Gurti soil is a type of

Gurti soils contain a large proportion of clay. Texturally, it resembles to the clayey loam. Its water retaining capacity is high. In years of scanty rainfall, it is considered to be the safest for the cultivation of rice. Contrary to this, if rams are heavy, the gurti soil gets compacted and achieves the shape of hard cakes; the ploughing of which becomes difficult and pulverization of soil is an arduous task.