SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 617 



Soil survey of Bi-yan County, Oklahoma, W. T. Carter, Jr. and A. L. Pat- 

 kick {U. S. Dept. Agr., Advance Sheets Field Operations Bur. Soils, Wl-'t, pp. 52, 

 fig. 1, map 1). — Tliis survey, issued November 22, 1915, deals with the soils of 

 an area of 593,920 acres in southeastern Okhihoma, the topography of which 

 is mainly undulating to rolling, witli some small rough and hilly areas. 



The county is divided into prairies and forested uplands, overflowed first- 

 bottom lands, and second-bottom lands. The soils range in texture from light, 

 fine sands to heavy clays and are of sedimentary and alluvial origin. Thirty-one 

 soil types of 12 series are mapped, of which the Durant loam and fine sandy loam 

 lire the most extensive, covering 24 and 25.1 per cent of the area, respectively, 



Reconnoissance soil survey of northeastern Wisconsin, W. J. Geib, L. R. 

 ScHOENMANN, A. E. Taylok, A. L. BusER, C. C. Thompson, and C. B, Post 

 (C7. S. Dept. Agr., Advance Sheets Field Operations Bur. Soils, 1913, pp. 101, 

 pis. 8, figs. 2, map 1). — This survey, made in cooperation with the Wisconsin 

 Geological and Natural History Survey and the College of Agriculture of the 

 University of Wisconsin, and issued December 17, 1915, deals with the soils 

 of an area of 3,902,720 acres, including 6 counties, in northeastern Wisconsin. 

 The surface features are characteristic of a glaciated region and 'the topog- 

 raphy varies from level to rough and broken. The drainage is into Lake Michi- 

 gan and the Mississippi River basin. 



The soils are mainly of glacial origin. Including peat, muck, and rock out- 

 crop, 29 soil types of 11 series are mapped, of which the Glovicester silt loam, 

 fine sandy loam, sandy loam, and fine sand, and the Miami fine sandy loam are 

 the predominating types. 



Soil survey of the Bayfield area, Wisconsin, A. R. Whitson, W. J. Geib, 

 L. R. ScHOENMANN, F. L. MusBACK, and G. B. Matnadier (^Vis. Geol. and Nat. 

 Hist. Survey Bui. 31 {19U), Soil Scr. 5, pp. 51, pis. 5, figs. 2).— This survey 

 has been previously noted (E. S. R., 29, p. 17). 



Soil survey of Iowa County, Wisconsin, A. R. Whitson, W. J. Geib, T. J. 

 DuNNEWALD, E. Tkuog, and C. LouNSBUiiY {Wis. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey 

 Bui. 30' {1914), Soil Ser. 4, pp. 61, pis. 3, figs. 2).— This survey has been pre- 

 viously noted (E. S. R., 29, p. 17). 



Soil survey of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, A. R. Whitson, W. J. Geib, 

 A. H. Meyer, P. O. Wood, and G. B, Jones (iris. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey 

 Bui. 29 {1914), Soil Ser. S, pp. 82, pis. 4, figs. 2). — ^This survey has been pre- 

 viously noted (E. S. R., 29, p. 17). 



Soil survey of Waushara County, Wisconsin, A. R. Whitson, W. J. Geib, 

 G. CoNREY, A. K. KuHLMAN, and J. \V. Nelson {Wis. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Sur- 

 vey Bui.. 28 {1913), Soil Ser. 2, pp. 63, i)ls. 4, figs. 2). — This survey has been pre- 

 viously noted (E. S. R., 26, p. 718). 



Report of soil work {Ann. Rpt. Sec. Agr. Nova Scotia, 1914, pt. 1, pp. 112- 

 124). — Analyses of 60 samples of Nova Scotia soils are reported, the results of 

 which are taken to indicate a deficiency in total and available lime and in 

 organic matter and nitrogen. Suggestions for improving the soils are given. 



Notes on the soils of the Wairau Plain, Marlborough, L. J. Wild {Trans, 

 and Proc. New Zeal. Inst., 47 {1914), pp. 413-416, fig. i).— The general charac- 

 teristics of the soils of an area of about 60,000 acres on the east coast of New 

 Zealand, which consists of a flat plain slightly tilted toward the sea, are 

 described. 



The soils are of sedimentary origin and range in texture from sandy and 

 gravelly soils in the inner area to fine-grained silts toward the coast. Mechani- 

 cal and chemical analyses of six soil samples are reported, the results of which 

 are taken to indicate that the soils are relatively well supplied with nutritive 

 constituents. 



