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CONTENTS. Page. SOIL SURVEY OF LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS. By J. O. VEATCH, IN CHARGE, and H. G. LEw---------- --------------_ __ _ _ _______ 5 Description of the area --_______ ____________________________ 5 Climate ------------------------------------ 7 Agriculture----------------------------- 9 Soils-__-....--..------. . -------- 14 Amarillo loamy fine sand_ -_..... ___ _ 17 Amarillo fine sandy loam__ ______--------------------- 18 Amarillo clay loam_______ _ _____------------------------ 21 Richfield fine sandy loam_____-------_____________ 22 Richfield loam_____________--------------- 23 Richfield clay loam_____ -__________------------ 24 Brackett gravelly loam____------ ___------- 25 Brackett fine sandy loam______________ __ ________ 26 Brackett loam -__------------_______________________ 27 Randall clay -------..____.__.-----___________--_______ __ 29 Frio loam ---______________________ __ 30 Steep broken land__________------- 31 Summary ------_________________________ 31 ILLUSTRATIONS. PLATES. Page. PLTE I. Fig. 1.-Characteristic fiat prairie topography of much of Lubbock County. Fig. 2.-Cattle at windmill watering place along Yellowhouse Creek, in northern part of the county--__ 16 II. Breaking sod land with a rod-moldboard plow, turning a shallow, 16-inch furrow slice___------------, ----------- 16 FIGURE. PtI. 1.-Sketch map showing location of the Lubbuck County area, Texas__--------------- ___ ------ 5 MAP. Soil Map. Lubbock County sheet. Texas. 3
Veatch, J. O. (Jethro Otto) & Lewis, H. G. (Henry Guy).Soil survey of Lubbock County, Texas,
book,
1920;
Washington D.C..
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