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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



The following table shows the area surveyed and mapped and the 

 cost of the work during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1U02: 



Areas surveyed and maj^ped and cost of the field work during fiscal year ended 



June 30, 1902. a 



State or Territory. 



Arizona 



California 



Do. 



Do 



Colorado 



Georgia 



Do 



Idaho 



Illinois 



Do 



Do 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky _ 



Louisiana 



Maryland. 



Michigan 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



Montana 



New Jersey 



Do... 



New York 



Do 



North Carolina 



Do 



Do.- 



Do 



Ohio 



Do. 



Pennsylvania. - 



Porto Rico 



South Carolina 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Do 



Virginia _ 



Do 



Do_._. 



Washington ... 



District. 



Yuma area 



Imperial area _ . . 



Salinas Valley 



Ventura area 



Rocky ford area 



Cobb County 



Covington area 



Boise area 



Clinton County 



St. Clair County 



Tazewell County 



Dubuque area 



Wichita area 



Union County 



Lake Charles area . . . 



Harford County 



Allegan County. 



Yazoo area 



Howell County 



Billings area 



Salem ar ea 



Trenton area 



Westfield area 



Elmira area 



Alamance County 



Carey area 



Craven area 



Hickory area 



Columbus area 



Toledo area 



Lebanon area 



Arecibo to Ponce 



Alibe ville area _ _ 



Montgomery County 



Alvin area 



Willis ai'ea 



Bedford area 



Harrisonburg area . . . 

 Prince Ed\^ard area . 

 Walla Walla area 



Area sur 

 veved. 



Sq. 



miles 

 95 

 169 

 344 

 240 

 150 

 346 

 225 

 399 

 494 

 215 

 &50 

 432 

 461 

 .3.30 

 2(J2 

 418 

 828 

 656 

 168 

 105 

 493 

 415 

 260 

 230 

 365 

 63 

 697 

 500 

 338 

 162 



rf519 

 330 

 686 

 547 

 280 

 215 



^382 

 542 

 430 

 150 



14,541 



Cost per 



square 



mile. 



Dollars. 

 4.61 

 3.17 

 3.42 

 3.77 

 4.73 

 1.44 



.71 

 L81 



.88 

 1.15 

 1.39 



.94 

 1.94 

 2.20 

 3.71 

 1.48 

 1.44 

 2.24 

 1.14 

 4.96 

 1.42 

 2.23 

 2.89 

 2.03 

 1.32 

 3.11 



.96 

 1.01 

 1.34 



.95 

 1.48 

 5.02 

 1.01 

 1.68 

 2.45 

 2.70 

 2.11 

 1.44 

 1.32 

 1.82 



1.83 



Total 

 cost. 



Dollars. 



4:37.95 



535.73 



1,176.48 



904. 80 



709.50 



498.24 



159. 75 



722. 19 



ft 434. 72 



''247. 25 



b 903. 50 



406.08 



894.34 



726.00 



749.42 



018. 64 



1,193.32 



1,489.96 



191. .52 



5;J0. 80 



700.06 



925. 45 



7.51.40 



466. 90 



'•482.80 



c 195. 93 



c 669. 12 



(•50.5.00 



4.52. 92 



1.53. SO 



768. 12 



el,655..55 



692. 86 



918. 96 



686.00 



580. .50 



806.02 



780.48 



.567. 60 



273.00 



36, 551. 76 



a This includes the salaries of the men while in the area and their subsistence expenses, but 

 not the cost of transportation to and from the area. 



l>Ot these amounts, S624.95 was spent by the Illinois experiment station. 



<• Of these amounts, S914.30 was paid bv North Carolina department of agriculture. 



'I The portions of these areas surveyed in the previous fiscal year wei-e given in the last report. 



<• Of this amount, S300 was paid by the Porto Rico experiment station. 



RECAPITULATION. 



Cost of field work _._ $26,551.76 



Supplies 858.84 



Railroad transportation 2,766.28 



Preparation of reports 12,870.17 



Total cost of soil survey. 43,047.05 



Paid by State organizations 1,839. 15 



Paid by Department of Agriculture 41,207.90 



Area surveyed square miles.. 14,541 



Cost of work in field.. .per square mile.. $1.83 



Preparation of reports __ do .88 



Transportation and supplies. do .25 



Average cost do 2.96 



Average cost to Department of Agriculture do 2.81 



It will be uoticed that tlie cost of the work per square mile varies 

 from 71 cents in the Covington area, Georgia, to $5.02 for the work in 

 Porto Rico. The averagecosthasbeen$1.83 persquare mile, as against 

 $2 per square mile during the preceding fiscal year. The area cov- 



