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on W. side of road & farther up the edge of the bench, extending to its top, is a deep gutter exposing fully 20 ft. of loess. This loess is yellow, but below it becomes quite bluish, streaked with ferruginous, & is compact.
This bench is evidently old.
The hardpan & yellow clay are probably both Kansan, though the latter may be Aftonian silt.

The bench ends abruptly at the son's house.
The bluffs above are a little more abrupt, & Kansan appears in the bench.
In the [[strikethrough]] east part of sec. 8 at Z [[/strikethrough]] near N. line of sec. 17, at Z reading 1015, sand appears on the east side in a little road cut, & Kansan is distinctly above it.
[[strikethrough]] It upper part contains pebbles & a few small boulders.[[/strikethrough]] Probably Kansan

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Cut Y is also along road on E. side, (reading about 1030 to to top of sand)
It shows 3-4 ft of sand under Kansan. The sand is quite ferruginous, especially along line below Kansan.
The next 3 or 4 little knolls along road N. (S. of first cross-road in sec. 8) cut a little by road also show gravel.
In sec. 5 Oto Twp. all along slope there is typical Kansan, with some good-sized boulders., toward W. end sand appears in road with Kansan in bank, - at [[underline]] a [[/underline]]
A broken bench occupies the angle. Bottom opposite Oto reads 960.
In S. part of sec. 32, Miller Twp. fine sand appears on long slope.
It comes from under loess & is probably dune sand.
In the NW. 1/4 of sec. 32 Miller Twp. the road runs down a long hill.  Loess appears above. At an altitude of 1015 there is very rusty sand with Kansan above it.
Lower down gravel appears.
Kansan also shows on lower slopes - pushed over.