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• -~ <br />(•' 4. Truckton-Blakeland-Bresser area <br />Deep, nearly level to moderately steep, noncalcareous sandy soils. <br />They formed in materials weathered from arkosic sedimentary rock. <br />This soil area extends from the Colorado Springs area to the east <br />and northeastern part of the survey area. It occupies about 41 percent <br />of the total acreage. About 35 percent of the area ie the Truckton soil, <br />25 percent Blakeland soil, and 20 percent Bresser soil. The remaining <br />20 percent is soils of minor extent. <br />i The Truckton and Bresser soils have sandy loam surface layers. <br />The Truckton soil has a sandy loam subsoil and the Bresser soil has a <br />sandy clay loam subsoil. The Blakeland soil has loamy sand surface <br />layers grading into a sand substrata. <br />The minor soils in this area are the well drained Ascalon, Blandon, <br />Columbine, Louviers, Stapleton and Yoder soils. <br />This soil area is used mainly for grazing livestock. Cultivated <br />areas are mostly in the central and eastern part of the soil area. <br />I <br />Dryland farming is most common, but some irrigation, mostly in the <br />Ellicott area, ie used. The circular sprinkler type is the moat common <br />method of irrigation. Several subdivisions have developed in the past <br />five years in western and central part of the area. Wildlife habitat <br />ie another use of this soil. <br />(~ <br />a2~ <br />