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CONTENTS. 



Soil Survey of Anoka County, Minnesota. By William G. Smith, of 

 THE U. S. Department of Agriculture, In Charge, and George H. 



Nesom and E. G. Roth, of the University of Minnesota 5 



Description of the area 5 



Climate 7 



Agriculture 9 



Soils : 14 



Miami fine sandy luara 17 



Miami loam 18 



Gloucester fine sandy loam 19 



Gloucester loam 20 



Hinckley gravelly sandy loam 21 



Hinckley fine sand 22 



Merrimac loamy sand 22 



Merrimac loamy fine sand 24 



Buckner loamy fine sand 25 



Peat • 26 



Summaiy 29 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



figure. 

 Fig. 1. Sketch map showing location of the Anoka County area, Minnesota. . 



MAP. 



Soil map, Anoka County sheet, Minnesota. 



