LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department or Agriculture, 



Bureau of Soils, 



Washington, D. C, May 29, 1913. 

 Sir: One of the })rojects undertaken by the bureau during the 

 field season of 1912 was the survey of the Hood River- White Salmon 

 River area, Oregon-Washington. Tliis survey was requested by 

 many prominent citizens of the area. 



I have the honor to transmit herewitli tlie manuscript report and 

 map covermg this area and to recommend their pubhcation as 

 advance sheets of Field Operations of the Bureau of Soils for 1912, 

 as provided by law. 



Respectfully, Milton Whitney, 



CJiiej oj Bureau. 

 'Hon. D. F. Houston, 



Secretary oj Aijriculture . 

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