The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-06-21
ORANGEBURG SOIL
The Best for Growing Cuban Tobacco
in the Country


in the Country
Looking for Some of the Same Sort
in as-Statement by
Department.
The National department Of agri-
culture has issued an interesting bull
letin announcing the result Of it's ex-
periments in Texas with Cuban tobac-
cc seed. a large part Of this report
deals with Orangeburg clay and soil,
and great effort has been made in Tex
as, wherever possible, to find this soil,
the kind that the department. has
found in Orangeburg county, near ST.
Matthews.
The report says: The soil in the
Texas areas is believed to be derived
from the thorough weathering Of Ter.
tiary clays, and in some localities the
clays are underlain at depth Of
e;gdt to twenty feet by low grade Of
glaucorite material, indicating that
the ultimate origin Of the type may
have been green sand OF Eocene age
The iron concretions found in the soil
1t is thought, have been gradually
built by oxidation, and teaching Of
iron in the soil, which acts as a ce
ment between the grains Of sand. Oc
casionaly, though rarely, the concre'
tions have the irregular form of iror
crust, and such fragments sometime:
weigh several pounds. The presence
Of these concretions is one indication
Of the adaptation Of the soil to The
production of a cigar leaf OF fine
quality.
The Orangeburg fine sandy loan
in addition to its special adaptation a:
a tobacco soil, is we'll adapted to gen
eral farming. 1t combines marked fer
tility with a fne friable texture, anc
is easily kept in good tilth. The re
port then gives table showing ths
results OF mechanical analyses Of sam
pies OF the soil aud subsoal Of thi!
type taken from the locality OF the
experim entail field in the Macogdoche:
(Texa) area.
The character and relative proper
tions OF the principal plant food con
stituents il this soil are also set out il
a table giving tie result OF chenica
analysis by the water extract method
Continuing the report says: Orange
burg clay differs from the Orange
burg fine sandy loan mainly in hav
iug a much shalloWer covering O.
lighter soil over the red clay subsoil
the latter often lying within reach o.
the plough, even With the shallow
plouehiog practiced in this part OF thu
country. A typical description give
the following profile; soil from five K
nine inches deep, a dark red color
and ranging in texture from heav!
sandy loan, to clay loan, Sub-soil
a stiff dark red clay, generally reach
ing to a considerable depths, thoUgr
generally underlain by greensand mar
at three feet. On the surface and mix
ed with the soil, and sub soil, ART
found varying proportions Of iron con
cretionS, and fragments Of Weatheret
greenSand marl. a few limeston frag
mentS are found In the sIb.scil.
The surface characteristics OF tht
soil vary considerably. TIE large
areas form high, evenly rolling land
while the smaller areas which occu
as narrow strips, are usually more
rolling, and in places even billy ant
broken. The surface drainage is To-
the most part excellent, except for
few slight depressions found in tn;
gently rolling areas, where artifcia
drainage would be very beneficial.
''The Orangeburg clay, like the fin
sandy loan, is residual soil derived
through the weathering Of greensant
mari OF Eocene age. The mari is 10
cally called "shell rock" and outcrop
in many places in all the typical area
OF the soil ID Texas. and in cuts
graduation from the unweathered un
derlying formation to the most thor
oughly weathered surface soil may b
readily traced In some places an al
most complete Weathering has takel
place to depth OF several feet. Th'
greensand is rich in lime, phosphori'
acid, and potassium, and has som'
value for use locally az a fertilizer.
AT the beginning Of the year 100.
the bureau had ascertailed through
two years experiments already detail
ed, the types OF soil upon which tn
tobacco nearly approaching the CubaI
leaf in ali its qualities, could be sue
ceSsfully produced. The experiment!
were then continued through the sea
son OF 1904 on the soils Of the Orange
burg clay and the Orangeburg fnt
sandy loan to further study theil
adap p3ation to filler tobacco and to see
if by different methods of fertilization
and cultivation. a still better lea1
could be grown"
Ia closing, the report says that ths
result OF the work done during TIE
year 1908, and the sales Of tobacco
grown in Texas, according to the de
partment's methods, have proved, al
most without exception, to have been
entirely satisfactory. 1t further says
that a good domestic filler can be
grown on the O.angeburg soils in east
Texas, and ct this time about one
hundred and fifty acres are being
grown there. The industry looks ex.
ceedingiy bright at this time in east
Texas.
Gets Ten Thousand.
In the United States Court at Char.
lesion on We5n sday sealed verdict
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