THE SOILS OF ELGIN COUNTYVolume 1REPORT NO . 63OF THEONTARIO CENTRE FORSOIL RESOURCE EVALUATIONbyL . W. SchutResources Management BranchOntario Ministry <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Food</strong>Guelph, Ontario1992<strong>The</strong> Ontario Centre forSoil Resource Evaluation serves as a coordinating body between three memberagencies working in the areas <strong>of</strong> soil inventory, interpretation, <strong>and</strong> research . It is made up <strong>of</strong>components <strong>of</strong> the L<strong>and</strong> Resource Division, Centre for h<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Biological Resources Research <strong>of</strong><strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>Canada</strong>, Resources Management Branch <strong>of</strong> the Ontario Ministry <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Food</strong><strong>and</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong> L<strong>and</strong> Resource Science <strong>of</strong> the University <strong>of</strong> Guelph .
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<strong>The</strong> completion <strong>of</strong> this report <strong>and</strong> the soilmaps for <strong>Elgin</strong> <strong>County</strong> required the assistance <strong>of</strong>many people. Grateful appreciation is extended toall <strong>of</strong> the following individualswho contributed inso many ways.Assistance with legend preparation, fieldmapping <strong>and</strong> map preparation was provided byD. Aspinall, E. Wilson, <strong>and</strong> B . Stevens, OntarioMinistry <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Food</strong>, Guelph. Soilcorrelation assistance was provided by E. Presant,<strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>Canada</strong>, Guelph, <strong>and</strong> T. Hagerty,Ontario Ministry <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Food</strong>, Guelph .Field assistance with sampling for soilcharacterization <strong>and</strong> interpretation was providedby B. Hohner, K. Denholm, S . Duvieusart <strong>and</strong>D. Lymbumer, <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>Canada</strong>, Guelph, <strong>and</strong>by D. Aspinall, T . Hagerty, E. Wilson, <strong>and</strong>J. Alberts, Ontario Ministry <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>and</strong><strong>Food</strong>, Guelph.Assistance with data management wasprovided by C. Fitzgibbon <strong>and</strong> C. Palmer,Department <strong>of</strong> L<strong>and</strong> Resource Science, University<strong>of</strong> Guelph, <strong>and</strong> by J. Alberts, Ontario Ministry <strong>of</strong><strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Food</strong>, Guelph . Special assistancewith the map computer files was provided byB. Grant, <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>Canada</strong>, Guelph.Laboratory analyses were done by B. Hohner<strong>and</strong> C . Miller, <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>Canada</strong>, Guelph, <strong>and</strong>L. Stahlbaum, Department <strong>of</strong> L<strong>and</strong> ResourceScience, University <strong>of</strong> Guelph. Water retentionanalyses were done by K . Wires, <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong><strong>Canada</strong>, Ottawa. Engineering analyses were doneby staff <strong>of</strong> the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Transportation <strong>of</strong>Ontario, London, under the supervision <strong>of</strong>R. Murphy .Assistance in preparing the water erosionsection <strong>of</strong> the report was provided by 1. Shelton<strong>and</strong> Dr. G. Wall, <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>Canada</strong>, Guelph .Assistance in developing the horticultural cropinterpretations was provided by K. Priest, OntarioMinistry <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Food</strong>, Woodstock, <strong>and</strong>J . Gardner, Ontario Ministry <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>and</strong><strong>Food</strong>, London . <strong>The</strong> interpretations for special fieldcrops, <strong>and</strong> the C values for the water erosioninterpretations, were developed with the assistance<strong>of</strong> H. Martin, Ontario Ministry <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>and</strong><strong>Food</strong>, St. Thomas .Cartographic assistance in preparing the maps,<strong>and</strong> also the figures in the report, was provided byD. Irvine <strong>and</strong> D. Wilson, Department <strong>of</strong> L<strong>and</strong>Resource Science, University <strong>of</strong> Guelph, <strong>and</strong>D. Rouleau, Ontario Ministry <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>and</strong><strong>Food</strong>, Guelph. Map digitization was done by1 . Gillespie <strong>and</strong> G. Cameron, Ontario Ministry <strong>of</strong><strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Food</strong>, Guelph . Preparation <strong>of</strong> themaps for printing was done by staff <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong><strong>Canada</strong>, Ottawa, under the supervision <strong>of</strong>B . Edwards <strong>and</strong> R. St. John .Climatic information contained in the reportwas provided by Dr . D. Brown, Department <strong>of</strong>L<strong>and</strong> Resource Science, University <strong>of</strong> Guelph .General editorial comments were provided by M.Kingston <strong>and</strong> B. van den Broek, Ontario Ministry<strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Food</strong>, Guelph. Wordprocessing assistance to prepare the manuscriptwas provided by J . Alberts, M. van Dongen, <strong>and</strong>J . Fagan, Ontario Ministry <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Agri</strong>culture</strong> <strong>and</strong><strong>Food</strong>, Guelph.
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