LAND-CAPABILITY CLASSIFICATION

LAND-CAPABILITY CLASSIFICATION Agriculture Handbook No. 210 SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Growth Through Agricultural Progress For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing OflSce Washington 25, - Price 15 cents FOREWORD Since soil siuveys ore based on all of the characteristics of soils that influence their use and management, interpretations are needed for each of the many uses. Among these interpretations the grouping of soils into capability units, subclasses, and classes is one of the most important. This grouping serves as an introduction of the soil mop to farmers and other land users developing conservation plans. As we have gained experience in this grouping, the definitions of the categories have improved. It is the purpose of this publication to set forth these definitions. In using the capability CLASSIFICATION , the reader must continually recall that it is on interpretation. Like other interpretations, it depends on the probable interactions between the kind of soil and the alternative systems of management.

cording to their potentialities and limitations for the production of perma- nent vegetation and according to their risks of soil damage if mismanaged. The individual mapping units on soil maps show the location and extent of the different kinds of soil. One can make the greatest number of …

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