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Brady sandy loam is a smooth very gently sloping soil and is imperfectly drained. The external drainage is very low and internal drainage is moderate.
plant any cereal grains except buckwheat. Areas in pasture support only fair stands of grasses, usually consisting of Redtop and Canada Blue. Scrub tree growth is establishing itself on areas that have reverted to pasture, thus lessening their usefulness for the production of forage. When drainage improvement is effected, fair crops of cereal grains, hay and pasture are produced. When the soil is cultivated the organic matter should be maintained to assure adequate moisture conservation. Once the required drainage is effected, fertility must be maintained because the reserve supply of nutrients is not high. II. Gravelly Materials (a) Pale Brown in Colour (i) Good Drainage Teeswater Silt Loam (17,100 acres) Developed from silty alluvial deposits over pale brown, gravelly outwash materials, Teeswater silt loam occurs for the most part along stream courses, particularly along the Teeswater and Saugeen Rivers. Smooth gentle slopes and good drainage are characteristic of the type. It is a Grey-Brown Podzolic soil as indicated by the following *profile description: Ao - Thin etc. layer of partially decomposed leaves, twigs, Al - O-4 inches silt loam; dark greyish brown (10 YR 4/2) ; fine granular structure; friable consistency; occasional stones; pH - 6.5. AZ,- 4-16 inches silt loam; light yellow-brown (10 YR 6/4) ; fine platy structure; friable consistency; stonefree; pH - 6.0. Azz- 16-19 inches silt loam; pale brown (10 YR 6/3) ; weak platy structure; friable consistency; stonefree; pH - 5.7. Hz - 19-3 1 inches clay loam ; dark brown (10 Y R 4/3) ; medium nuciform structure; hard consistency when dry, plastic when wet; moderately stony; pH - 7.0. C - Sand and gravel; very pale brown (10 YR 7/3) ; single grain structure; loose consistency; calcareous; pH - 7.8. Most of the Teeswater silt loam has been cleared and is now under cultivation. The tree cover appears to have been dominated by hard maple and beech with ironwood, basswood and soft maple present in smaller numbers. The external drainage is low but the underlying porous materials permit rapid internal drainage. The soil has not suffered noticeably from sheet erosion but gully erosion may require control measures, parCcularly along the stream courses. The type is fairly uniform, varying chiefly in the depth of the silty overburden. 63
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y D. W. HOFFMAN Experimental Farms
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Canada Departme
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont’d) PART I
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FIG. l-Outline map of Ontario showi
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Information pertaining to land use,
Page 12 and 13: Population and Racial Origin The to
Page 14 and 15: PART II FACTORS AFFECTING THE FORMA
Page 16 and 17: TABLE 2 ANALYSES OF BEDROCK FORMATI
Page 18 and 19: The soils found on the coarse open
Page 20 and 21: ‘TOPOGRAPHY I Simple Topography )
Page 22 and 23: DRAINAGE SYSTEM FIG. 7 --Ott tline
Page 24 and 25: MONTH TABLE 6 TEMPERATURE AT LUCKNO
Page 26 and 27: SOUTHAMPTON, (62 Years) Ontario. 0
Page 28 and 29: NATURAL VEGETATION Soft Maple, Elm,
Page 30 and 31: P,4RT III THE CLASSIFICATION AND DE
Page 32 and 33: Ao - Accu mulated layer of partiall
Page 34 and 35: 1). Soils Formed from Fine Textured
Page 36 and 37: I. Till Composed of Grey Materials
Page 38 and 39: Agriculture Ao - Thin etc. layer of
Page 40 and 41: A virgin profile, developed under h
Page 42 and 43: Harkaway Silt Loam— Stony Phase (
Page 44 and 45: Wiarton Loam (3,500 acres) The Wiar
Page 46 and 47: Parkhill Silt Loam (2,600 acres) Th
Page 48 and 49: potash and nitrogen are necessary t
Page 50 and 51: The soil is fairly well supplied wi
Page 52 and 53: Brookston Silt Loam (2,000 acres) T
Page 54 and 55: ii, Thin layer of partially decompo
Page 56 and 57: A,, - Thin layer of partially decom
Page 58 and 59: The vegetative cover on this Plainf
Page 60 and 61: The characteristic A horizons of th
Page 64 and 65: Agriculture General farming and dai
Page 66 and 67: The B horizon of the Burford loam r
Page 68 and 69: The topography is smooth very gentl
Page 70 and 71: The clay till or clay usually appea
Page 72 and 73: Developed on stonefree, calcareous,
Page 74 and 75: (ii) lmperfec t Drainage Elderslie
Page 76 and 77: The dark grey surface underlain by
Page 78 and 79: A 0 — A 1 — G 1 — G 2 — C T
Page 80 and 81: Agriculture Most of the mlick soils
Page 82 and 83: PART IV AGRICULTURE AND LAND USE Ea
Page 84 and 85: agriculture in the area. Large acre
Page 86 and 87: TEXTURE looms, silt looms. FIG. I,?
Page 88 and 89: The Donnybrook soils are usually a
Page 90 and 91: Good wheat crops are produced on Te
Page 92 and 93: (h) Imperfect Drainage SOIL TYPE AC
Page 94 and 95: Adaptability Rating for Bruce Count
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Page 98 and 99: - - - - - L - F - - I __ I I I -
Page 100 and 101: TABLE 19 ACRE-YIELDS OF SOME CROPS
Page 102 and 103: Problem Areas Gully-erosion is ofte
Page 104 and 105: otations consisting largely of sod
Page 106 and 107: PART V~ ANALYTICAL DATA Chemical an
Page 108 and 109: I TABLE 22 (Cont’d) CJJEMJCA I, A
Page 110: TABLE 23 CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL ANAL
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