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~~- - <br />-69 -Valent_;;tncl, 0 l0 3 hor_~ r.t r:t+~t,~ <br />71+1s is a deep, e>:ct•ssivcly d[aincd :;ui) un p,cnt to ~)lainr.• ~[ el ev,iti.rnuo <br />of 4650 Co 5100 feet. ]C formed un eul'ian d,•Irosil~. <br />Included in this unit- are some soils eaitlt lime above 40 inches. <br />'Pypically the surface layer is brutau scent( a(,ouC d iuches thick. The <br />underlying material, to a depth of 60 incht~s is brown sand. <br />PermeaLility is rapid. Available water capacity is moderate. Effect- <br />ive rooting depth is 60 inches or more. Surface runoff is slow and <br />erosion hazard is low. <br /> This soil is suited to limited cropping; in[e•usivc cropping is hazardous <br /> because of erosion. The cropping system should be limited to close <br /> grown crops such as alfalfa, t;hcnt and barlc)~. T1te soils also are <br /> <br /> adop[ed to irrigated pnstumv A suitable cropping sysCCm would he <br />alfalfa 3 to 4 year:; followed by corn and sm^li grain Cor 2 years and <br />alfalfa seeded t.ith a nurse crop. <br />Close grown crupr~ rainy be irrigated from closely spaced contour. ditches <br />or sprinklers. Contour fun'ows or sprinl:lcrs should be used for new <br />crops. Applications of barnyard and commercial fertilizer will help <br />maintain good production. <br />The pvtential vegetaCion on thit: soil is dominated by sand blucstem, <br />sand reedgrass, switchgrass, sidcuats gr:nttn, noodle and thread, J.ittle <br />bluesLCm and b]ue rram.~. Potential production ranl;+~s from 7500 pounds <br />~""1~ per acre in fa~•or;~h.le ve~tr.; t.o l ;O(1 pvtntar, l~rr acr+~ in unfavorable ye;u-s. <br />l:'hrn r:utt•,c condition drtrrior,ur::, ::and hluralt~m, switrhgr:u;s, rand n•cd- <br />f;r.+:;::, ::idcoats grnu,n and l.irtlo blu,•si,~in dren:~;r and prndur[iun drop:;. <br />v , <br />