loam

• Next sandy loam--then loam proper--then clayey loam or exhausted gravelly soil, and lastly cold stiff clay, or land naturally wet. —  Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers
• The term loam is applied to a soil which, from its appearance in the field and the feeling when handled, appears to be about one-half sand and the other half silt and clay with more or less organic matter. —  The First Book of Farming
• Few soils come amiss to the Tulip Tree, it thriving well in that of very opposite descriptions--loam, almost pure gravel, and alluvial deposit LONICERA LONICERA CAPRIFOLIUM.--Europe. —  Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
• This property belongs to potters 'clay, pipe-clay, loam, and many different modifications of clay in soils. —  Familiar Letters on Chemistry
• The soil was a very rich loam, and ceaseless diligence must have been required in me to keep it barren. —  Hawthorne and His Circle

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