I prefer bottom land having a clay soil and a north or east slope.
I prefer hilltop, with a clay soil and a light subsoil, and an east slope, as it will get the morning sun and no southwest winds.
If clay soil is obtainable nearby, a small area of sandy soil, such as is required for the garden, can be made into excellent soil by the addition of the former, applied as you would manure.
It is one of the valuable qualities of lime, and also of gypsum to even a greater extent, that while it helps a clay soil, it is equally valuable for a sandy one.
SANDY SOIL is, as the term implies, composed largely of sand, and is the reverse of clay soil.
When rain falls on a clay soil it enters less readily because of the closeness of the particles, and during long rains or heavy showers some of the water may run off the surface.
This kind of a plow is apt to puddle a clay soilif it is quite moist.
Take two bottles or jars, put therein a few spoonsful of clay soil, fill with water, put a little lime in one of them, shake both and set them on the table.
So on deep, clay soil, 10 or even 15 gallons per application may be in order.
If the mix is primarily clay, we call it a clay soil.
If the soil is open and the organic matter loose, oxidation takes place rapidly; but if a large pile of organic matter is buried in clay soil, it will take decades for it to disappear.
Sewage passed over the surface of clay soil, however, will, in the course of a few months, so modify the clay as to convert it into a loam, and in this way increase its absorptive power.
Of course, a sandy soil will absorb more water than a clay soil, and if the soil is entirely clay, it is not suitable for such treatment.
Gooseberries are growing in the foreground, vegetables behind, and hops in background] A sandy soil is in so many ways the opposite of a clay soil that we shall expect to find corresponding differences in the look of the country.
When we find the ground very hard in dry weather and very sticky in wet weather we may be sure we are on a clay soil, and may expect to find brick yards or tile works somewhere near, where the clay is used.
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