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• ATTACFIM';'NT 2
<br />41-Truekton sandy loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes.
<br />This deep, gently eloping and moderately sloping, well
<br />drained soil is on upland hills, terraces, and valley side
<br />Slopes. It formed in alluvium and residuum weathered
<br />from. erkoslc; sedimentary rock. Elevation ranges from
<br />about'5,900''ao::8,400 tee~e~ege annual precipitation
<br />rangep,lrorr~,?about 14 to bT.. inches, average annual air,
<br />tempeFatur~i'lsi4about 47 degrees F, and average froat•~'
<br />free period~s'abouT:135 days: ."er` ;...
<br />Included:with'+this soll,in;mepplnp•are small arses of
<br />Bressetaaridy`loem, 4 to 8'`percent slopes; Haplustolls, ,,
<br />loeiny "needy, level; end 7ruckton sandy loam, 0 to'.4 '
<br />"+. percent slopes: ;,'
<br />Typkally; the surface layer, is brown Bandy loam about
<br />3 inches thick.:?ate subsoil is dark greyish brown, brown,
<br />a .yelki'MNsh',tipwn sandyloam and coarse sandy 7oa[n
<br />to~a=;dep, of ebbut 20;Inchea. The substratum le very:
<br />:pale; bro. berry coarse, Band to a depth of 80 Inches.
<br />Perm INy}'Le; naderafery rapid, .erld.avallabfe°water:
<br />capacity to mogerete. Surface runoff:is!medlum, and the:
<br />hazard of eros}ori ls.modhate. 1:a;~~i>:' ; ,
<br />Thie`solt';la,: uead melnly;~~lor, grazing,', but some. erase
<br />are used ~o~,.nonlrrigated. cropland, :Wheat la the;main
<br />• crop. The;eatimated yield for wheat fs about i8 bushels=,
<br />per acre.:~'hls soil, has good potential tot windbreaks and
<br />er)viron I'`plentings,~and;for. most engineering'itses "
<br />Renpele ~ra'`"ge" tatbn la ~=mainly blue ;grams, prairie ~
<br />sandreed e,~dJeandthread, sand dropaeed; and 'sl ':
<br />deoata' 'gkams.4*JWhen. ,range condHlon r deteriorates be- '
<br />cause oi~ovelg!'azing . orCother uses; :grasses; such as ,
<br />blue gran~t~}and,anetive bluegrasaes, end (orbs, each as.
<br />hairy golprysEer,?t.increase:,Sleepygrasa;end annuals re-'.
<br />ptace..theiie~graeses ff the range becomes serloustq de-
<br />Seedingy~the range is recommended to revegetate de-
<br />pleted ere9s lr-.order to protect the soil hom wind end
<br />.water eroalonv:~NatNe grasses, such as, big bluestem,
<br />little bluee>;em~~ eldeoets grams, and prairie sandreed, nre
<br />recommeniled,',for, range seeding. Tame grasses, such as
<br />created w~Weafdrdss, Rueslan wNdrye, pubescent wheeM
<br />' grass, or_`)gtetrriedlafe,wheatgrass; may also be.:uaed.
<br />>:Thla soi ` ;generally sated to windbreaks and' envlron=
<br />mental plent~ngeh,, Wlnd' erosion Is the maln.limltatlon'to
<br />the*eetabl{ehrnertf of trees<and shrubs: This hazard can .
<br />be oJeroome~;tiy cultivating only In the , Vee ro+iv; and .
<br />,~ .Ieeving,a,~iatrJ of vegetative cover between the;rowa..
<br />+ : Siippleme~ltelgeUOn Is generally needed et the tlma:of
<br />'' .planUng;i~tdsdixing dry`penods. Well.aulted trees that
<br />surviJe beat,are Rocky Mountain Juniper; ess4ern redce-
<br />. der, ponderosa pine, Siberian elm, Russien•olive, and
<br />hackberry. The;best suited shrubs are akunkbush sumac,
<br />American plum, and Hansen rose.
<br />This sdl la well suited to homesitea and other urban
<br />uses and ,hae`yonly minor limitations that can be eaelly
<br />overcome: Where this soil; is used for a sewage lagoon
<br />system; spedel sealirtg'.rT~ethoda are ,,needed to over•
<br />come the exceesNe seepage condition> '
<br />This • soil is in capability subclass IVs, nonirrigated.
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