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corn, corn for silage, sugar beets, small grain, or beans. Few conservation practices aze needed to maintain top yields. Windbreaks and environmental plantings of trees and shrubs commonly grown in the azea aze generally well suited to this soil. Cultivation to control competing vegetation should be continued for as many yeazs as possible following planting. Trees that are best suited and have good survival are Rocky Mountain juniper, eastern redcedaz, ponderosa pine, Siberian elm, Russian-olive, and hackberry. The shrubs best suited aze skunkbush sumac, lilac, Siberian peashrub, and American plum. Wildlife is an important secondary use of this soil. The cropland azeas provide favorable habitat for ring-necked pheasant and mourning dove. Many nongame species can be attracted by establishing areas for nesting and escape cover. For pheasants, undisturbed nesting cover is essential and should be included in plans for habitat development, especially in azeas of intensive agriculture. This soil has fair to poor potential for urban development. It has moderate to high shrink- swell, low strength, and moderately s-ow permeability. These features create problems in dwelling and road construction. Those areas that have loam or sandy loam in the lower part of the substratum are suitable for septic tank absorption fields and foundations. Some areas of this soil aze adjacent to streams and are subject to occasional flooding. The potential is fair for such recreational development as camp picnic areas and playgrounds. Capability class I irrigated. 63 -Terry Fine Sandy Loam, 3-9% slopes This is a moderately deep, well drained soil on plains at elevations of 4500 to 5000 feet. It formed in residuum from sandstone. Included in mapping are small areas of soils that have sandstone deeper than 40 inches. Also included are small azeas of soils that have a sandy clay loam and clay loam subsoil. Typically the surface layer of this Terry soil is pale brown fine sandy loam about 6 inches thick. The subsoil is pale brown fine sandy loam about 1 S inches thick. The substratum is fine sandy loam. Sandstone is at a depth of about 32 inches. Permeability is moderately rapid. Available water capacity is moderate. The effective rooting depth is 20 to 40 inches. Surface runoff is medium to rapid, and the erosion hazard is moderate. This soil is suited to limited cropping. Intensive cropping is hazazdous because of erosion. The cropping system should be limited to such close grown crops as alfalfa, wheat, and barley. The soil is also suited to irrigated pasture. A suitable cropping system is 3 to 4 yeazs of alfalfa followed by 2 yeazs of corn and small grain and alfalfa seeded with a nurse crop. DMG 112 Perml! Page 47 of 8l