Field notes, Indiana and Kentucky, 1910
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Clarksville silty loam Soil 6" light yellow brown silty loam chert (20-50%)? Subsoil 30" chert (20-50%) Residual country limestone + granites. Philadelphia, loam Soil 6-15" fine loamy silt loam light gray orange, lime Subsoil 30+ red sandy clay Mixture of Lafayette sandy clays w/ d. Clay? Domestic settlers. Surface drainage poor. Rolling land. Good for peaches Cotton? silt loam Soil 8" silt loam light gray Subsoil yellow compact silt loam silty clay reddish yellow or red. Residual origin Barnesville Flat w/ detritus droughty, not dry for tobacco, strawberries Cautious for cotton? clay loam Soil 8" silty loam reddish brown Subsoil 30" silty clay loam red & heavy Residual Loamy under- lating. Stony fertile Best farm land. Tobacco beans, yield, but not best leaf.