agriculturalists will also appreciate this detailed account of the Soil Survey.