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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



Tennessee, and Texas immediately upon the agricultural bill going 

 into effect on the 1st of July, and also for field work in Louisiana, 

 Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida, to be started on the 1st of October, 

 when parties working in tlie Northern States will be sent South. 



The following table gives the areas of soils survej'^ed and mapped 

 in the several States in which the work has been carried on to the end 

 of the fiscal year: 



Areas surveyed and mapped during fiscal year ended June 30, 1901, and the areas 



previously reported. 



state or Territory. 



Arizona 



California . . . 

 Connecticut. 

 ♦Idaho. 



1901. 



Previously 

 reported. 



Sq. miles. 



951 



Sq. miles. 

 400 

 450 

 245 



Total. 



Sq. miles. 



400 



1,401 



245 



Acres. 

 256,000 

 896, 640 

 156,800 



Louisiana 



Maryland 



Massachusetts . . 



Michigan. 



*New Jersey 



New Mexico 



New York 



North Carolina. 



Ohio 



Pennsylvania .-. 



♦Tennessee 



♦Texas 



1,137 



35 



1,000 

 625 

 155 



1,000 



1,762 



1.55 



64ft, 000 



,127,680 



99,200 



Utah 



Virginia 



Washington 



Total.. 



20 



1,700 



480 



320 



100 



'ioo' 



100 



64,000 



457 



250 

 301 



100 



'sii' 



1,800 

 480 

 420 



,1.52,000 

 307,200 

 268,800 



768 

 250 

 301 



491,520 

 160,000 

 192,640 



5,596 



3,486 



9,082 



5,812,480 



Note.— Field work in Michigan and New York was started on June 15, but the areas sur- 

 veyed in this fiscal year were too small to report upon the cost of the work, and they have not 

 been included in the total. The preparations for the States marked with an asterisk (♦) were 

 all made in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901, but the field work was actually started from the 

 1st to the 3d of July. 



There is an increase of 2,200 square miles (or 60 per cent) survej'ed 

 over the preceding year, although the cost per square mile of the work 

 in the field was just about the same. This increased area is due to 

 the better training of the men and to the better organization of the 

 work, enabling the parties to remain in the field for a longer time and 

 reducing the cost of the preparation of the reports. The number of 

 field jmrties and the personnel were the same, except that in the 

 Statesville and Prince George areas the men were brought together on 

 the 1st of April in order to train some new assistants. 



The following table gives the details of the areas survej^ed and the 

 cost in each district in which work was carried on during the fiscal 

 year: 



Area surveyed and mapi'>ed, and cost of same, during fiscal year ended June 30, 



1901. 



District. 



Lancaster area, Pennsylvania 

 Lebanon area, Pennsylvania . 



Prince George County, Md 



Kent County, Md 



Calvert County, Md 



St. Mary County, Md 



Area 

 surveyed. 



Sq. miles. 

 170 

 1.50 

 460 

 315 

 218 

 144 



Cost. 



Total. 



Dollars. 

 381 

 291 

 1,569 

 243 

 416 

 161 



Per square 

 mile. 



Dollars. 

 2.24 

 1.94 

 3.41 

 .77 

 1.91 

 1.12 



