﻿Office 
  of 
  Experiment 
  Stations, 
  

   Louisiana 
  State 
  University 
  and 
  A. 
  and 
  M. 
  College, 
  

  

  Baton 
  Rouge, 
  La., 
  October, 
  1899. 
  

  

  To 
  His 
  Excellency 
  Murphy 
  J. 
  Foster, 
  Governor 
  of 
  Louisiana, 
  

   and 
  President 
  of 
  Board 
  of 
  Agriculi7ire 
  : 
  

  

  Sir: 
  Since 
  our 
  last 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  and 
  Agricultural 
  

   Survey, 
  a 
  complete 
  change 
  has 
  taken 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  personnel 
  of 
  

   the 
  survey. 
  Prof. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Clendenin, 
  who 
  performed 
  the 
  duties 
  

   of 
  Professor 
  of 
  Mineralogy 
  and 
  Geology 
  in 
  the 
  Louisiana 
  State 
  

   University 
  and 
  A. 
  and 
  M. 
  College, 
  and 
  geologist 
  for 
  the 
  stations, 
  

   has 
  severed 
  his 
  connections 
  with 
  both 
  institutions 
  by 
  resignation, 
  

   and 
  taken 
  charge 
  of 
  Blees' 
  Military 
  Academy, 
  at 
  Macon, 
  Mo. 
  

  

  Upon 
  his 
  resignation 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  with 
  Prof. 
  

   Gilbert 
  D. 
  Harris, 
  Ph.B., 
  of 
  Cornell 
  University, 
  who 
  is 
  the 
  

   recognized 
  authority 
  of 
  this 
  country 
  in 
  Tertiary 
  geology, 
  by 
  which 
  

   he 
  was 
  to 
  conduct 
  the 
  survey 
  under 
  our 
  direction 
  and 
  publish 
  

   annually 
  a 
  report 
  of 
  his 
  work. 
  He 
  gives 
  considerable 
  time 
  to 
  

   the 
  actual 
  field 
  work 
  and 
  writes 
  and 
  superintends 
  the 
  publication 
  

   of 
  his 
  reports. 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Veatch 
  has 
  been 
  selected 
  as 
  his 
  assist- 
  

   ant 
  and 
  gives 
  his 
  entire 
  time 
  to 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  office 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  

   survey. 
  Mr. 
  Veatch 
  is 
  an 
  acknowledged 
  authority 
  upon 
  Quar- 
  

   ternary 
  geology, 
  and 
  with 
  his 
  assistance 
  we 
  feel 
  satisfied 
  that 
  the 
  

   entire 
  State, 
  which 
  consists 
  almost 
  exclusively 
  of 
  tertiary 
  and 
  

   quarternary 
  formations, 
  will 
  be 
  correctly 
  and 
  fully 
  reported. 
  

   These 
  two 
  gentlemen 
  have 
  persistently 
  followed 
  their 
  work 
  

   through 
  freezes 
  and 
  sunshine, 
  over 
  intolerable 
  roads, 
  impelled 
  

   by 
  an 
  enthusiasm 
  known 
  only 
  to 
  lovers 
  of 
  science. 
  How 
  well 
  

   they 
  have 
  accomplished 
  their 
  work, 
  the 
  present 
  volume 
  will 
  

   testify. 
  

  

  Collections 
  of 
  typical 
  soils 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  and 
  are 
  being 
  

   analyzed 
  both 
  physically 
  and 
  chemically 
  in 
  the 
  laboratories 
  of 
  the 
  

   stations. 
  Besides 
  the 
  above, 
  in 
  November 
  next 
  Prof. 
  Milton 
  

   Whitney 
  will 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  soil 
  physicists 
  who 
  

   will 
  make 
  an 
  accurate 
  soil 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  in 
  his 
  labora- 
  

   tory 
  make 
  the 
  physical 
  analyses 
  of 
  all 
  these 
  soils, 
  giving 
  the 
  

   results 
  to 
  us 
  for 
  publication. 
  It 
  is 
  hoped 
  and 
  believed 
  that 
  in 
  

  

  