[AT] Nice picture/Soils

[Gene Dotson]

    Mattias;

    My soil here in western Ohio is similar to that. This area is an ancient 
lakebed. The soil is what is  called "wave modified" from the shallow waters 
of the ancient lake. The soil is very productive, but cannot be worked wet. 
Soil grains are very small, so stick very tightly. Trying to walk through 
mud will suck the boots off your feet.
    There are many remaining areas of the old lake still around the area. 
They are low spots from the glacial depressions from the glaciers that 
visited the nation. Some spots are so low that drainage is not practical and 
only outlet for water is percolation and evaporation.

                            Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mattias Kessén" <davidbrown950 at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 2:16 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Nice picture


> Dean, maybe I should have kept all the text, you seem to be a fast learner 
> ;-)
>
> Yes, it's a good soil. It's old seabottom, only downside is that if
> you get down from the tractor your shoes soon get a size more suitable
> in a 70's rockgroup ;-)
>
>
> Mattias
>