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[[vertical line running down left margin and then centre of page]] [[underlined]] August 31, 1913 Sun [[/underlined]] Reading in Sharer's Kitchen = 1638 [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 172 [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] At NW cor sec. 13, on slope facing S. drift shows up to 1660 & then yellow loess to top = 1674. On hill E. Helianthus grosseserratus is growing over top of hill on [[pairie?]] bank. [[strikethrough]] [[insertion]] See also E. line of sec. 12. [[/strikethrough]] [[/insertion]] [[insertion]] [[underlined]] cut 173 [[/underlined]] SW 1/4 SE. 1/4 12-81-37-a slope facing w. shows yellow loess. above drift below [[underlined]] Audubon co [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] [[line indicating insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 174 [[/underlined]] - Drift below (partly covered by loess fill); [[overwritten]] blue [[/overwritten]] gray loess with tubes; yellow loess. [[underlined]] cut 175 [[/underlined]] - faces N. yellow loess. [[underlined]] cut 176 [[/underlined]] - Loose sand 1/2 way up hill. Then yellow loess. Exposure not clear. In valley S. there is loose sand. [[/insertion]] [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 23 [[/underlined]] (And) [[line indicating insertion]] [[circled]] Sec 22 on [[beds?]] next page [[/circled]] [[/insertion]] At SW. cor sec. 4-81-36 there is a long slope which rises Westward beyond the N. & S. sec. line & is there capped with yellow loess. 35 yds E. of sec. line there is a bench and here, in gutter on [[image - sketch of cross section of hill show soil strata]] [[image captions]] Looking S. E 1641 95 yds. 1662 35 yds 1676 sec. line 75 yd yellow loess W 1693 [[/image captions]] N side, gray loess appears & extends down for 95 yds. The gutter exposes 1-3 feet of it & shows that, especially on upper slope [[/line through page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[strikethrough]] it has very many very large iron tubes & few irregular nodules (see spec.) In the lower half of slope I found a few fossils scattered in blue loess. Upward on slope a very distinct oxidized loess, 4-6 in wide appears & runs with slope. Over this the yellow loess could be traced for some distance - down slope [[insertion]] ^ (50 yds) [[/insertion]]. The line is here very sharp. No drift appears. I could see neither fossils nor nodules in yellow. On S. side toward lane fossils appear & irregular lime nodules are very abundant near top, in blue loess. [[insertion]] (and) [[/insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut. 22 [[/underlined]] A drift ridge - rather low. [[/strikethrough]]