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• <br />xs3-a <br />~~ ~`' .3 Z -Kim loam, 1 to 3 percent slope <br />This is a deep, well drained soil on smooth planis and alluvial fans <br />at elevatighs of 4900 to 5250 feet. It formed in mixed eolian deposits <br />and parent sediments from a wide variety of bedrock, <br />Included in this unit are soioe soils that have sandy loam or loamy <br />sand underlying material. <br />Typically the .surface layer is a brown to pale broom loam about 12 inches <br />thick. The underlying material is a light clay loam or loau. about 28 <br />inches thick. 9'he substratum, to a depth of GO inches is~a loam or ' <br />fine sandy loam. <br />~. Fermeability is moderate. Available water capacity is Nish. Bffective <br />~ :.. ;::: <br />~'--- roo[ins depth is 60 inches or more. Surface runoff is median and erosion <br />hazard is low, <br />k'liere irrigated this. soil is suited to all crops adapted to this area, <br />including corn, sugar beets, beans, alfalfa, small grains, potatoes <br />and onions. An example of a suitable crapping system is alfa7-fa 3 to <br />4 years followed by corn, corn for silage, sugar beets, small grain, <br />beans and back to alfalfa. Some conservation practices such tis land <br />leveling, ditch lining and pipelines may be needed for proper water <br />applications. <br />All methods of irrigation are suitable with furrow irrigation tl~c must <br />• ~ ~ ~ common type used, Barnyard manure and commercial fertilizers arc needed <br />f for top yields along with maintaining good organic matter content, <br />C- <br />