Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-20
SOIL MAP HAS GONE
ON TO WASHINGTON.
Will Be Ready For Delivery
in Late Fall.
Board of Trade Deserv.
es Credit For Good
Work For County.

Tomorrow Mr.. J. G. BrittOn, who has
been in charge of the preparation Of
the soil map of Sumter county, leaves
for Marion county, Missouri, his next
field of labor His assistant in the
work here, Mr.. F. S. Welch, has gone
tot Pennsylvania.
The final touches were put yester-
day to the soil map of Sumter county
and the data that is to accompany il
in a pamphlet and a bulky package
carried to Washington, the results oi
tie six months labor of the two sol
experts. Messrs. Britton and Welch
started operations on December l and
have been continuously at 1T ever
since. They found the work of map
ping the soils of this county quite a
complicated one. Twenty-Five distinct
soils were found, tL'eir boundaries Sc
cured, and the map that went to the
national capital shows distinctly
where each soil is to befound through
out the country.
The map was prepared in sections
On it each variety of soil has a dis
tinct color In addition to giving the
bounds of the SOL areas the map
shows the public roads, tie railroads,
streams and also the buildings in the
country districts, the latter being in
dicated by little black squares.
Great Things Ahead For Sumter.
Our stay in Americus has been
very pleasant" said Mr. Britton yes
terday, "and it is with genuine regret
that we leave here | found Sumter
county one of the best that | have ever
worked in, taking everything into coIl-
sideration. When we consider the
climate, the people, the soils, the va
riety of products, the productiveness
of the soil, the roads and other ele-
ments that enter into the making OF
county, it is not hard to appreciate
that Sumter must have a rapid devel-
I w
years will probably make a wonder
full change through the development
of the country hereabouts. The soil
will be more scientifically and more
closely cultivated and the value OF
the crops will undoubtedly be vastly
increased. The movement of white
farmers this way indicates that the
comparatively cheap lands are a great
drawing card, taken together with the
many other advantages offered here
| to the home-seeker."
AS stated, twenty-five varieties OF
soil are indicated on the map sent tt
Washington yesterday. Taking them
from the standpoint of area, the main
soils are about as follows:
Some of the Main Soils.
1. Greenville loamy sand, a deer
sandy loan, with better water holding
capacity than sand, that can be easily
built up and is particularly adapted
to short lived crops, such as oats, COW
pes and truck.
2. Greenville gravelly sandy loan
a red pebby land.
3. Orangeburg sandy loan, gray
but sometimes with a pinkish or red
dish tint.
4. Norfolk or Vicksburg sandy
loan, a yellow sandy loan with con-
siderable clay in it, with slight scat
tering pebbles.
5. Greenville clay loan the heavy sol
found TO perfection around Plains
one of the highest priced soils of the
county
6. Tifton sandy loan, yellow peb
bly, loan.
Z. The Greenville sandy loan
brownish red top soil, with consid-
cradle silt in it.
One soil that in coming years viii
be very valuable in Sumter is tha
designated on the map as Portsmouth
black swamp land or gallberry land
This soil tends to produce malarial
conditions, but after being drained
and treated to a lime application tC
correct the acidity is found very rich
in productiveness for certain crops
Credit Belong to Board of Trade.
1t VIII probably be late in the fal
or early in the winter before the MAJ
and pamphlet for Sumter county are
issued by the Department of Agricul.
ture. The Americus Board of Trade
has made an application to the sec.
retary of agriculture for a Thousand
copies to be used in promoting the
movement for the filling up of The
county with desirable white farmers.
The SOL map is the direct fruit o.
efforts of the Board OF Trade. Thai
body started the 0ovement, put the
pressure on, and it was through It's
efforts that the representative 81
the district at Washington secured ar
order for the making of the map.