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SOIL SURVEY OF SAN SABA COUNTY, TEXAS. 29 Shiloh Church and Bethel School, and along the Bowser-Richland Springs public road. On the other hand, on some narrow ridges and in other areas subject to erosion the sandy soil covering is only 4 to 8 inches in thickness, and in some instances the soil resembles the clay loam type. The Windthorst fine sandy loam is confined mainly to that part of the county lying north of the Gulf, Colorado cotton is the chief cash crop. In the last few years, however, owing to the prevalence of the boll weevil, there has been a tendency to reduce the cotton acreage and devote more attention to forage crops. Sorghum is the principal hay and forage crop. Cowpeas are grown both in corn and as an independent crop, with a fair degree of success. It has been demonstrated on several farms that peanuts can be grown with good yields of both hay and nuts. Sudan grass grown in an experimental way has given heavy yields of hay in addition to furnishing pasturage. A small acreage is utilized on some farms for the production of milo, but on the whole the type is probably not so well adapted to this crop as the heavier residual and alluvial soils. Oats are grown for grain and hay for work stock, but the crop is unimportant in comparison with corn and cotton. This type seems to be better adapted to fruit growing than most of the other soils of the county. Peaches are grown with a fair degree of success, considering the climatic conditions, and there are a few trees or moderate-sized orchards on nearly every farm. There are also several farms on, which apple trees have made a thrifty growth and have borne fruit with more certainty than peach trees. Plums do well nearly every year, while pear trees are fairly thrifty and rarely fail to produce some fruit. The average yield of corn is about 20 to 25 bushels per acre, and of cotton between one-fourth and one-third bale per acre. Owing to the high moisture-retaining capacity of the soil, crops withstand
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Veatch, J. O. (Jethro Otto); Rogers, R. F.; Beck, M. W. (Miles Walter) & Lewis, H. G. (Henry Guy).Soil survey of San Saba County, Texas,
book,
1917;
Washington D.C..
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth19839/m1/31/:
accessed July 17, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.