LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Soils, 

 Washington, D. C, February 21, 1918. 

 Sir: Under the cooperative agreement with the University of 

 Minnesota a soil survey of Anoka County was completed 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 au- 

 thorized by law. 



Respectfully, 



Milton Whitney, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. D. F. Houston, 



Secretary of Agriculture, 

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