Soil survey of Essex County, Massachusetts, northern part.
Contributors: Hotz, Charles F.; United States. Soil Conservation Service.; Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station (1888- )
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service
Published: 1981
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Soils -- Massachusetts -- Essex County -- Maps.; Soil surveys -- Massachusetts -- Essex County.; Soil-surveys -- Massachusetts -- Essex County.
Description: ...Contains information of use to land use planners, farmers, foresters and agronomists in evaluating the potential of soils in the county; contains predictions of soil behavior for selected land uses; gives a brief historical and geological overview; identifies properties of all types of soils and describes their formation; tables show data on temperature and precipitation, growing season, freeze dates in spring and fall, prime farmland, woodland management and productivity, recreational development, wildlife habitat, building site development, sanitary facilities, water management, engineering index properties, soil and water features, and classification of soils...
Notes: Bibliography: p. 101-102.
Cover title.
Authors: Donald C. Fuller and Charles F. Hotz.
"In cooperation with the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station."
"Issued February 1981"--P. iii.
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