GUELPH, ONTARIO - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
GUELPH, ONTARIO - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
GUELPH, ONTARIO - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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Developed on stonefree, calcareous, clay<br />
Elderslie silty clay loam is a Brown Forest—<br />
Grey-Brown Podzolic soil. Note the trace<br />
of an A 2 horizon.<br />
A light brownish grey, silty clay loam A 2 horizon occurs in some places<br />
giving the profile characteristics of the Grey-Brown Podzolic soils. The topography<br />
is smooth moderately sloping to steeply sloping, the steeper slopes<br />
occurring along the stream courses where the l<strong>and</strong> is dissected. The internal<br />
drainage is slow but there is sufficient fall toward the stream courses for rapid<br />
external drainage. The type has suffered noticeably from sheet <strong>and</strong> gully<br />
erosion.<br />
<strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong><br />
Saugeen soils are well suited to most of the crops commonly grown in the<br />
district. They occur in an area where general farming is common <strong>and</strong> good<br />
yields are obtained from fall wheat, spring grain, hay <strong>and</strong> pasture.<br />
Erosion is severe on most slopes <strong>and</strong> can be prevented to a large extent by<br />
the use of long rotations <strong>and</strong> other simple farm practices. The topography is<br />
such that conservation practices in the form of strip cropping, contour cultivation,<br />
etc., can be used successfully.<br />
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