LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department or Agriculture, 



Bureau of Soils, 

 Washington^ D. G.^ June 6, 1917. 

 Sir: Under the cooperative agreement with the University of 

 Nebraska, a soil survey of Kimball County was carried to completion 

 during the field season of 1916. 



I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript and map 

 covering this work and to recommend their publication as advance 

 sheets of Field Operations of the Bureau of Soils for 1916, as 

 authorized by laAV. 

 Respectfully, 



Milton Whitney, 



Chief of Bureau, 

 Hon. D. F. Houston, 



Secretary of Agriculture, 

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