Soils of the Eastern United States and Their Use IV
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Excerpt from Soils of the Eastern United States and Their Use IV: The Sassafras Silt Loam While there is considerable variation in the yields produced, owing to more or less efficient management, it is naturally an excellent soil for general farming. Tillage Requirements. It is apparent from the textural characteristics of the Sassafras silt loam, from its level to gently undulating surface topography, and from the classes of crops best suited for production upon this soil that the equipment required for its most economical tillage will differ very materially from the equipment to be used upon such other Coastal Plain soils as the Norfolk fine sand or sandy loam, which are more easily worked and are not so universally planted to the general farm crops. The Sassafras silt loam should be plowed to a depth of 8 or 9 inches, and if the natural soil is not so deep as this the depth should be gradually increased from year to year. It would be practically impossible to secure such adequate tillage of the type with light weight one-horse or one-mule outfits, which are perfectly adequate for the handling of such soils as the Norfolk sandy loam or fine sandy loam, or others of that class. Economy in the conduct of tillage operations demands that at least two-horse teams where each animal will weigh from 1,300 to 1,500 pounds should be used, and the most economical working of land of this class would justify the four-horse hitch, which is used to special advantage upon the heavy general farming soils, such as the limestone soils of Maryland and Pennsylvania and the prairie soils of the Central States. For the same reasons the lightweight turning plow used upon the more sandy soils of the Coastal Plain is totally inadequate for the proper tillage of the Sassafras silt loam. In its place there should be used either the one or two gang sulky plow, or the two or three blade disk plow. These implements drawn by adequate horsepower are capable of turning and thoroughly pulverizing the surface soil to the required depth of 8 or 9 inches. Less powerful equipment, either of team or tools, is not competent to bring out the best qualities and the full efficiency of the soil. Both the soil and subsoil require frequent stirring, and it is desirable to use such implements as the disk harrow, the spring-tooth harrow, or the spike-tooth harrow to secure this preparation of the land. Wherever possible, power machinery should also be used for the planting and intertillage of crops. 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.
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