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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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