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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



maps of all the field work in the calendar year 1911 are prepared and 

 ready for the printer, several of them having already been published 

 as advance sheets. 



At the time of writing this report the total area of soils surveyed 

 in the United States is about equal to the combined areas of Germany, 

 France, Great Britain and Ireland, and Italy, as appears from the 

 following table: 



Area of several European countries. 



Sq. miles. 



Germany 208, 780 



France 207. 054 



Great Britain and Ireland 121,. Sni 



Italy 110,659 



Total are*h 647.'S84 



Area covered by soil surveys to June 30, 1912 622,595 



The following tables show the areas surveyed during the last fiscal 

 year and the total area surveyed in each State up to the present time: 



Individual areas surveyed and mapped during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1912. 



DETAILED. 



state or Territory. 



Alabama . 



Arkansas 



California 



Connenticut. 



Florida 



Georgia 



Indiana. 

 Kansas . . 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Massachusptts. 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



Missouri. 



Nebraska. 



Area. 



722 



'490 

 218 

 505 

 656 

 800 

 filO 

 600 



'367 

 I 12 

 1,040 

 2f)0 

 170 

 339 

 434 

 225 

 145 

 155 

 120 

 265 

 225 

 U.170 

 540 

 175 

 4.54 



1356 

 195 

 .586 

 575 



'499 

 577 

 682 

 270 

 297 

 908 

 735 



1556 

 142 

 100 



'117 

 425 

 641 

 215 



1 Does not include portions of this area surveyed in preceding years. 



Chilton County 



Clarke County 



Conecuh County 



Covinf:ton Courity 



Elmore Comity 



Madison County 



Marshall County 



Ashley County 



Fresno area 



Windham County 



Ocala area 



Ben Hill County 



Chattooga County 



Dougherty County 



Troup County 



Boone County 



Montgomery County . . 



Tipton County 



Cherokee County 



Greenwood County 



Jewell County 



Reno County 



Shawnee County 



Christian County 



East Feliciana Parish . 



I ' 1 y mou th County 



Goodhue County 



Lincoln County 



Warren County 



Wayne County 



Winston Coiirity 



Audrain County 



Carrol) County 



Cass County 



Franklin County 



Laclede County". 



Macon County 



Miller County 



Pike County 



Platte County 



Stoddard County 



Sullivan County 



Otoe County..." 



Area surveyed. 



Square 

 miles. 



Acres. 



462.080 

 313. 600 

 139. 520 

 323,200 

 419.840 

 512,000 

 390,400 

 384.000 

 234, S80 

 7,680 

 665. 600 

 160,000 

 10S,,S0O 

 216,960 

 277, 760 

 144.000 

 92,800 

 99,200 

 76, 800 

 169,600 

 144,000 

 74S,S0II 

 345, 600 

 112,000 

 290, 560 

 227.840 

 124.800 

 375. 040 

 368. 000 

 319,360 

 369, 280 

 436, 480 

 172,800 

 190. OSO 

 581,120 

 470. 400 

 355,840 

 90, 880 

 64.000 

 74,880 

 272, 000 

 410,240 

 137,600 



