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i `~- y' <br />~, <br />7U_, Valcnt _';nnd, 1 to 41„•Irralt ::lntl~-- <br />} t99D <br />s <br />• <br />11tis is a deep, cxces::ivcly drained ::oil un t;l•nelr plain:; nt clcvatiun.~ <br />of. 4h50 Lo 5100 f.ceC. It (orla~•r'. in c~li;n dcponit;~l: [_. <br />InCludCd lll LhiS Unlt ere SOmC SOi Js wllll 11mC aIKIVC CIO 1nChC5. /1150 <br />included in Wapping tarrc some soils tai Ch .sandstone beCwren 40 ;Ind h0 <br />incllt:s. <br />1'yp.ical.ly the surface ]a}•et' is brotm Band about (. inches thick. The <br />underlying material, to a depth of 60 inche, .i5 brown sand. <br />Permeability is rapid. 'Available t:'ater capacity ].s moderate, l:ffect- <br />ive rooting depth is 60 inches ur more. Surface runoff is slew and <br />erosion hazard is low. <br />The potential vegetation on this soil is donrinatcd by :;and bluostem, <br />sand reedgrass, switch}Crass, sidcoata gran::t, needle and thre;:d, litCle <br />b]ursLcm and bloc (:rv:ct. I'uCCnllal prudurl iuu range's Irum 250(1 pounda <br />per acre in favorable years to 1fi00 pounds per acre in unfnvorshl.e years. <br />lJlten range condition dcu•rinrates, sand h7ucstcrr,, switchgraes, sand reud- <br />grass, sidconl, gruna and litt]r bLucstcm dacrcas'.I_ and production drops. <br />Sand sage increases, undesirable wvcds and annual plants invnd~~ and "67u~,f- <br />oul" conditions can occur a^ rnnf;c conditirnt becomes poorer. <br />Pfanagc.ment of vegetation on tlli.s soil. should he based on taking half <br />and ]caving half of the total annual production. Seeding is ndvisab.lc <br />if range is in poor condition. Sand hluesCcm, sand rced};rts::, Indian- <br />grass, switchgra,s, sidcoaty grarnn, liLtlc l,lursu•m and bloc 1•,rama arc <br />suital'lc for ::hodin;,. llu~, to (hc wind en,::iun nusr•~'ptibility of LIIiS <br />soil ~~•rdiul•, rh~ulld Lr dour witl~ an iutr•r:.rl•.l,•r nr in n firm, clown <br />