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<br />.f <br />R3-CD <br />27--Falfa clay loam, <br />drained soil is on gently <br />calcareous loess. Eleva[ <br />precipitation is IS to 18 <br />about 48 [0 49 degrees F, <br />days. <br />6/83 <br />3 [0 8 percent elopes. This deep, w~l <br />sloping to sloping mesa tops. It fo ed in <br />ion is 6,500 to 7,000 feet. The avers a annual <br />inches. The average annual air tempe store is <br />and [he average Eros[-free season is 00 [u 12( <br />Typically, the surface layer is reddish brown clay loam ab ut 9 inches <br />thick. The upper part of. [he subsoil is reddish brown clay loa about 5 <br />inches thick. The middle part of rile subsoil is reddish brown la}• about 2l1 <br />inches thick. The lower part of the subsoil is reddish brown c ay loam <br />about 23 inches thick. The substratum is yellowish red clay to m to a depth <br />of 60 inches or more. <br />Included in this unit is about 10 percent Corta loam soils 5 percent <br />soils similar to Falfa but having mollic surface layers, and sm 11 areas of <br />Witt and Simpatico loamy. <br />Permeability is slow. Effective rooting depth is 60 inche or more. <br />Available water capacity is high. Surface runoff is medium and the hazard <br />of water erosion is moderate. <br />This soil is used mainly for irrigated crops, nonirrigated crops, <br />rangeland, and homesites. The main crops grown in irrigated ar as are corn <br />for ensilage, small grains such as wheat, barley, and oats, pas ore and <br />alfalfa hay. The main crops grown in nonirrigated areas are wh at and pinto <br />beans. <br />