Throughout the State of Connecticut, for instance, are found abundant examples of light, Leachy, hungry soils, which consist of coarse sand or fine gravel; are surface-dry in a few hours after the heaviest rains, and in the summer drouths, are as dry as an ash-heap to a depth of several or many feet.
"Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel"
Samuel William Johnson
Hungry, Leachy soils, from their deficiency of vegetable matter and of moisture, do not adequately yield their own native resources to the support of crops, because the conditions for converting their fixed into floating capital are wanting.
"Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel"
Samuel William Johnson
There is no other form of fertility that can fully replace manure, for either compact or Leachy land.
"Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement"
Alva Agee