202 AISTNUAL EEPORTS OP DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



State in each case either employs a force of men who work with the 

 bureau employees or pays part of the expenses of the bureau men. 

 The latter plan is in operation in but 1 State, while the former is 

 in operation in 19 States. Of the 97 areas covered in whole or in 

 part, 73 were worked under cooperative agreements with the States 

 in which they lay, and the State assumed part of the expense of the 

 work. The funds available for soil-survey work are not sufficient to 

 meet the requests from these cooperating States for an extension of 

 the work. In 10 States where funds have been available it has been 

 impossible to arrange cooperation at all or to the extent to which 

 such funds are available for the work. Some work has been done at 

 the request of other bureaus and offices of this department, but in 

 such cases the Bureau of Soils bears the whole of the expense. 



SPECIAL SOIL STUDIES. 



The study of the relation of soils to the production of the tree 

 fruits was continued through part of the year, and a report on the 

 fruit soils of Massachusetts and Connecticut was published. One on 

 the fruit soils of New York State is in course of preparation. Tlie 

 study of the relation of soils to truck crops was carried on through 

 the year, and a report on a part of the trucking region of New Jersey 

 was nearly completed. 



LAND CLASSIFICATION IN THE NATIONAL FORESTS. 



The land classification work carried on in cooperation with the 

 Forest Service under a special appropriation was prosecuted during 

 the time when field work was practicable. Four men have been 

 assigned to that work, and a large number of special claims have 

 been passed on during the year in addition to the areal work, which 

 was extended over several hundred square miles. 



COOPERATIVE WORK WITH THE RECLAMATION SERVICE. 



One man has devoted the greater part of his time during the year 

 to the examination of proposed extensions of various reclamation 

 projects in western United States. This work was done at the re- 

 quest of the Reclamation Service and reports were made to the offi- 

 cers of that service. Studies were carried on in Wyoming, Colorado, 

 Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. 



SPECIAL WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 



A considerable amount of special work has been done in examining 

 tracts of land in various parts of the country for the pm^pose of giving 

 expert advice in the trial of various land-fraud cases. Such work 

 has been done in Florida, Texas, and Idaho. 



INQUIRIES REGARDING SOILS. 



Many hundreds of letters have been written in reply to inquiries 

 regarding soils and their treatment, and many samples of soil sent 

 in for identification or examination have been handled. 



