The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-29

westward through southern Alabama near to. the gulf coast, the second extending from west central Georgia through cen tral Alabama into eastern and northeast ern Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas, and northeastern Texas and extending across the Red river into southern Okla homa.
 Tt lies at attitudes ranging iron. 80 to 250 feet in the eastern gulf re- zion and from 150 to 500 feet in the Louisiana-Texas region. The surface features of the type are eI.ner gently undulating to rolling or steeply sloping and hilly in the higher lying portions of the type near it's inland margin. Drainage is generally excellent.
 Erosion is the greatest menace and all of the sleeper slopes should be oarefully tended to prevent an almost impereeptible wash of the finer grained material to lower levels.
 "The Orangeburg fine sandy loam lies within the belt of the warm tenn perate gulf region of abundant to even excessive rainfall, although the west : ern extension of the type lies within a region of moderate to light pre- ciptation. Throughout the entire ex- tent of its development the Orangeburg fine sandy loam is favored with long growing season.
 "The Orangeburg fine sandy loam is particularly adapted to upland cotton being equalled in efficiency only by tha black prairie soils. Yields of two-fifths of bale to one bale per acre are se- cured and the general average for the type is in the vicinity of one-half bale per acre. The average production of the type may be considerably increased by the general adoption of proper methods of the preparation and tillaee of the land, regular crop rotations, ana by increasing the organic matter con tent of the surface soil.
 While not so well adapted to corn production as to cotton growing, the type is a fair average corn soil when it's yelds are compared with those of other types in the upland portions of the southern states. To increase the corn yield requires about the same methods as are used for increasing the production of cotton.
 Winter oats are commonly grown as 2 forage crop producing good yields. in few instances the grain is thrash ed giving about % bushels of oats per acre. The crop should be grown i'i regular rotation with cotton and corn.
 "Cowpeas are coming to be more ex- 1cnsively grown as principal hay crop upon the Orangeburg fine sandy loam Excellent yields of hay are se- cured, and the acreage of this crop should be widely extended
 'The Orangeburg fine sandy loam and it's associated type, the Orangeburg slndy loam, are the best soils for the growing of the Cuban cigar filler to- bacco. Yields of 800 to 1900 pounds per acre are obtained upon properly pre- pared and fertilzed land in all of the regions where the type is charac- teristically developed.
 Tt is the best coastal plain soil type for the production of peaches particu- larly the Elberta. Elevated areas with good air and water drainage must be selected. Increasing acreages are be- ing planted.
 Among vegetable and truck crops, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes. toma = toes, watermelons and cantaloupes are quite extensively grown and are the best truck crops for this type.
 There is q wide variation in the adequacy of farm equipment upon the type, ran ging from the most promitive in pioneer communities to the most modern improvements on well regu- lated plantations. The use of heavier work stock, and particularly the in troduction of disk blows. harrows, and cultivators for the broadcast prepa ra- ton and tillage of the land are to be | recommended,
 The retofestation of denuded hil., and the sleeper slopes should be care fully undertaken, since the soil is well suited to the growing of its native