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[[vertical line along left hand side between "b." & "c" and text]] b. The oxidized layer is 2-4 in wide, irregular & sharply separating the two loesses. c. The gray loess showed fragments of shells (one looked like Pol. [[muthilista?]]) but could [[?]] [[?]]. Took sample. It has brown streaks in it, no tubes, but some [[?]], [[[strikethrough]] no [[/strikethrough]] some nodules. Almost 1 ft. exposed. [[end page]] [[start page]] [[vertical line running along left hand margin of page]] [[underline]] Aug. 28, 1913 Thurs. [[/underline]] 1170 = CR I & P RR N. side cut 5 [[image - cross section of soil strata]] [[image captions]] N. side cut 5 n. cut 5 Road cut 4 [[/image captions]] Really all one. Top of cut 5 = 1209 Two cuts near SE cor. sec. 25-79-39 are at edge of bench & show yellow loess. [[underlined]] Cut 77 [[/underlined]] - { E. of it corn burnt on N. side of road only. more exposed to SW winds) Cut at NW, corner of sec. 36-79-39 shows gray loess, with strongly oxidized layer & plates of calcareous nodules on top, running somewhat up slope Above, the loess in bluish [[insertion]] ^ (gray)[[/insertion]] below, yellow above. The cut shows mostly in little gutter along road. [[insertion]] Yellow loess shows in cut W. of 77 - See map. [[/insertion]] [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 78 [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] On N 1/2 of NW 1/4 - 35-79-39, a low cut runs up hill (faces E) & is mostly overgrown) (3-4 ft) It shows gray loess, with strong oxidized layer on top, & bank on side shows yellow loess another with gray.