Soil Capabilities Important, Unit Conservationist Says
Cherokee County farmers, soon
will be furnished with land cap
ability maps at their farm* John
S. Smith, unit conservationist said
bere this week.
These maps, Smith said, will be
made from aerial photographs of
the county and any farmer who de
sires to have a picture of his farm,
?bowing the classes and types of
land included on his farm, may ob
tain the Photo by request at the
local Soil Conservation Service of
fice 91 the Cherokee County Court
house, in the basement.
Farmers interested in learning
more about the soil classes on
their farms are invited to contact
the soil conservation district sup
ervisors elected recently for Cher
okee County or Mr. Smith.
Mr. Smith, who recently took
up his conservation work in this
county also works part time in
Clay County. He expressed the
purpose of the conservation ser
vice as the "use of every acre of
land within its capabilities and
the treatment of every acre ac
cording to its needs".
In further explaining the use of
?the land's capabilities, Mr. Smith
furnished the above cut picturing
the eight land capabilities classes
recognized by the Soil Censervat
. ion Service and the following ex
planation: Class I land is the best
land, suited for the production of
row crops continually, with only
.limited special treatment to main
tain good organic matter content
in the soil.
At the other extreme is Class
VIII land, unfit for any agricultur
al purpose. This class of land may
be used for recreation or for wild
life .(The Class VIII land pictured
above would make an excellent
otter slide if it were properly
greased.)
In between Class I and Class
VIII are all rrades, types, slopes,
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This picture-map furnished by the Soil Conservation Service shows the different classes of soils which
may exist on one farm. Althoush such a wide variation wonld be hard to find in the county, the averaye
farm In the county contains from three to five different classes of land. There are many variations within
classes.
decrees of drainace. drouchti
ness and varyinc fertility. The
classes of land which are suited
for production of row crops are
classes I. II. Ill, and IV. Land
capability classes V, VI, VII, and
VIII are suited only to the prod
uction of pasture, bay, woodland,
or wildlife.
Land Capability Class I is flat
'ell drained, with very little or no
rosion, with not more than 9 in
ches of sandy loam lop soil on a
base of clay or sandy clay subsoil.
Class II land is essentially the
same as Class I except that it may
have from 9 inches to 24 incbes of
sandy loam soil on top of clay or
sandy clay subsoil. This latter con
dition would tend to make it "th
irsty" or "droughty."
Class III land is more subject to
erosion, has greater drainage
problems, or the loamy sand top
soil is between 24 incbes and 36
inches deep.
Clas, IV land Is badly eroded,
steep, or the top soil of loamy
sand is from 36 inches to 72 in
ches deep. (There is very little
land of this Class in this County)
It may be land that is very dif
ficult to drain.
Class V land is swamp land such
as is found near some of larger
streams and lakes in the county,
which cannot be economically
drained due to the lack of ade
quate outlets for any drainage
structures, either through tile or
open ditch.
Class VI land is very steep, very
subject to erosion, very dificleot
in plant food, or a combination of
several of these factors.
Class VII land 1$ extremly steep,'
extremly subject to erosion, prac
tically devoid of plant food, or has
a sand or sandy loam top soil to a
depth of greater than 72 inches
deep.
Class VIII land Is rock outcrops
lakes, gravel pits and similar land.
Each of these different classes
of soil have different capabilities
and each needs different treat
ment to get the most economical
good from it. The capabilities
of the different classes have
been outlined briefly.
The needs of the different class
es, what makes each give its best,
i are outlined very briefly here:
Class I?needs only rotation to
maintain the organic content
Class II?Use Sood rotation com
bined with terraces, contour till
age, strip cropping, good fertilizat
ion, and plenty of organic matter
turned back into the soil.
Class III?Use good rotations,
combined with terraces, contour
tillage, Strip cropping, good fer
tilization, and plenty of organic
matter turned into the soil. In
some cases, this class of land will
need tile or open ditch drainage.
Class IV?Strip cropping, per
manent vegetated strips, good fer
tilization plenty of organic matter
turned into the aoil every year, and
row crop* not more than one year
In 4 or 5.
Class V?Due to Its extremly wet
nature, this land is best suited for
growing swamp timber.
Class VI?Sericea leepedeza, feu
dal, or trees are the best crops for
tills type of land.
Class VII?Trees, preferably.
Kudzu or sericea lespedeza for bay
or limited grazing.
Class VHI-Wildlife shrubs where
they can be grown.
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