Orahood, Harold

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1 21. 
b l' of 
1 
an 
Soil Survey of Parke County. 
IIAR LD R II 0 of th Indiana partm nt of 
E 
tla of ark 
ark 
I " 'a 
10n l' 
HI '1" 
ount 
(11 ) 
f th L i latur , in 
th fir m ID-
(about 
Mit h 11 ) 
ulation of 
t 
rv 
Ra 
A D PHY 'l H..\ P ll Y . 
119 
k II wal'd, H, -
nion Florida 
2; 1 Ann. 1. an I :'\lat. Rt-
ih ,} . XIX. PaD' 2. 7. 
-:1:24. ion 1. D1'ainag 'f pog1'az hy.- Park 
Th Wab 
b 11 
I' the 
with I 1'-
ft n f 1' m 
top than 
20 REP RT 
th am unt f ,,'- rkabl 
S IL . RYE IF .\ RI·; 121 
122 H EP IT .F T TE I ~ LO [ ' T . 
hi 
Ra 
ro' 
,yhj h rl th 
hr. 
CT. . H kin 20th 111. R p . 
PI . ~62- .) 
pt. of 
Iron 
i i . an tv 0 nar-
high fiat tabl Ian from 
hat 1'0 
1. and Nat. R Ul' 
ar to b 
rillinO' 
hrouD'h: 
1: tal ..... ... ... .... ..... . ........ ... ' .' .. .. ....... 9. f 
lim ton i b al'bonjf ron an 
tll 
t r mil 
'rbi gla ial a tion ha 
" int 
nr 
Tov n hip abou 
ut in w b 
· lL F I. ,\RK~~ 1 
th 
I'han in , 
a r at man 
tar Q'ion 0 -
a1' th .> w 11 
ion r b in . 
ult in a drain-
c1efi'i nt moi t-
rand 
ion 
t of 
124 REP TIT F I T 'I'E 
Jun ion f 1oun-
th wat l' 
urfa durin th 
al' 
a lapt <l t thi. 
ipal l' P 
of th a1' a. 
F j ,\ RKE 
HaIfa i 
25 
a' a. 
r of 
from 
o min at 
"', 11 
pl'in-
par 
rtr m OU h rn 
Th to ogra h 
126 REl RT OF . l' TE EOL t T. 
'l"'h Kno r il t 1 a 
h 
th 
ou tri rna 
ILT LAM. 
M. 
of oil in 
aft r Lp-
how nu r-
low in rushing th Ii 1 no ul of iron. 
· lL . R EY F P\RKE 127 
Th Ta i h 
ar 
th 
th 
oxid 
rawn from th 
f tbis lualit 
'1'h 
1-
at-
on-
it aturat d ondition and th air thorough ac 
oil, th iron 11 t will in afar i olv and th iron 
will a 'Rin b om h oloring matt r of th soil. '1'h oil will 
h n tak on th prop r bro, ni h tint that i . houl hay 0 b a 
valuabl produ tiv oil. 
Th oil with th nodul i no in favor, ith th farm I' , it 
b in d ignat d a old our" oil whi h d rib it lualiti 
,~ li. 
Thor u h draina~ ~md of 
half to wo tons to th 
hal' In 
R f I' nc : oil 
1'y l'oduc i'\ oil on 
of manur . Th nativ fo1'-
oak hi ko1'Y and 1m. ul ivat d 
ondition th oil i 100 
int n iv , 
Th ur-
with a "flour-lik f 1, but 
urfa om ompa t, uddl a. il 
With thi difficult to ont nd with farm I' 
, an artiticial 
b Hilgard p . 1 6. 
( Plowsol n artifi ial hard pan i v ry ommonly form d 
und r th practic of plowin to th ame depth for man consecu-
tiv years. The con olidated layer thus cr ated by the action of 
12 
h 
hl br akjnD' U 
oil. 
REP RT < TATE 
kn "n a plow 01 ) act 
th of th 
la r a 
a natural 
m nt 
th moi ur on-
in or r that th 
of 
Th 
h ul r 
namiti . 1 
la r. 
- 1 5 
F P.\RKE . l 
\.NO. 
