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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



HECOM MEND AT IONS I'OR THE SOIL SURVEY FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 



It is difficult to give, in a report of this character, an idea of the 

 demand tliere is for the soil-snrvey work or to show the appreciation 

 of the work done and the cordial support the Division has in the 

 country at large. Many very cordial and earnest letters have been 

 received in the Division showing a thorough appreciation of the value 

 of the Avork which has been done or urging the importance of work in 

 other localities, and showing the reasons why it should be started and 

 its value to the different communities. 



After a careful canvass of the situation (giving due consideration 

 to the letters and requests which have come into the Division), after 

 prolonged correspondence and personal interviews witli representative 

 men in many sections of the country, and in consideration of the efiQ- 

 ciencj" of our methods and work, the adequac}^ and experience of our 

 force, and the value to the communities involved, I have the honor to 



Fig. 1. — Map showing areas surveyed and surveys proposed for 1901 by the Division of Soils, and 



additional requests for surveys. 



recommend that Congress be asked for an increase of $80, '^00 for the 

 soil surve}- of this Division. If this increase be allowed, 1 would rec- 

 ommend provisionally the following allotments for work in the several 

 States and Territories in which tentative plans and arrangements have 

 all been made for the survey and mapping of from GOO to 1,000 square 

 miles per year in each State, making an aggregate of at least 16,000 

 square miles, or upward of 10,000,000 acres of land: 



Eastern States: 



Connecticut _ $2, 000 



Iowa 2, 500 



Kentucky... 3,000 



Louisiana 2, 500 



Marj^land 2,000 



Mississippi - 2, 500 



New Jersey 2. 500 



New York 2,500 



North Carolina 3,000 



Ohio 2,.500 



Pennsylvania --- 2, 500 



Eastern States— Continued. 



Vermont $2,000 



Virginia 2,500 



Western States: 



Arizona 2, 500 



California 6.000 



Colorado. 2,500 



Montana 3, 500 



Utah 3,000 



Washington 3,000 



Wyoming 2,500 



