DIVISION OF SOILS. 



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Area surveyed and mapped, and cost of same, etc. — Continued. 



District. 



Area^ 

 surveyed. 



Cost. 



Total. 



Per squan 

 mile. 



Bodford County, Va 



Btatesville area, North Carolina 



Raleigh to Newbern, N. C 



Montgomery County, Ohio 



Sevier Valley, Utah 



Weber County, Utah 



Fresno area, California 



Orange County, Cal - 



Hanford area, California .... 



San Gabriel Valley, California . . 



Yakima area, Washington 



Sunny side area, Washington 



Sq. miles. 

 250 

 800 

 900 

 480 

 150 

 307 

 175 

 300 

 216 

 260 

 84 

 217 



Totals and average. 



5,596 



Dollars. 

 468 

 1,824 

 825 

 571 

 643 

 663 

 413 

 678 

 922 

 624 

 281 



11,309 



Dollars. 

 1.87 

 2.28 

 .90 

 1.19 

 4.29 

 2.16 

 2.36 

 2.26 

 4.27 

 2.40 

 3.34 

 1.55 



2.00 



Area surveyed acres.. 3,581,440 



Cost per 100 acres cents.. 32 



RECAPITULATION. 



Cost of field work $11,309.00 



Supplies 434.30 



Railroad transportation 1,730.18 



Preparation of reports 6,247.85 



Total cost of soil survey 19,721.33 



Paid by State organizations 1,500.00 



Paid by Department of Agriculture 18,221.33 



Area surveyed square miles.. 



Cost of work in field per square mile.. 



Preparation of reports. do — 



Transportation and supplies ...do 



Average cost do — 



Average cost to Department of Agriculture do 



Average cost to Department of Agriculture per 100 acres.. 



5,596 



$2.00 



1.14 



.39 



3.53 



3.26 



.51 



Cost of field work includes salaries of all men for the time actually 

 in the district, team hire, and subsistence, but not cost of transporta- 

 tion to and from the district. 



Preparation of reports includes salaries of men during the winter 

 when they are preparing their reports and not actually in the field. 



It will be seen that the average cost of the work in the field this 

 year was $2 per square mile, or 32 cents per 100 acres, which is just 

 about the same as reported last year. The expense varies considerably 

 in different areas, according to the complexity of the work, the price 

 of board and team hire, and the character of the topography and the 

 roads of the district. The relatively high cost of the work in Prince 

 George County, Md. , and in the Statesville area was due to the fact, 

 mentioned above, that quite a number of new men were assigned to 

 these areas on the 1st of April for training, and this increased the 

 expense of the work over what it would have been if done altogether 

 by experienced men. 



The total cost of the work in the field amounted to $11,309, of 

 which $1,500 was paid by various State organizations. Including the 

 cost of the work in the field, the preparation of reports, and trans- 

 portation and supplies, the field work has cost the Department on the 

 average $3.26 per square mile, or about 51 cents per 100 acres. This 

 is exclusive of the cost of publication. It is doubtful if the expense 

 of the work in the field can be reduced in the future, and it is likely 

 that it will even be increased somewhat. The -cost of the preparation 

 of the reports, however, will be considerably reduced; as, with the 



