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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTb. 



Tennessee, and Texas immediately upon the agricultural bill going 

 into effect on the 1st of July, and also for field work in Louisiana, 

 Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida, to be started on the 1st of October, 

 when parties working in the Northern States will be sent South. 



The following table gives the areas of soils surveyed and mapped 

 in the several States in which the work has been carried on to the end 

 of the fiscal year : 



Areas surveyed and mapped during fiscal year ended June 



previously reported. 



1901, and the areas 



Note.— Field work in Michigan and New York was started on June 15, but the areas sur- 

 veyed in this fiscal year were too small to report upon the cost of the work, and they have not 

 been included in the total. The preparations for the States marked with an asterisk (*) were 

 all made in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901, but the field work was actually started from the 

 1st to the 3d of July. 



There is an increase of 2,200fequare miles (or 60 per cent) surveyed 

 over the preceding year, although the cost per square mile of the work 

 in the field was just about the same. This increased area is due to 

 the better training of the men and to the better organization of the 

 work, enabling the parties to remain in the field for a longer time and 

 reducing the cost of the preparation of the reports. The number of 

 field parties and the personnel were the same, except that in the 

 Statesville and Prince George areas the men were brought together on 

 the 1st of April in order to train some new assistants. 



The following table gives the details of the areas surveyed and the 

 cost in each district in which work was carried on during the fiscal 

 year : 



Area surveyed and mapped, and cost of same, during fiscal year ended June 30. 



1901. 



