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SOIL RESOURCES.
Soil Belt Map of Texas
WEST CROSS TIMBERS SOILS
WN: Windthorst-Nimrod Group. Brown, red-
dish brown, yellow and gray friable with heavy
to sandy subsoils; of sandstone and sandy bed
parent materials. Cotton, corn, sorghums, pea-
nuts, vegetables, fruits, post oak and blackjack.WNP: Windthorst-Nimrod Prairies. Prai-
rie soils of composition comparable with
\VN.
A: Alluvial Soils. Brown to grayish brown, cal-
careous, friable soils along narrow river bottoms,
over alluvial beds of clay and sandy materials.
Cotton, corn, feed crops, pecans.
CENTRAL BASIN SOILS
TP: Tishomingo-Pedernales Group. Brown, red-
dish brown and grayish friable soils, often shallow
and stony; of granite, schist, sandstone and lime-
stone origin. Cotton, corn, sorghum, range lands.
RIO GRANDE PLAIN SOILS
VG: Victoria-Goliad-Orelia Group. Black, dark
brown and dark gray soils, usually friable though
some tight soils of dark gray, brown and reddish
brown subsoils of calcareous clay and marl ma-
terials. Cotton, corn, truck crops, citrus in
places, feedstuffs. Much brushy land in native
state.
DW: Duval-Webb Group. Brown and reddish
brown, noncalcareous and usually friable soils,
with substratum of caliche over sandy clays. Cot-
ton, corn, truck crops, grain sorghums, berries,
citrus fruits in places.
MZ: Maverick-Zapata Group. Thin, light brown
and gray, friable soils, usually calcareous, usually
with caliche or limestone substratum. Range lands,
usually brushy.
BI: Brennan-Nueces Group. Light brown and
gray noncalcareous, friable, usually with caliche
and sandy clay substratum. Cotton, truck and
vine crops, sorghums, citrus fruits in places.
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