29 
'£h ub oil 
r 
to 
t br ak Up thj h l' 
.\ M. 
a1' a 
th 
f th ar a val' 
ark l' 
f th 
arti-
jnt 
oil 
1 0 REP RT F T TE EOL J T. 
from fort, -fh to 
oil for ru k farmin 
:r IENT IL . 
(From 12th Ann. R pt. 
pp. 21- 22. 
lthou h th 
om ornmin 1 d 
Th rno t p , uliar f atur 
th fact that th y u nall lack ho 
01. urv 
I j 
and 
ub-
art 1 
rtain wa, an 
to imm diat d-
1 
oil on i t in 
pota hand 
IL 131 
modern 
¥; amp do not in pro 
of xbau ion.' 
'It j probabl tba th proO'T 1 
from b n ath th 'i; am of tl arbonif rou I riod had mu h 
on th d v 1 ill nt of th p a mat rial whi h in tim 
onv rt d into 'Ih larg r art of th it' arb on-
ac ou' mat Tal a form wa t of plant wJli h r luir d 
a c rtain amount of min ral ma t r for th ir upport. Thi th 
pla~t had to obtain through th iT root. Aft r th wamp at-
1'2 
LOCALTTY. 
] E P U'J' I)' . 'I'.A 'I'E 
. 1 . 7 70 . 2 
60 .0 5 .5 
W B.\. H '1" W IIIP. 
ar found in thi to" n hip a glan at 
TIl b t om land f h Waba h Riv r an 
of 
d po it are 
a. At on tim 
ration. 
and half mil , on h 
r k, a mall rou of hou ark 
arm of n. W. H. HaITi on in th 
rain d h r Ion no ugh that mall 
h t wn. 
bowld r d 
· IL l ' 3 
rmi In 
for-
o h l' t1' iI, 
hrou h mol' 0 n un r . 
IIIP. 
th lar whi 11 
f th Knox ilt loan 
th Waba h il 1 
" r fir 
a la1'o' numb l' of 1"0 k 
it, a it th nam of Ro k-
1 4 REP RT F ·T TE 
bG l'a t ri ti ' 
TWill 
fin 
tll 
no r ilt 
of 
oar· 
'planation for 
IL TY. 
ommon in 111 rani ar a . 
R 
£ i w 
f i 
tr am 
a in . f thi 
nly 
north a. t 
]' k and 
bnrninF t a 
unt f h at. 
'lacial owl-
1 6 
I)' al' 
f un a1 
at l' 
in th 
RhP R'/ 
ranD' 1'11 l' i 
In thi a l" a i. f 
F 'I' TE 
it ar 
h Knox il loam. It 
foun 
hi n tha 
F .tRKE 137 
bank of :Mill 
hann 1 
ulltl'ain 1 ,) no r main 
nt. rrh oth l' knoll 11a b n 
on f 
th 
tion of barn a1' 
ma 
lin 
t h l ' i an xp 'U r f hal al n 
l'OU . 
T WHIP. 
tion 
rrh 
ndi-
thi i a", n int rr ting to" n hip . i[u h at-
withi i 
barB in 
an 1 ru k farminO'. It boa t 
on of th larO' if no h larO' 
un . rrh barn i 10 at d on -h 1f mil 
13 RE RT F T TE 
a j 
in thi town hi . I 
wh r 
to th 
t hr "\ n 
m n -
· IL RVE OF P RK E NT . 
PI' nt cour e. 
loomingdal , 10 at d on th . H. & D. Railroad i 
cipal town of thi ar a. It ha a annin 
quantiti of orn and tomato. lar::: 
a ari ty of ituat imm 
139 
~ar-
n v, and 
ingdal. Th clay hi lant i 11 d an plac in 
th Stat. S v ral of cIa ar bipp d from h rc each 
w t of . nnapolis, 
has b en famou for for it fin qual it of potter' 1a.'. 
Th plant at looming a1 0' t it uppl from thi pit. 
Bloomin dal ad my on of th old t in titu ion of 1 arn-
ing in Park ountv i 10 at at Bloomin 'dal . 
Th prevailing oil typ of thi tmovn hip i ' th Kno. ilt loam. 
