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<br />t"1 .-. <br />1'9-'-0 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />" <br />(Invontory f>f ph~ice.l fo,c'tore) <br /> <br />Tho aho of tho aroc. and ospocie.Uy its length of e.bout 85 miles <br />croo.toll e. dirrio1&lty in doscribing in muchdo.tc.il ~.ll of tho soil <br />ohnra.cter1atlos 0 llCountarod. Tho IIlC'.jority ot tho II oil profilos tc.kon <br />in this 0.1'00. revoo.l eithor a olay loom or hoC'.vy siit loam topsoil. Tho <br />subsal.l is usuo.l1y aimi1e.r to tho topsoil, but when w.riationa ero foum <br />tho subsoil boootbos 0. hoe.vior olc.y 10= or clc.y. Along with tho cle.y <br />lonm SOUIl somo lU'oo.s of clc.y soil ovidontly' dorivod from tho undorlying <br />.hnIo a1'o fOund. Likewiso, thoro CU'0 sizor.blo r.roClS of fino st'.ndy loam. <br />11; is not \II1oOlIlllon tbnt throe of four soil profilos showing e. differont <br />11011 texturo e.ro fwm an tho somo fr.rm. About 4.000 e.or08 of presontly <br />irrigntod 1e.nd in tho cree. woro clo.ssified as Clc.ss 6 because of interior <br />soil ccrul.itions. This lam usually Ims pOOl" drainc.go duo to an inq>ervious <br />,o~y ~),tb8~l _0.-'1<1 _0. corrospondin~y 1:.igh_llf.l t conten'\;. or~()lso._ i t is_lo~ . <br />=oaoln:D~tbo-:-battoiii1~nds-=clf','thO-lliO::risc;.s~RiiOr- o.nd .t.ributnry !ltl'0.t.mB. ' . <br />. , --=-."harocCiloopa!:o=~o.Ul~til.f'i;om'.tbe' iirign'tfoiFof,ctbo ~uplnnd 'aroas'. - - ~=.:c--:"- -' <br /> <br />_' ~ '.~=ApP.!'~~ t~y."~yc'p:rtb~irr1gnl>X~~lnlld i,s91a.s.l!,,:~'~ln!1.c!!_~!Jlis~= ~'-, . <br />'lalll1 'CC)nsUte' of /j1g~_pr~uoti.VQ., friaBlo u,!oH to fl, dop:tli of mor9~tlinn_ ' <br />6 foot. Tho subsoil ia sufficiontly pervious to c.llevI ample dl'::lifuigo <br />alii penotration of irrigo.tien tmtor. 1/ator-ho:,<iing capo.city of pro.cti. <br />sally all of tho Class 1 lane is goed to oxoollont. Lwst of tho soil <br />11 cr.lanroaus o.nd in nnny profilos amnll flC'.kes of limo 1.'.1'0 found. <br /> <br />Tho Cla.. 2 land usually has c. hoavier texturo. ospooic.lly in tho <br />subsoil. which roduoos pOrIllOrlbility of tho SQil r.nd incroo.sos tho nood <br />for oaroful npplioation of Wrltor. Applioc.tion of water to tho surfo.oo <br />of tho lldil mll8t be continuod felt' long poriods during irrigo.ti.on in <br />ordot' to be cortain that tho Wator ho.s pone~"tod to 0. suf'fic ient depth. <br />This prll.otioo rosults in oon.idoro.blo wa.to wator whioh i. lost c.t tho <br />lCBor ond of tho fiold boing irrigp.tod. Application of nil oxcossive <br />q\.tlnt:l.ty of wo.ter to tho soil orton rosults in tomparnry waterlog~ng, <br />duo to tho high wc.to1"-holding oo.pc.oity alii tho .low dro.il1ngo of tho <br />Wato1" through tho eoil. <br /> <br />Topo!!;r'o.phy <br /> <br />Tho majority of tho itrignblo 'lc.~ ~8 good,tapogro.phy. 'rho trc.cts <br />r.ro in ono plano end haw smooth gonti. slopos Which c.re idoal for irri- <br />gnt1on. ~ tho south 8id~, of tho c.roo. noar tho .s.rknnsc.s ilivor. tho <br />dopo ill not sui'fic10nt to provido good 8,)irtaco or subsoil drninago~ <br />%his c.roe. is role.t1voly smr.ll~ <br /> <br />",,;" <br /> <br />"'",. <br /> <br />--~---- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />21 <br />