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THE OABOLINA UNION FARMER
[Thursday, January 23, 1913.
SOIL SURVEY OF JOHNSTON
COUNTY, N. C.
The report of the soil survey of
Johnston County, North Carolina, re
cently made by the Bureau of Soils in
co-operation with the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, will soon be is
sued by the United States Department
of Agriculture.
The survey was made for the pur
pose of showing the agricultural
value and crop adaptation of the soils
of the county, how they should be
treated and what methods of farm
management should be followed in
order to obtain the best possible
yield per acre.
The report treats exhaustively of
the agricultural conditions and pros
pects of the county, and shows what
crops the soils are best adapted to.
A chemical analysis of the different
types of soils is contained in the re
port which indicates whether or not
the soil is lacking in any constituent
which would improve its productive
ness.
A soil and topographic map accom
panies the report which shows the lo
cation and extent of the various types
of soils encountered during the sur
vey, as well as farm-houses, schools,
churches, private, and public roads,
streams and railroads.
The county contains 778 square
miles, or 497,220 acres.
The surface features consist of
high, rolling uplands and broad in
ter-stream areas. Elevation varies
from 360 feet in the central part of
the county to about eighty feet in the
southeast corner. Drainage condi
tions are good. Land values vary
wldly from $10 to $160 per acre.
Twenty-eight different types of
soil were found during the survey,
the most important of which, and
their crop adaptation, are:
The Cecil coarse sandy loam has
excellent surface drainage, no ditch
ing being necessary. It is suited to
cotton, corn, oats, wheat, clover, cow
peas, peanuts, rye, melons, peaches,
pears, cherries, and truck crops.
The Cecil sandy loam is extensive
ly developed in the northern end o:I
the county. The sandier areas are
suited to truck crops, berries, and
peanuts, while the heavier areas are
adapted to cotton, corn, grain, clover,
cowpeas, oats, wheat, sweet potatoes,
and sorghum,
The Cecil fine sandy loam is suited
to the production of corn, oals, wheat,
clover, cowpeas, cotton, Irish pota
toes, sorghum, and garden vegeta
bles.
The Cecil stony sandy loam is a
strong, productive soil, well suited to
clover, grasses, corn, wheat, oats,
cotton, and cowpeas.
The Durham coarse sandy loam is
well developed and, owing to its ex
cellent drainage and open structure,
cultivation is easy. It is well adapt
ed to the production of bright to
bacco, rye, corn, sweet potatoes, ap
ples, peaches, pears, and truck crops.
It Is regarded as the finest tobacco
land in the great bright tobacco belt
of North Carolina and Virginia, the
yield of this commodity ranging from
600 to 1,000 pounds per acre.
The Bradley sandy loam is well
adapted to the production of cotton,
corn, oats, cowpeas, clover, sweet
potatoes, rye, figs, apples, berries and
garden vegetables.
The Norfolk coarse sand Is too
light for general farming purposes,
but is well suited to the production
of early truck crops, black berries,
Scuppernong and Mlsch grapes, sweet
potatoes, rye, chufas, peaches, water
melons, and vegetables.
The Norfolk coarse sandy loam is
adapted to cotton, tobacco, cowpeas,
chufas, peanuts, corn, grapes, pota
toes, watermelons, cantaloupe and
truck crops.
The Norfolk sandy loam is adapted
to a wide range of crops such as
bright tobacco, cotton, corn, cowpeas
crimson clover, rye, grapes, sweet po
tatoes, and other crops which thrive
under the climatic conditions of the
section.
The Norfolk fine sandy loam is
adapted to a great variety of crops
such as bright tobacco, truck crops
watermelons, sweet potatoes, chufas
grapes and peaches.
The Portsmouth sandy loam, when
properly drained, is well adapted to
corn, oats, cabbage, watermelons
strawberries, and cotton.
The Portsmouth fine sandy loam
would profitably produce corn, cotton
Spanish peanuts, cabbage and onions
The Orangeburg sandy loam is
especially suited to the production of
cotton, tobacco, peanuts, sweet po
tatoes, and vegetables.
The Ruston gravelly sandy loam is
well adapted to the production of
early spring truck crops, sweet po
tatoes, and peanuts. Cotton and
corn give fair returns where the per
centage of gravel is low.
The Wickham coarse sand is espe
dally well suited to the production
of water melons. When fertilized
good yields of corn, and cotton can
be obtained. Early vegetables do re
markably well on this type.
The Wickham sandy loam is adapt
ed to the production of cotton, corn
oats, cowpeas, peanuts, chufas, anc
sweet potatoes.
The Altavista fine sandy loam is
under cultivation and is adapted to
the production of cotton, corn, oats
cowpeas, rye, and forage crops.
The Johnston loam Is well adapted
to the production of corn, oats anc
grasses, while onions, cabbage, and
celery would prove profitable crops
on reclaimed areas.
EDGEWOOD LOCAL, NO. 1693.
Dear Editor:—As I have not seen
anything in the Carolina Union Far
mer from our Local in some time ,I
have decided to write to let you know
that Edgewood Local is still in exist
ence. Our membership is s^l in
creasing and we hope to make 1913
our best year on record. On the 21st
day of December we met at our regu
lar hour. The following brethren
were elected as officers for the year
1913:
T. P. Fe^therstone, President, re
elected; D. B. Hicks, Vice-President;
W. L. Compton, Business Agent; N.
L. Winstead, Secretary and Treas
urer; L. T. Oakley, Doorkeeper; J
W. Blalock, Conductor; E. W. Long,
Chaplain, re-elected; A. Graham, W.
S. Barnwell, and J. D. Bradsher, Ex
ecutive Committee.
At our last meeting which was held
January 4, 1913, our wide-awake
Business Agent gave us prices on
fiour and meat. We saw at once that
we could save much by buying
through our Business Agent instead
of the merchants. We made up an
order for forty-three barrels of fiour.
I do not think our members want any
meat yet, as most of them have just
killed hogs, and ere long the meat
will be going like the fiour, every
body buying. There are not many of
us real farmers in this section, most
of us are tobacco growers, and, there
fore, are effected with the same dis
ease that Dr. H. Q. Alexander said
the people of his county were effect
ed with store-eat-us. Nevertheless,
we realize our mistake and some of
our members are changing their
method of farming. We think by do
ing business through our State Busi
ness Agent, by giving the dry prizery
our loyal support and co-operating
with our brother members we will ac
complish something worth while. If
this escapes the waste-basket, I will
let you hear from us again.
Respectfully,
N. L. WINSTEAD, Sec.
January 13, 1913.
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