366 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



more and Madison; California (2), Santa Cniz and Yuba; Georgia 

 (1), Appling; Kentucky (2), Henderson and Warren; Mississippi 

 (1), Monroe; Oklahoma (1), Caddo; South Carolina (4), Abbeville, 

 Beaufort, Colleton, and McCormick; Texas (21), Callahan, Clay, 

 Cottle, Crosby, Denton, Dickens, Eastland, Ector, Floyd, Howard, 

 Lubbock Midland, Montague, Nolan, Orange, Parker, Reeves, Stone- 

 wall, Throckmorton, Williamson, and Wise; Virginia (1), Northamp- 

 ton; Washington (1), Skamania; and Wyoming (1), Big Horn. 



In most cases these model systems planned by our engineers are 

 already being used by county officials as a basis for determining 

 proper tax levies or bond issues for highway purposes. 



SPECIAL INSPECTION AND ADVICE. 



Inspections were made and advice furnished in connection with 

 special road problems in the following States and counties: Ala- 

 bama (1), Elmore; Georgia (3), Fannin, Crlynn, and Pickens; 

 Indiana (1), Jackson; Kentucky (1), Franklin; Maryland (2), Mont- 

 gomery and Prince Georges; Mississippi (2), Pearl River and 

 Lowndes; Nebraska (3), Buffalo, Holt, and Polk; Nevada (2), 

 Ormsby and Washoe; North Carolina (4), Craven, Durham, Hay- 

 wood, and Wayne; Oklahoma (6), Atoka, Bryan, Greer, Harmon, 

 Kiowa and Rogers; Oregon (1), Hood River; South Carolina (6), 

 Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Hampton, Orangeburg, and York; 

 Texas (16), Brooks, Chamber, Comanche, Erath, Fannin, Kendall, 

 Kerr, Live Oak, McCuUoch, Nueces, San Patricio, Schleicher!, 

 Stephens, Sutton, Traverse, and Tom Green; Virginia (5) Clarke, 

 Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, and Wise; and Wyoming (1), 

 Fremont. 



In addition to the above special assignments one engineer each was 

 assigned to Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and 

 West Virginia for the purpose of assisting the State highway de- 

 partments in handling similar problems. 



Engineers also were assigned to consult with Army engineers in 

 connection with road work in the cantonments at Fort Sill and Little 

 Rock, Ark. Just at the close of the fiscal year engineers were as- 

 signed to the Army cantonments at the following named places: 

 Fort Sam Houston, Tex.; Yaphank, Long Island; Louisville, Ky. ; 

 Fort Riley, Kans. ; Atlanta, Ga. ; Petersburg, Va. ; Admiral, Md. ; 

 Battle Creek, Mich. ; Wrightstown, N. J. ; Little Rock, Ark. ; Ameri- 

 can Lake, Wash.; Rockford, 111.; Columbia, S. C. ; Ayer. Mass.; 

 Chillicothe, Ohio; and Des Moines, Iowa, for the purpose of super- 

 vising the road work in and around the cantonments, which will be 

 reported on in the next annual report. 



OBJECT-LESSON MAINTENANCE. 



Three engineers were employed constantly in the maintenance of 

 the Washington-Atlanta Highway, and two engineers were assigned 

 to similar work on the Central Highway in North Carolina. The 

 work was done in cooperation Avith the States and counties traversed 

 and was for the purpose of stimulating interest in road maintenance. 



At the close of the fiscal year, the engineers were withdrawn from 

 the above projects and the work turned over to the county officials. 



