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[[vertical line in left margin]] In bur oak scrub patch 1 1/2 mi. west of Red fields: Bur oak & hazel dominant. Red elm. few & rather small Am. elm. few " " " [[Dittos for: & rather small]] Large gray Cornus. Vitis [[vulpina?]] Am plum Much blue grass, - other small plants few, & [[strikethrough]] mainly [[/strikethrough]] all prairie. Pastured. Form [[Vitrea Carmoni?]] most common, chiefly on lower slopes. Also two Zon. [[arboreus.?]] Above I found a few [[Urtica?]], a [[Helicodisan & Bifidaria holzingeri?]]. Took two lichens which appear to be common in all the scrub oak patches. [[end page]] [[start page]] [[vertical line in left margin]] In afternoon more SW. along C.Gr.W. [[strikethrough]] RR = 1432 at [[underlined]] Cut 91 [[/underlined]] Road = 1445 [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 222 [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] 91c - 300 yds long - 7-8 ft deep. RR run out on plateau SW only small cuts. [[insertion]] Cut 223 [[/insertion]] [[underlined]] 91b [[/underlined]] is 150 yds long, 10 ft deep. 167 mile post is 50 yds from SW. end This is yellow loess with brown-black spots & streaks. No fossils & no nodules. Bluish streaks Took sample 7 ft from top A dark soil band 1-2 ft - shades down. Creek valley comes between 91b & 91a [[insertion]] Cut 224 [[/insertion]] [[underlined]] 91 [[/underlined]]a Cut 150 yds. long - about 10 ft deep - Fossils, gray loess, S. side. [[image - cross section of 91a soil strata]] [[image captions]] 91a Iron 5ft [[measured from base]] Gray 7ft [[measured from top]] Oxidized 10 ft. [[/image captions]] Typical gray loess with iron tubes a few nodules & a few fossils. Shows sharp oxidized line about 1-2 in wide & this is about 3 ft above RR. Took sample of yellow & gray loess no fossils or nodules in yellow soil band again.
Transcription Notes:
I changed "part" to "post" near the top of the 2nd page. I think the railroad marked its mileage on post much like the mile markers on interstates today.
reviewer: revised guesses of latin names and changed soil "hard" to soil "band"