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Preface The Soil Management Handboo
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Table Of Contents Preface..........
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Table of Contents Con't. Page 3.6 D
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List Of Soil Management Groups And
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List Of Tables Table1: Farm Conserv
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To obtain information about the soi
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List of Definitions for Table 1 Con
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Well Suited Crops • All necessary
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Soil Depth refers to the depth to e
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Grapes: grape suitability is strong
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Soil Management Groups This section
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Gammil Soil Management Group Soil S
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Greata Soil Management Group Soil S
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Kelowna Soil Management Group Soil
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Munson Soil Management Group Soil S
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Postill Soil Management Group Soil
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Rumohr Soil Management Group Soil S
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Skaha Soil Management Group Soil Se
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Summerland Soil Management Group So
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Miscellaneous Soils Soil Series: Ar
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Soil Management Guide This section
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Table 5 Soil Particle Size and Char
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Table 6 Physical Characteristics of
Page 51 and 52: plant roots and organic matter. The
Page 53 and 54: The bulk density of high organic mi
Page 55 and 56: Other management practices, such as
Page 57 and 58: Figure 11 Schematic drawing of the
Page 59 and 60: 1 m, etc., in an orchard block wher
Page 61 and 62: 3. Water Management High rainfall d
Page 63 and 64: Table 12 Availability Coefficients
Page 65 and 66: Impact of large drops of water disp
Page 67 and 68: The single most important soil fact
Page 69 and 70: land. Drainage systems are also nec
Page 71 and 72: Detailed information is provided in
Page 73 and 74: Table 16 Generalized Soil Profile D
Page 75 and 76: Table 17 Drain Recommendations Base
Page 77 and 78: is very susceptible to structure de
Page 79 and 80: vertically into the soil and as it
Page 81 and 82: Figure 19 Schematic drawing of the
Page 83 and 84: Case 1: Well Structured Soils If th
Page 85 and 86: fracture requires the soil to expan
Page 87 and 88: "tie up" some soil nitrogen, althou
Page 89 and 90: efer to the following Factsheets: S
Page 91 and 92: contaminate groundwater. Water cont
Page 93 and 94: Table 18 N, P and K Content of Vari
Page 95 and 96: field access is possible, manure ap
Page 97 and 98: Annual or permanent cover will redu
Page 99 and 100: agricultural production, its impact
Page 101: References Published Sources Agricu
Page 105 and 106: Appendix A-2 Figure 2 Typical summe
Page 107 and 108: Appendix A-4 fall frost. The angle
Page 109 and 110: Appendix A-6 Abbreviations Used in
Page 111 and 112: Appendix B: Soil Series And Locatio
Page 113 and 114: Greata Soil Management Group Greata
Page 115 and 116: Postill Soil Management Group Eanea
Page 117 and 118: Miscellaneous Soils Armstrong (A:er
Page 119: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT B.C
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