prairie soil

"As the United States began to expand westward, many intrepid families decided to make their way to the prairies and western frontiers to create a new life for themselves, despite the wildfires, untamed prairie soil and harsh winters that awaited them," said Marston.

Here the tracks in many places undulate up and down, deep sunken still in the prairie soil, for the city its growth has outstripped the road builders by leaps and bounds, and your car glides along with a soft droning hum.

Look at that rich prairie soil! The photo is too good for a box camera snapshot.

Measuring C[O.sub.2] emissions from soil with and without termites present will enhance our understanding of normal metabolic gas flux into the atmosphere from tallgrass prairie soil, thereby increasing our knowledge of baseline background gas emissions.

The number of living organisms in healthy topsoil is enormous: It has been estimated, for example, that the total biomass of organisms in prairie soil exceeds 15 tons per acre, with the weight of the bacteria alone--invisible to the eye--totaling 13 tons!

As settlers homesteaded in Wood Lake Township, they plowed the prairie soil and planted small grains.

The results, delivered last November, show C[O.sub.2] concentrations consistent with what is commonly found in prairie soil gas in summer.

His description of the "12 to 18 inches" of "black prairie soil" above (2) 5-7 (10) feet of "pale yellow clay containing small round ferruginous concretions" suggests dystrudert soils such as the series Oktibbeha and Vaiden (Fig.

Relation of root distribution to organic matter in prairie soil. Botanical Gazette 96:389-420.

That includes Fender's blue butterfly larvae, which are growing on the prairie soil this time of year.

The rich prairie soil surrounding the city was perfect for large-scale cotton production.