Conseils aux homeseekers; un manuel des opportunités agricoles . le sol est noir. Il y a aussi de grandes zones uniformes d'un loam de limon de couleur claire. La plupart des sols sont inclus dans les séries Miami et Carrington telles que cartographiées par le Bureau des Sols. Une grande partie de la partie sud et ouest de l'État est indiquée sur la carte comme matériau liessial. Le sol de ce^ re-gion est principalement un loam de silt et classé comme loam de silt Marshall par le Bureau Des Sols. Agriculture i^ très développé sur la plupart de la région, bien qu'il existe des possibilités d'introduction de méthodes améliorées en soi

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Hints to homeseekers; a handbook of agricultural opportunities . soil is black. There are also large uniform areas ofa light colored silt loam. Most of the soils are included in theMiami and Carrington series as mapped by the Bureau of Soils. A large portion of the southern and western part of the stateis indicated on the map as loessial material. The soil of thi^ re-gion is chiefly a silt loam and classed as Marshall silt loam bythe Bureau of Soils. Agriculture i^ quite highly developed overmost of the region, though there are opportunities for the intro-duction of improved methods in some sections and for men whowill specialize along particular lines of agricultural production. As a whole Indiana is highly developed. It is within easyreach of excellent markets and is supplied with first class trans-portation facilities. As land values are high the opportunitiesare not as attractive to the young man of limited means as inregions less developed. To make the greatest success on highpriced land it is necessary to specialize. 136 Hints to Homeseeker.i. Map 12.—Soil and Agricultural Map of Illinois. Agricultural Opportunities 137 Map Legend. 1. Unglaciated region. Predominating soil a yellow silt loamconsisting of loess to depth of about ten feet. The underlyingmaterial is largely a residual i-eddish elay from limestone. Sur-face rolling to very hilly. Slopes badly eroded. Bather diffi-cult to cultivate. Originally timbered. 2. Morainie areas. Includes material from Wisconsin, Illi-noisan and lowan glaciation. Surface gently rolling to rolling.Includes much good agricultural land. 3. Gray prairie region. Predominating soil consists of a graysilt loam resting upon a heavy, impervious clay, sometimescalled hardpan. Surface level to gently undulating andnatural drainage deficient. Organic matter content low. Grainraising, general farming and some stock chief types of agricul-ture, 4. Brown silt loam prairies. Spoken of as The ordinaryprairie land. Brown to black silt loa

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