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1254 FIELD OPERATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF SOILS, 1920. clay arewell suited to oats and wheat. The Houston clay, shallow phase, is better suited to small grairis than to corn and cotton. The Ellis clay is better suited to wheat and oats than to corn or cotton. The Irving clay is well suited to wheat, oats, and cotton, and not so well suited to corn as the Bell clay and Houston black clay. The Cahaba. soils are especially adapted to the production of vegetables and fruits. The Leaf fine sandy loam is also well suited to vegetables, though not quite so well as the Cahaba fine sandy loam. Trinity, Catalpa, and Frio soils are very productive bottom soils and with good drainage are especially suited to corn, cotton, alfalfa, and forage crops. 0
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Carter, William T. (William Thomas); Bauer, A. H.; Stroud, J. F.; Francis, W. B. & Bushnell, T. M. (Thomas Mark).Soil survey of Dallas County, Texas,
book,
1924;
Washington D.C..
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth19799/m1/48/:
accessed July 15, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