Th extr me north rn portion i v r ro o'h and brok n, b inO' ut 
140 REP RT 
RAC T WHIP. 
an 
man) oth r 
an progr 
ox 
'T'h hm in man part of th town hip on ain err at quanti-
ti of ray 1 of ood qualit. A wat r pow r mill i 10 at d at 
thr 
Ri Ra oon and it 
FL RTDA T W IP. 
boun 
an 
all 
good 
f tb 
w r ar hi p d ont of h ount, . 
IL RYE 
auD' r. 
F P RKE 141 
dal .It 
It i r-
wa buri I v I' 
Y t r main . rrh i that re-
and i th of th \Vat I' flowin 
1 arm 
Imm diat 1 to th outIl" t of h lak th Knox _ an tin. 
To th north th lak gl'aduall, pa into th Ra oon bo · om . 
orth of J up a _ mall a1' a of and 1 ttom i' fouml but 
wa mapp d a fir bottom th ar a bing small and boil bin.!]' 
v r mu h lik th oth r. 
Ro dal i th prin ipal ity of this town hip with a p pula-
tion of 1166. 
Th al' a in th and 
10 
142 REP R' OF '1 TE E L U1 ''1' . 
of a mil , wa 
oil. 
RE E RVE '1 W J IP. 
mat rial 
by 
h fall of 
oil that th 
Waba hilt 
low-
'rh 
Th 
thi 
and ilt 
IL 
on 
r glOn 
wa m 1'turn 
RKE 
H W .\RD r:l" W 
14 
railway, 
mak up 
lif ,ill 
a 
h 
oLlnty thi 
rofit-
144 
h 
REPORT 0 ] T TE EOLO I T. 
loy r of th v hit blo ould b own in 
t 1'il oil 
Bran h, th l' 1 a mall 
t p lop on th ast 
ar u h that th ummit ould 
an l ' agon. Larg gl'anit and sand-
ton bo, 11 l' partl bUl'i d in th oil occu y th t plop . 
'£h main body of th knoll i mad u of gl'a 1, and and loam· 
th and l' lomin t. ill hink i an Indian mound and COll-
mplate arching th int rior for Indian r lic . K Hal' ran h 
:flo on th a' and outh id onl, a short di an away. It 
pI' l' am m and r . It ha b n 
d 
brid 
of th Knox 
ach cro' -
fountain 
ond to 
umm l' r ort at 
i it d annuall by 
~OIL .' RVEY F PARKE C 
wa hinD" of gulli . 
b au th 
y ar 
REE T W lllP. 
145 
oil 
thi 
own to 
two 
om v ry rich oil i found in thi town hip. n th north-
I or ion of th ar a om bla k oil oc upi I PI'S. ion that 
W l' on wamp land . nd I' round drainag ha on, rt d thi 
l' gion into produ ti :fi 1 . 11h ar a v\ a mapp d a Kno 8il 
loam h T not b in uffi i nt bla k oil to parat. ou hea t 
f Park vill wo an 1 th r 
\\ hich natural dl'aina It 
ha th app aran f 
mall to para . 
om lim ton in thi ow hi i uitabl f r f rtiliz r. 
Wh 11 Tound and a pli d to th :fi Id rat of on and on -
half to '0 ton to the a r a forward t p in th r toratio11 of 
14 
th 
1'0 
grain 
111 f th ar a. 
a part 
t \\-n hip. 
'1h 
Ja k n 
Th 
REP RT F T TE 
b n mad. 'rwo raill'oa 
IJIP. 
mark t for h ir 
rain 
th 
nox iIt 
but 
burD' 
town of thi 
In th ou hat o1'n l' of th 
1 
\ h n in 
. in mo -
Kn x . ilt 
uta1'i ha 
all 1 a -
will 
in 
In 
wh r 
it in pIa . 
JL TY. 147 
I lD 
ur all th 
of 
14 REl RT F l' TE 
plo\yin ' and pr p r tjlla wi th prot tion again. t fur b r o:ull -
t or d ar iall a 1 a t to th ir II' n tll . f arm 
ar. 
'l~h 
w 
houl b 
and 
'J.1h 
di 
Euou 'h 
ar to 
h. ha ~ \ V 
\y t lov I' 
oth r 
ha a 
a tll J a k normou 
'0'" in alon ' tll roa 1 id , 
t root p n -


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