LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of x4.griculture, 



Bureau of Soils, 

 Washington^ D. C, December 23^ 1920. 

 Sir: In the extension of the soil survey in the State of Nebraska 

 during the field season of 1919 a survey was undertaken in Banner 

 County. This work was done in cooperation with the University of 

 Nebraska. 



I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript report an.d 

 map covering this work and to request their publication as advance 

 sheets of Field Operations of the Bureau of Soils for 1918^, as 

 authorized by law. 

 Respectfully, 



Milton Whitney, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. E. T. Meredith, 



Secretary of Agriculture, 

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