SEP 28 19) 



GIFT 



Issued August 31, 1911. 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF SOILS CIRCULAR No. 39. 



MILTON WHITNEY, Chief of Bureau. 



SOILS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES AND THEIR USE XVII. 



THE PORTERS LOAM AND PORTERS 

 BLACK LOAM. 



BY 



JAY A. BONSTEEL, 



Scientist in Soil Survey. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 

 1911. 



