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Figure 8.—Landscape of the Wages -Eck -ley -Dix complex. <br />Typical profile of a Wages loam in pasture of native <br />grass (1,850 feet west, 225 feet south of the northeast <br />corner of section 17, T. 7 N., R. 47 W.) : <br />A-0 to 5 inches, grayish -brown (10YR 5/2) loam, very darl; <br />grayish brown (10YR 3/2) when moist; weak, fine, <br />granular structure; soft when dry, very friable when <br />moist; noucalcareous ; pH 7.4; clear, smooth <br />boundary. <br />B2t-5 to 14 inches, dark grayish -brown (101R 4/2) clay loam, <br />very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) when moist; <br />moderate, medium, prismatic structure that breaks to <br />moderate, medium, subangular blocky; slightly hard <br />when vary, friable when moist; noncaleareous ; pH <br />7.6; very thin, nearly continuous clay films; 5 per- <br />cent fine gravel; clear, smooth boundary. <br />P,3ca-14 to 16 inches, light brownish -gray (10YR 6/2) clay <br />loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) when moist; <br />moderate, medium, prismatic structure that breaks to <br />weak, medium, subangular blocky; slightly hard <br />when dry, friable when moist; strongly calcareous; <br />pH 8.0; 5 percent fine gravel; clear, smooth boundary. <br />Clca-16 to 24 inches, light brownish -gray (10YR 6/2) loam, <br />dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) when moist; massive <br />(structureless) to weak, coarse, subangular blocky <br />structure; hard when dry, friable when moist; very <br />strongly calcareous; pH 8.2; krotovinas of very dark <br />grayish brown (10YR 3/2) when moist; 5 to 10 per- <br />cent fine gravel; gradual boundary. <br />IIC2-24 to 60 inches, light -brown (7.5YR 6/4) gravelly sanely <br />loam, Clark brown (7.5YR 4/4) when moist; massive <br />(structureless) ; soft when dry, very friable when <br />moist; noncalcareons ; plI 8.2. <br />The A horizon ranges from 3 to 7 inches in thickness, and it <br />is loam or gravelly loam. In many areas the surface is covered <br />with pebbles as much as about 3 inches in diameter. <br />The B2t horizon is 6 to 15 inches thick, and it is more compact <br />and darker in the upper part than in the lower. Depth to layers <br />of accumulated lime ranges from 0 to 20 inches, and depth <br />to the underlying gravelly material is 20 to 40 inches. <br />Wages soils have a less clayey subsoil than occurs in Rich- <br />field or Platner soils. Wages soils have more gravel but are less <br />sandy than Ascalon soils. <br />Wages -Campus -Weld loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes <br />(WcB) are in a broad area near the northeastern corner of <br />the count. These soils are so closely associated that it is <br />not practical to neap thein separately. About 50 percent of <br />the complex is Wages soil, 25 percent is Campus soil, and <br />15 percent is Weld soil. Wages and Campus soils are on the <br />side slopes, and Weld soil is on the convex ridgetops. Each <br />kind of soil has ti profile similar to the one described as <br />typical for its series. <br />Included with these soils were small areas of Richfield M= <br />soil that make up about 10 percent of the area mapped <br />The included areas are closely associated with Campus x <br />