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being under the charge of Mr. R. T. Avon Burke and the latter of Mr. 

 Herbert W. Marean. 



It was hoped that the survey in Cobb County would show the possi- 

 bilities of fruit raising, but it is believed that the prospects for this 

 industry are not so favorable in this locality as they are farther 

 north, and it is therefore proposed to extend the survey to include the 

 northern half of the Ellijay sheet of the U. S. Geological Survey to 

 include ijortions of Union, Gilmer, and Fannin counties, in the inter- 

 est of the fruit growers and as an extension of the survey in the 

 mountain areas in Virginia and North Carolina. It is intended to 

 give about six months to this work during the next field season, and 

 it is also proposed to survey an area in Decatur County in the interest 

 of the tobacco growers. 



HAWAII. 



No soil survey has been made in this Territory as yet, but there have 

 been strong demands for the work, and a recommendation will be 

 made for needed legislation to permit the Department to extend its 

 soil survey work to that Territory at an early date. 



IDAHO. 



A soil survey party, under the direction of Mr. C. A. Jensen, has 

 completed a survey of the Boise area, extending from Boise City to a 

 point some distance west of Caldwell and including the principal irri- 

 gated lands of that section. Serious problems were encountered in 

 this area in the occurrence of hardpan in the soils, and there were 

 other soil problems upon which advice was given which it is believed 

 will be of material economic value in the agricultural development of 

 the area, which is assuming considerable importance. 



A party, in charge of Mr. Louis Mesmer, has been assigned to sur- 

 vey the area between Lewiston and Moscow. The wheat yields in 

 this area have declined, and the people are anxious to introduce for- 

 age crops, and the soil survey work is to be used as a basis for the 

 consideration of this problem. 



Representations have been made to the Department which make it 

 appear advisable to spend about six months in the next field season 

 in the survey of the irrigated lands of the Blackfoot area. 



ILLINOIS. 



Through cooperation with the Illinois experiment stction the Bureau 

 was enabled to put two parties in the field during the early part of 

 the present field season, and at the close of the fiscal year had made a soil 

 survey of Tazewell and Clinton counties, under the direction of Mr. 

 Jay A. Bonsteel, and a portion of St. Clair County, under the direction 

 of Mr. George N. Coffey. During the remainder of the present field 

 season it is proposed to finish St. Clair and Clay counties, if time per- 

 mits. So far as this work has been examined, particularly the finished 

 maps of Tazewell and Clinton counties, it is believed that the results 

 will be of material benefit and value to the farmers. Thirteen soil 

 types were recognized in Tazewell County and seven in Clinton County 

 and their relation to crops reported upon. 



A copy of the soil map and report on the Tazewell area has been 

 sent to one of the most intelligent and progressive land owners, with 

 the request that the work be critically examined and freely criticised, 

 so that we may get advice in advance of publication as to the practical 



