DIVISION OF SOILS. 



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Area surveyed and mapped, and cost of same, etc. — Continued. 



District. 



Bedford County, Va 



fetatesville area, North Carolina . 



Raleigh to Newbern, N. C 



Montgomery County, Ohio 



Sevier Valley, Utah 



Weber County, Utah 



Fresno area, California 



Orange County, Cal 



Hanford area, California 



Saa Gabriel Valley, California ... 



Yakima area, Washington 



Sunnyside area, Washington 



Totals and average. 



Area . 

 surveyed. 



Sq. miles. 

 ZH) 

 800 

 900 

 480 

 150 

 307 

 17.5 

 300 

 216 

 260 

 84 

 217 



5,596 



Cost. 



Total. 



Per square 

 mile. 



Dollars. 

 468 

 1,834 

 825 

 571 

 643 

 663 

 413 

 678 

 922 

 624 

 281 

 336 



11,309 



Dollars. 

 1.87 

 2.28 

 .90 

 1.19 

 4.29 

 2.16 

 2.36 

 2.36 

 4.27 

 2.40 

 3.34 

 1.55 



3.00 



Area surveyed acres, , 3,581,440 



Cost per 100 acres - - ..cents.. 32 



RECAPITULATION. 



Cost of field work $11,309.00 



Supplies -. 434.30 



Railroad transportation 1,730.18 



Preparation of reports 6, 247. 85 



Total cost of soil survey , 19,721.33 



Paid by State organizations 1,500.00 



Paid by Department of Agriculture 18,221.33 



Area surveyed square miles.. 5, .596 



Cost of work in field ..per square mile.. S2.00 



Preparation of reports do 1.14 



Transportation and supplies ...do 39 



Average cost , do 3.53 



Average cost to Department of Agriculture do 3.26 



Average cost to Department of Agriculture per 100 acres.. .51 



Cost of field work includes salaries of all men for the time actually 

 in the district, team hire, and subsistence, but not cost of transporta- 

 tion to and from tlie district. 



Preparation of reports includes salaries of men during the winter 

 when they are preparing their reports and not actually in the field. 



It will be seen tliat the average cost of the work in the field this 

 year was $2 per square mile, or 32 cents per 100 acres, which is just 

 about the same as reported last year. The expense varies considerably 

 in different areas, according to the complexity of the work, the price 

 of board and team hire, and the character of tlie topography and the 

 roads of the district. The relatively high cost of the work in Prince 

 George Count}', Md., and in the Statesville area was due to the fact, 

 mentioned above, that quite a number of new men were assigned to 

 these areas on the 1st of April for training, and this increased the 

 expense of the work over what it would have been if done altogether 

 by experienced men. 



The total cost of the work in the field amounted to $11,309, of 

 which §1,500 was paid by various State organizations. Including the 

 cost of the work in the field, the preparation of reports, and trans- 

 portation and supplies, the field work has cost the Department on the 

 average 83.26 per square mile, or about 51 cents per 100 acres. This 

 is exclusive of the cost of publication. It is doubtful if the expense 

 of the work in the field can be reduced in the future, and it is likely 

 that it will even be increased somewhat. The cost of the j)reparation 

 of the reports, however, will be considerably reduced; as, with the 



