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weldrge <br />Soil name and description <br />Capability classification is the grouping of soils to <br />show, in a general way, their suitability for most <br />kinds of farming. [~t is a practical classification <br />based on limitations of the soils, the risk of damage <br />when they are used, and the way they respond to <br />treatment. The soils are classified according to <br />degree and kind of permanent limitation, but without <br />consideration of major and generally expensive <br />tandforming that would change the slope, depth, or <br />other characteristics of the soils; without <br />consideration of possible unlikely major reclamation <br />projects. <br />Class !II - Severe Limitations that reduce choice of <br />crops or require special conservation practices or both. <br />Class VII - Not suited for cultivation. Very severe <br />limitations. Suited for range, woodland or wildlife <br />uses if carefully managed. Usually cannot apply <br />physical practices such as pitting, furrowing, seeding, <br />etc. <br />E - Erosion by wird of water is the major problem. <br />C - Climate is the major hazard. Growing season may be <br />very short; there is a shortage of rainfall or both. <br />BkD ~ Blackston very gravelly loam, 5 to 25 percent slopes <br />This unit is unsuited for row crops due to slope. This <br />unit is best suited Lo a permanent cover crop such as <br />irrigated pastureland. Because of the slope, sprinkler <br />or drip irrigation is oast suitable for the less <br />sloping areas. Irrigation water needs to be applied at <br />a rate that insures opt imun production without <br />increasing deep percolation, runoff, end erosion. <br />