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<br />CA?ABILITY CLASSIFICATION <br />Loveland. <br />Capabilit~• ttnit IIIw-1 (Irrigate) <br />This unit consists of deep, somew!;at ooorl~ drsinec' <br />soils of the Loveland series, These soils have a clan <br />loam or sand}~ r.la~ loam surface lacer. The undArlping <br />lacer is a sand~• clay loam, clan loam, or loam teat is <br />20 to 40 inches deP^ over gravelly sand, Slopes are 0 <br />to 1 percent, ?ermeabilit•: is moderate, Runoff is slow <br />and the erosion hazard is slight, Avai'eb]e water caos- <br />cit-- is mo~3erate to hic-h. T:^.e ei"_'ective rootinr depth <br />i9 60 in^~.es or more. A seasonal ~:igh water table is <br />at a dept'r, of 2 to 4 feet. <br />These soils can be used for irritated crops. '-ie1~0s, <br />ho•••e~rer, are lowere~' b•: t .e poor drainare, Salt-toler- <br />ant crops, such as barley and surer beets, are esoeciall~• <br />well suite;, <br />Irritation s••stems should be designed to a•roid o~rer- <br />irric-ation. The irrigation runs s:~;ould be sort, <br />'reo•::ent '.irht irrigations ':elc to minimuze accumulation <br />o.' salts and to or event t::e ex~essive f'_u~tuation in <br />• the water table that can be harry.?l;l to plants, <br />T^ese soils are suited to pasture. Tall fescue, slender <br />wl:eatFrass, or tall wl:eatFrass are suitab~.e presses, <br />T~.e audition of strawberr" c'o'rer, vellowb?ossom sweet- <br />r.lover, or Alsike clover in,esse~ vslue of t':e forage, <br />?roper management of pasture i= necessar•: :e^ s;;bstaise <br />`iF:' !'lelcs, <br />a <br />