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2. Kettle-Pring-Peyton area <br /> Deep, nearly level to steep, well drained noncalcareous soils that formed <br /> in material weathered from arkosic sedimentary rock. <br /> Areas of these soils are in the cooler north central and northwestern <br /> part of the survey area. <br /> This soil area occupies about 10 percent of the survey area. About <br /> 30 percent of the area is Kettle soils, 30 percent Pring soils; and 15 <br /> percent Peyton soils. The remaining 25 percent is soils of minor extent. <br /> The Kettle soil has gravelly loamy sand surface layers, the Pring <br /> soil has coarse sandy loam surface layers, and the Peyton soil has sandy <br /> loam surface layers. <br /> The minor soils in this area are the well drained Brussett, Crowfoot, <br /> Cruckton, Elbeth, Holderness, Jax4, and Tomah soils. <br /> This soil is used for dryland cultivation, homeaV'es, livestock <br /> grazing, wildlife habitat and woodland. The Kettle and Elbeth soils are <br /> used mostly for woodland with a limited amount of livestock grazing. <br /> Most of the homesites are also on these two soils; however, all of the <br /> soils in this area are used for homesites. Most of the Pring soil is <br /> used for livestock, grazing. Cultivation is mostly on the Peyton and <br /> Brussett soils. Choice of crops is limited by the short growing season. <br />