Soil Factors Part 1
Check Appropriate Square
 A. Texture

  Sur.  Sub.
 3    1. Coarse (sand)
1    2. Moderately Coarse   
1    3. Medium (silt, loam)   
1    4. Moderately Fine
1    5. Fine (clay)

B. Depth of Soil
1  1. Deep (40" or more)
1  2. Moderately Deep (20" - 40")
3  3. Shallow (10" - 20")
7  4. Very Shallow (less than 10")
C. Slope   

 1  1. Nearly Level (less than 1')
2  2. Gently Sloping (1' to 3')
3  3. Moderately Sloping (3' to 5')
4  4. Strongly Sloping (5' to 8')
6  5. Steep (8' to 15')
6  6. Very Steep (15' or more)
D. Erosion - Wind & Water   
1  1. None to Slight (25% or less
          -- fraction formed 3/4 or larger)
2  2. Moderate (25% - 75%
           -- fraction formed 3/4 to 1/4)
6  3. Severe (75% or more
           -- fraction formed less than 1/4)
6  4. Very Severe (75% or more and
           un-crossable ditches)
E. Permeability   
3  1. Rapid (coarse)
1  2. Moderate (mod. coarse & medium)
1  3. Slow (mod. fine)
2  4. Very Slow (fine)
F. Surface Runoff   
3  1. Rapid (greater than 3' slope)
1  2. Moderate (gently sloping)
1  3. Slow (nearly level not
          very slow perm. concave for slope)
2  4. Very Slow (coarse sur. and rapid
          perm. or concave with very slow perm.)
G. Major Factors
that keep land out of class I
  1. Texture
  2. Depth
  3. Slope
  4. Erosion
  5. Permeability		   6. Runoff
  7. Wetness
  8. Flooding
  9. None
H. Land Capability Class   
  1. Class I
  2. Class II
  3. Class III
  4. Class IV		   5. Class V
  6. Class VI
  7. Class VII
  8. Class VIII
prepared by Alvin Woodruff, to help promote land judging statewide Land
Judging
Card
Recommended Land Treatments
Part 2

A. Vegetative

  1. Row crop/occ (if Class I)
  2. Row crop/fre (if Class II)
  3. Row crop 2 of 4 (if Class III)
  4. Row crop 1 of 5 (if Class IV)
  5. Return crop res. (if Class I, II, III or IV)
  6. Practice cons tillage (if 5 is checked)
  7. Est. grass or legumes (if Class V - VIII)
  8. Proper Management (if 7 is checked)
  9. Protect Burn (if 7 is checked)
  10. Control Grazing (if 7 is checked)
  11. Plant Rec. trees
  12. Harvest trees selectively
  13. Wildlife & Recreation
B. Mechanical

  14. Control trees
       (if trunk is 2" diameter at 5' above ground)
  15. Terrace
       (mark if not nearly level or coarse, class II - IV)
  16. Maintain Terraces (if 15 is marked)
  17. Diversion terrace
        (other factors - overhead water problem)
  18. Drainage system (other factors - mod. wet.)
  19. Control gullies (if present)
  20. No mechanical treatment
        (if none of 14 - 19 are checked)
C. Fertilizer and Soil Amendments

  21. Soil Amendments (pH < or = 6.3 or > 8.0)
  22. Phosphorus (< 60)
  23. Potassium (< 300)
  24. Nitrogen (deficient)
  25. Not Needed (if none of 21 - 24 are checked)

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