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Some Soil Factors which Affect Land Use in the Glaciated Allegany Plateau of Southern New York
Author(s) -
Adams Henry R.
Publication year - 1947
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1947.036159950011000c0084x
Subject(s) - citation , division (mathematics) , plateau (mathematics) , geography , soil conservation , history , library science , archaeology , mathematics , computer science , arithmetic , agriculture , mathematical analysis
I T is well known that there is a relationship between soil conditions and the use which farmers make of the land. In the past, most statements on the use of different types of land have been based on estimates, since. little or no accurate information was available. However, within recent years numerous soil and soil conservation surveys have been made which recorded the land use as well as the physical land features of soil, slope, and erosion. When these maps are measured the data show definitely the way any kind of land is being used. Such data are available from eight soil conservation surveys in the glaciated Allegany Plateau section of southern New York. The survey areas are distributed across the State from Allegany County on the west to Chenango Co.unty on the east, and cover about 1,700,ooo acres or nearly one-fourth of the plateau area. Although the data show that the use of a certain type of land will differ among counties, the composite data from all of the surveys present a picture of land use as affected by land conditions for the area as a whole.