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( 1j. Olney-4ona area <br />Deep, nearly level to moderately eloping, well drained soils that <br />formed in calcareous sandy sediments.. <br />This soil area is in the southeastern part of the survey area. It <br />occupies about 12 percent of the total acreage. About ly0 percent of the <br />area is the Olney soil, 25 percent 4ona soil, and the remaining 35 <br />percent is soils of minor extent. <br />The Olney and 4ona soils both have sandy loam surface layers. The <br />Olney soil has a sandy clay loam subsoil and the 4ona soil has s sandy <br />loam subsoil. <br />The minor soils in this area are the well drained Ascalon and Bijou <br />soils and the excessively drained 4alent and ~:igton soils. <br />ldost of this soil area is used for grazing livestock. About 10 percent <br />of the area is dryland farmed, mostly in the Olney soils. A larger <br />percentage had been farmed in the past but because of loar precipitation <br />and wind erosion hazard many fields were abandoned or reseeded to grass. <br />The potential for home sites on this soil area is good and fair for <br />wildlife habitat. <br />3~ <br />