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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The work of classifying the lands of the National Forests was in 

 progress in each of the 6 western forest districts during the year. 

 Work was done in 8 States, about 20 projects and a great number of 

 separate homestead applications being examined, mapped, and passed 

 upon. This work is being done in cooperation with the Forest 

 Service. 



The Bureau of Soils is now cooperating with 19 States in the 

 work of the soil survey. There are 6 additional States in which 

 cooperation is planned for 1918, the final arrangements in each case 

 being contingent on an appropriation by the legislature of funds to 

 enable the State institution to cooperate. 



In most of the States with which the survey cooperates the cooper- 

 ating institution is the experiment station. In a few it is the geo- 

 logical survey and in a few others the State department of agriculture. 



The following tables give in detail the essential facts concerning 

 the areal work of the soil survey : 



Individual areas surveyed and mapped in the fiscal year endea June 30, 1916. 



DETAILED. 



Alabama. 



Arkansas . 



California. 



Delaware . 

 Florida... 

 Georgia... 



Idaho. . . 

 Indiana. 



Iowa. 



Kansas 



Kentucky . 

 Louisiana . . 



Maine 



Michigan . . 

 Mississippi . 



Missouri... 



State. 



Nebraska. 



Lowndes County 



Monroe County 



Pickens County 



Wilcox County 



Craighead County 



Hempstead County . . 



Yell County 



Anaheim area 



Healdsburg area 



Los Angeles area 



New Castle County . . 

 Hillsborough County. 



Brooks Count}' 



Crisp County 



Meriwether County. . 

 Richmond County . . . 



Wilkes County 



Latah County 



Grant County 



Starke County 



Wells County 



White County 



Clinton County 



Mitchell County 



Scott County 



Sioux County 



Van Buren County... 

 Cowley County ...... 



Jessamine County 



Rapides Parish 



Cumberland County . 



Calhoun Coimty 



Hinds Coimty 



Lee County 



Barry County 



Buchanan County 



Newton County 



Ripley County 



St. Francois County.. 



Texas County 



Box Butte County... 



Dawes County 



Dodge County 



Polk County 



Richardson Coimty. . 

 Washington County. 



' Doe= not include portions of the area surveyed in preceding years. 



