LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



West Raleigh, N". C, May 18, 1917. 



Sir : — Herewith I transmit a Report on the Soils and Agriculture of 

 Gaston County. The data on the soils included in the report were 

 gathered in a systematic soil survey of the county made in 1909 in 

 cooperation with the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture. 



In the recommendations with reference to the soils and their plant- 

 food requirements, we have been largely guided by the results secured 

 in carefully conducted soil-type field experiments in Gaston and adjoin- 

 ing counties. 



I would recommend that this report be issued as County Report ISTo. 2. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. B. Williams, 

 Approved: Chief, Division of Agronomy. 



W. A. Graham, 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 



