﻿Letters 
  of 
  Transmission. 
  5 
  

  

  this 
  way 
  a 
  copious 
  volume 
  giving 
  full 
  information 
  of 
  the 
  proper- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  soils 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  with 
  accurate 
  soil 
  maps, 
  will 
  

   ultimately 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  public. 
  Such 
  a 
  work 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  incal- 
  

   culable 
  benefit 
  to 
  the 
  agriculture 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  besides 
  serving 
  as 
  

   a 
  guide 
  in 
  giving 
  directions 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  farmers 
  and 
  planters 
  

   who 
  seek 
  daily 
  knowledge 
  relative 
  to 
  the 
  capacity 
  and 
  require- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  their 
  soils 
  for 
  growing 
  various 
  crops. 
  

  

  The 
  within 
  report 
  covers 
  the 
  following 
  subjects, 
  viz.: 
  Review 
  

   of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Work 
  already 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  General 
  Geol- 
  

   ogy 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  Special 
  Reports, 
  including 
  various 
  topics 
  

   of 
  economic 
  and 
  scientific 
  interest. 
  (See 
  Section 
  III.) 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  found 
  difficult 
  to 
  carry 
  on 
  so 
  extensive 
  and 
  important 
  a 
  

   work 
  as 
  this 
  upon 
  the 
  limited 
  appropriation 
  now 
  received. 
  To 
  

   cover 
  accurately 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  45,000 
  square 
  miles, 
  giving 
  the 
  var- 
  

   ious 
  geological 
  horizons 
  ; 
  the 
  agricultural 
  and 
  forest 
  resources 
  ; 
  

   the 
  mineral 
  and 
  underground 
  resources, 
  and 
  the 
  water 
  supplies, 
  

   both 
  for 
  drinking, 
  irrigation 
  and 
  navigation, 
  requires 
  a 
  large 
  

   amount 
  of 
  time 
  and 
  the 
  best 
  scientific 
  talent, 
  and 
  money 
  is 
  

   required 
  for 
  the 
  successful 
  accomplishment 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  huge 
  task. 
  

   In 
  fact, 
  a 
  geological 
  and 
  agricultural 
  survey 
  can 
  hardly 
  ever 
  be 
  

   called 
  completed. 
  Increasing 
  population, 
  progress 
  and 
  enter- 
  

   prise 
  are 
  demanding 
  the 
  solution 
  of 
  problems 
  constantly 
  arising, 
  

   and 
  the 
  State 
  should 
  always 
  be 
  ready 
  to 
  lend 
  its 
  assistance. 
  

   With 
  increased 
  appropriations, 
  the 
  work 
  on 
  hand 
  could 
  be 
  more 
  

   rapidly 
  prosecuted 
  and 
  the 
  information 
  gathered 
  thereby 
  the 
  

   more 
  speedily 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  thousands 
  who 
  are 
  seeking 
  homes 
  in 
  

   our 
  State 
  ; 
  to 
  say 
  nothing 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  hundreds 
  

   of 
  thousands 
  now 
  residents 
  in 
  our 
  borders. 
  

  

  I 
  trust 
  that 
  sufficient 
  funds 
  will 
  be 
  appropriated 
  to 
  permit 
  of 
  

   a 
  more 
  rapid 
  and 
  extensive 
  prosecution 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  under 
  the 
  

   able 
  and 
  enthusiastic 
  men 
  now 
  employed 
  in 
  this 
  survey. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  WM. 
  C. 
  STUBBS, 
  Director. 
  

  

  