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-' <br />xs3-a <br />ice. <br />l ' .3Z -Kim loam, 1 to 3 percent slo <br />`t, ': ' <br /> <br />This is a deep, well drained soil on smooth planis and alluvial fans <br />at elevati9ns 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 some 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 loam about 28 <br />inches thick. Tl~e substratum, to a depth of GO iiiclies is a loram or ' <br />fine sandy loam. <br />Fermeability is moderate. Available water capacity is High, tiffecCive <br />(:';: ' <br />rooting depth is 60 inches or more. Surface runoff is medium and erosion <br />Hazard is low. <br />kfiere 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 cropping system is alfalfa 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 r.s 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 tlic most <br />. l ~ '~ common type used. Barnyard manure and commercial fr_rtilizers arc needed <br />C - for top yields along with maintaining good organic matter content. <br />