The Soils of Elgin County - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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APPENDIX 1Generalized Soil Information for Selected Soilsin Elgin County
ALLUVIUM (AL) - clayeyGENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGEMainly fine to very fine (clayey) textured alluvial materialImperfectMEAN HORIZON VALUES-Depth toOrganicNo . of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %Apk 11 22 5 30 14 46 24 L 3.8 7.3 7.6Bmgjkl i l 47 2 26 13 45 29 CL 1 .8 7.4 7.1Bmgjk2 6 76 1 21 8 44 35 CL 1 .9 7.3 4.5Ckg 5 6 22 2 35 43 C _ 7.5 26.6ALLUVIUM (AL) - loamyGENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGEMainly medium (loamy) textured alluvial materialImperfectMEAN HORIZON VALUES- Depth fo -Organic--No. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaC12 %Apk 17 20 1 39 17 43 18 L 3 .0 7.3 8.9Bmgjkl 13 66 1 43 17 41 17 L 1 .3 7.4 9.3Bmgjk2 8 84 1 45 16 37 18 L 0.9 7.4 5.9Ckg 7 11 58 13 30 11 SL 0.1 7.5 19.1BERRIEN SOIL (BE)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALS 40 to 100 cm of coarse (sandy) textured material over fine to very fine (clayey)textured lacustrine materialDRAINAGEImperfectMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth toOrganicNo. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaC03Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %Ap 17 24 1 71 15 18 11 SL 3 .2 6.5 0.3Bmgj 11 51 2 81 19 13 6 LS 0.8 6.7 0.1Bt9j 8 54 3 69 15 16 15 SL 0.6 6.8 0.6IICkgj 14 1 10 1 50 40 SIC 7.5 20 .3
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The Soils ofElgin CountyVolume 1Min
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe completion of t
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Southwold Soils (SO) . . . . . . .
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LIST OF FIGURES1 . Soil map index f
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5. More detailed information for a
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Table 1 .Climate data for Elgin Cou
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Figure 4.Generalized geologic map o
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Table 2.Correlation of major soils
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Figure 6.Schematic landscape cross-
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HOW THE SOILS WERE MAPPED AND CLASS
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of soil profiles and horizons which
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GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SOILSSo
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Table 3.Soils and land units mapped
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Figure 11 .Soil textural groups and
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phase (BN.T) soils were mapped in c
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underlying fine textured materials
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atings for selected special crops a
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Conservation tillage practices, par
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clay. The Ap horizons commonly have
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Gobles soils were frequently mapped
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Kelvin soils are susceptible to com
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Soil Moisture CharacteristicsMiddle
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soils which occur in the eastern po
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Bluish gray or gray gley colours ar
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Stanley till, Tavistock till phase
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to neutral in the Ap horizons, to m
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tillage practices, particularly no-
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Organic (OR)Organic land units usua
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eference and also Publication No .
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Procedure :1) Locate the symbols 'B
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Table 4.Agricultural alnd capabilit
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Soil Suitability ClassesDescription
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Procedure:1) Locate the symbols 'BV
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Table 6.Agricultural land suitabili
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Table 6.Agricultural land suitabili
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Table 6 .Agricultural land suitabil
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Table 6 .Agricultural land suitabil
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Page 106 and 107: erosion losses will occur . Potenti
Page 108 and 109: the average annual soil loss using
Page 110 and 111: Table 9 . Mean K values, K ranges a
Page 112 and 113: Table 10.LS values for different co
Page 114 and 115: Table 13.C values for common field
Page 116 and 117: Table 14 . C values for some field
Page 118 and 119: Table 16.C values for some common c
Page 120 and 121: GLOSSARYAlluvium materialBlanketCal
Page 122 and 123: ProminentmottlesRaised shorelineSoi
Page 124 and 125: 4. Schut, L.W. and W.G. Stevens . 1
Page 128 and 129: BERRIEN SOIL TILL PHASE (BE.T)GENER
Page 130 and 131: BURFORD SOIL (BU)GENERALIZED PROFIL
Page 132 and 133: CAMILLA SOIL (CM)GENERALIZED PROFIL
Page 134 and 135: GOBLES SOIL (GO)GENERALIZED PROFILE
Page 136 and 137: KELVIN SOIL (KE)GENERALIZED PROFILE
Page 138 and 139: MAPLEWOOD SOIL - TILL PHASE (MA.T)G
Page 140 and 141: NORMANDALE SOIL (NO)GENERALIZED PRO
Page 142 and 143: STRATHBURN SOIL (ST)GENERALIZED PRO
Page 144 and 145: TOLEDO SOIL - COARSE PHASE (TO.C)GE
Page 146 and 147: WATTFORD SOIL (WF)GENERALIZED PROFI
Page 148 and 149: APPENDIX 2Field Identification of S
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Page 152 and 153: Figure 13 : Field Site Key To Ident
Page 154 and 155: Figure 14 :Field Site Key To Identi
Page 156 and 157: A iFigure 15 :Field Site Key To Ide
Page 158 and 159: Figure 16 : Field Site Key To Ident
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