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Soil Management Handbook For The Okanagan And Similkameen Valleys N.A. Gough, P.Ag. G. A. Hughes-Games, P.Ag. D. C. Nikkel, AscT Resource Management Branch Province of British Columbia B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1994 1st Edition
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Gough, N.A. (Neville Astor), 1935- Soil management handbook for the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys Includes bibliographical references: p. ISBN 0-7726-1636-1 1. Soil management – British Columbia – Okanagan River Valley. 2. Soil management – Similkameen River Valley (Wash. and B.C.). 3. Crops and soils – British Columbia – Okanagan River Valley. 4. Crops and soils – Similkameen River Valley (Wash. and B.C.) I. Hughes-Games, G.A. II. Nikkel, D.C. III. British Columbia. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. IV. Title. S599.1.B7G68 1992 63.49711 5 C92-092326-7
Page 4 and 5: Preface The Soil Management Handboo
Page 6 and 7: Table Of Contents Preface..........
Page 8 and 9: Table of Contents Con't. Page 3.6 D
Page 10 and 11: List Of Soil Management Groups And
Page 12: List Of Tables Table1: Farm Conserv
Page 15 and 16: To obtain information about the soi
Page 17 and 18: List of Definitions for Table 1 Con
Page 19 and 20: Well Suited Crops • All necessary
Page 21 and 22: Soil Depth refers to the depth to e
Page 23 and 24: Grapes: grape suitability is strong
Page 25 and 26: Soil Management Groups This section
Page 27 and 28: Gammil Soil Management Group Soil S
Page 29 and 30: Greata Soil Management Group Soil S
Page 31 and 32: Kelowna Soil Management Group Soil
Page 33 and 34: Munson Soil Management Group Soil S
Page 35 and 36: Postill Soil Management Group Soil
Page 37 and 38: Rumohr Soil Management Group Soil S
Page 39 and 40: Skaha Soil Management Group Soil Se
Page 41 and 42: Summerland Soil Management Group So
Page 43 and 44: Miscellaneous Soils Soil Series: Ar
Page 45 and 46: Soil Management Guide This section
Page 47 and 48: Table 5 Soil Particle Size and Char
Page 49 and 50: Table 6 Physical Characteristics of
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The bulk density of high organic mi
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Other management practices, such as
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Figure 11 Schematic drawing of the
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1 m, etc., in an orchard block wher
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3. Water Management High rainfall d
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Table 12 Availability Coefficients
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Impact of large drops of water disp
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The single most important soil fact
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land. Drainage systems are also nec
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Detailed information is provided in
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Table 16 Generalized Soil Profile D
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Table 17 Drain Recommendations Base
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is very susceptible to structure de
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vertically into the soil and as it
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Figure 19 Schematic drawing of the
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Case 1: Well Structured Soils If th
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fracture requires the soil to expan
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"tie up" some soil nitrogen, althou
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efer to the following Factsheets: S
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contaminate groundwater. Water cont
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Table 18 N, P and K Content of Vari
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field access is possible, manure ap
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Annual or permanent cover will redu
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agricultural production, its impact
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References Published Sources Agricu
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Stevenson, D.S. and Brownlee, C.H.
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Appendix A-2 Figure 2 Typical summe
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Appendix A-4 fall frost. The angle
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Appendix A-6 Abbreviations Used in
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Appendix B: Soil Series And Locatio
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Greata Soil Management Group Greata
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Postill Soil Management Group Eanea
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Miscellaneous Soils Armstrong (A:er
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT B.C
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