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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The College was fortunate indeed in having the American Association 

 of Soil Survey Workers meet here November ISth and 19th, This meet- 

 ing was attended by about fift}^ workers in soils, representing many 

 states extending from California to Delaware, as well as the Canadian 

 provinces. 



The Soils Section has a member on the committee for the improvement 

 of soil maps, correlative laboratory work of value to soil survey, and 

 ■classificatdon of organic soils respectively. The co-operative soil survey 

 work is progressing satisfactorih'. We now have an especially strong- 

 group of men at work in the field. At the close of this mapping season, 

 Ontonagon, St. Joseph, Berrien, Kalamazoo and additional counties 

 should be completed. 



It is our policy — in fact the Soils Section was organized on this basis — 

 to make it possible for each member of the staff to engage in some re- 

 search or investigational work part of each year, as well as to encourage 

 graduate students. We appreciate fully the necessity of such work for 

 the maintenance of a live organization. 



In closing I desire to extend to you the support of the members of the 

 Soils Department both individually and collectively. 



Eespectfully, 



M. M. McCOOL, 



Professor of Soils. 

 East Lansing, Michigan, June 30, 1922. 



