Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-19
Relation of Soils to Crops


The following summary of the
findings of the Georgia soil survey
regarding the relation of soils to
crops has been prepared by Profess
sors l.. M. Carter and NJ w. Low
~ 1t furnishes data of very great
importance to our farmers at this
tlme. Study these suggestions care
t9lly and put as many as possible
VI them into practice.
Both residual and transported
SOILS are common to the southeast
efn states. Among the more i'm
portant soils, residual from crystal
me and metamorphic rocks, are
those of the Cecil, Davidson, APP
ping, Madison, Durham and Ire
oeH series. Sedimentary rocks, such
as limestone, shale, sandstone, etc.
give rise to soils of the Decatur,
Hagerstown, Conasauga, Christian,
Colbert and DeKalb series. Sandy
Ioams, clays and intermediate
classes occur in most of these
series.
Ihe transported soils are of al
luVlal and marine origin. Along the
entire Atlantic and gulf coastal
plains, extending fifty to several
hundred miles inland, Is a wide belt
or soils of marine origin. These soils
are almost uniformly of sandy tex
lure, and include the larger part
OF the cotton belt of the United
States. The most important soils
IN this region are classified by the
united States bureau of soils into
the Norfolk, Triton, Ruston, Green
vile and Orangeburg series.
The alluvial soils are developed
along the river and stream flood
, plains, and are derived from ad.
Jacent and upstream material. In
regions of crystalline and sedi-
mentary rocks, silt loans and silly
clay loans predominant, while along
streams in the coastal plains, sands
and sandy loans predominant, eX-
cept along larger streams flowing
through regions of heavier soils
above.
The Cecil series represent the
most extensive and important group
OF soils in the Piedmont plateau
section. They vary from gray to
brown in color of the surface soil,
and have brick red sandy clay sub.
SOILS. The texture varies from sandy
!oam to clay. Sandy loan and clay
loam are the most extensive types
and make UP approximately IS per
cent of the total area These soils
are adapted to general farm crops
as well as peaches, peanuts and
potatoes.
The Appling series includes soils
OF the Piedmont plateau section
having gray sandy surface soils and
yellow and red notified subsoil. The
types IN this series are predomi
nately sandy loans. These types
are adapted to the growth of gen.
eral farm crops, truck crops and
tobacco.
The Durham series varies from
the Applins series, in that the sub.
soils are plain yellow in color with
out nothing. The texture is pre-
dom1nately sandy loan. The soils
of this series are not widely dis.
tributed. They are adapted to gen
eral farm crops, early truck and to-
: bacco.
The Madison series consists OF
gray to brown surface soil and
friable reddish brown or brick red
suhsoils. The material from which
these soils are derived is a quartz
mica schist. The texture is usually
a sandy loan or a gravelly sand =
loan. More or less gravel consist
Ing of quartz fragments and frag
ments of the parent rock are com
mon over practically all of this
. series. These types have proven
. particularly valuable for cotton pro
dvctpn in the. presence of the boil
Weevil. They are also used for gen
eral farm crops.
The Davidson series is derived
= from basic rocks such as diorite and