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CANE SOILParent MaterialDrainage :Lacustrine silt loam or silty clay loamPoorly drainedUsual Classification:Orthic Humic GleysolDescription : LFH - Thin layer of partially decomposed leaves, twigs, etc .Ah - 0-15 cm silt loam ; very dark brown (10 YR 2/2) ; medium granularstructure ; friable consistency ; stonefree ; pH - 7.2Bg, - 15-43 cm silt loam ; pale yellow (2.5 Y 7/4) ; very mottled ; mottles areolive-yellow (2.5 Y 6/8) ; laminar ; friable; pH - 7 .2Bg, - 43-68 cm silt loam ; light yellowish brown (2 .5 Y 6/4) ; very mottled ;massive ; friable ; stonefree ; pH - 7.4Ckg - 68 cm+ silt loam ; light gray (10 YR 7/2) ; laminar ; friable, stonefree ;calcareous ; pH - 8 .0CASEY SOILParent Material:Drainage :Usual Classification :Variable depths of lacustrine silt loam over lacustrine clayImperfectly drainedGleyed Humo-Ferric PodzolDescription: LFH - 2-0 cm raw humus and roots ; very dark gray (10 YR 3/1) ; pH -5 .3Ae - 0-5 cm silt loam ; white (10 YR 8/2) ; fine platy structure ; soft consistency ;stonefree ; pH - 5.0Bfgj - 5-20 cm silt loam ; yellowish brown (10 YR 5/8) ; slightly mottled ; weakplaty; soft ; stonefree; pH - 5 .2Bg - 20-38 cm silt loam ; very pale brown (10 YR 7/3) ; mottled ; weak platy;soft ; stonefree; pH - 5 .2IIBtg - 38-60 cm siltyclay loam ; brown (10YR 5/3) ; mottled ; medium subangularblocky; friable; stonefree; pH - 5 .7IICk - 60 cm+ clay; dark yellowish brown (10 YR 4/4) ; massive; very plasticwhen wet ; very hard when dry; stonefree ; calcareous ; pH -7 .8CHAMBERLAIN SOILParent Material :Drainage :Usual Classification:Organic soil greater than 160 cm deepVery, poorly drainedTypic mesisolDescription : Om, - 0-40 cm partially to poorly decomposed organic material derived fromsphagnum, grasses and sedges; strongly acidic in reaction- Om 2 > 40 cm partially decomposed organic material derived from mosses,sedges, grasses ; strongly acidic in reaction