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204. U. S. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTP.Y, SOILS, AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING, 



Soil surveys of Mississippi. 3 p., processed. Beltsville, Md. , 

 1943? 1.9 So32 



Lists reports completed or in progress and libraries in Missis- 

 sippi in which complete sets may "be found. 



205. U. S. BUREAU OF THE CS1TSUS. Statistical abstract of the United States, 



1945. 1039 T). Washington, D. C, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1945. 

 157.9 St2 ' 



Section 27, Forests and Forest Products, p. 702-718, includes 

 some tables giving figures by States. 



206. U. S. CENSUS. , '16TH. , 1940. Agriculture; Abandoned or idle farms, 



number and acreage, with classification of those reporting acreage 

 by cause of nonoperation and by year of abandonment. Statistics for 

 counties and a summary for the United States. A special study. 

 202 p. Washington, D. C, IT. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1943. 

 157.4 CISoAb 



Table 3 shows number and acreage, with cause of nonoperation and 

 year of abandonment, ''oy counties. 



207. U. 'S. CENSUS. 16TH. , 1940. Manufactures, 1939. 3 v. in 4. .Washing- 



ton, 1942. 157.4 01-54 



Groups 5, Lumber and Timber Basic Products, and 6, Furniture and 

 Finished Lumber Products, in vol. II, pt . 1, p. 509-631, include 

 statistics for Mississippi under the following headings: Logging 

 camps and logging contractors (not operating sawmills).- Sawmills, 

 veneer mills and cooperage-stock mills, including those combined with 

 logging camps and with planing mills.- Planing mills not operated in 

 conjunction with sawmills.- Plywood mills.- Partitions, shelving, 

 cabinet work, and office and store fixtures.- Wooden boxes except 

 cigar boxes.- Wood preserving.- Wood products not elsewhere classified. 



208. U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE. FLOOD CONTROL SURVEY. Survey of the Yazoo 



River watershed in Mississippi. Letter from the Acting Secretary of 

 Agriculture, transmitting a report of a survey of the Yazoo River water- 

 shed in Mississippi describing an investigation of a program 'of water- 

 flow retardation and soil erosion prevention in aid of flood control, 

 made pursuant to the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936. 78th Cong., 

 '2d'Sess. House Doc* 564, 58 r>. t illus. Washington, D. C, 1944. 

 148 10878 



Presents a "program of watershed treatments, including measures to 

 retard run-off and , -prevent soil erosion for the control of floods on 

 valley lands. u 



209. U. S. LEFT. OF AGRICULTURE. INTERBYREAU COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON 



MISSISSIPPI BACKWATER AREAS STUDY. YAZOO SEGMENT. Settlement 

 possibilities, backwater areas of rsix counties-, Mississippi. 

 6 :ios., processed. State College, Miss., 1942.. 1.90 C21In8Ms 



Contains reports' for the following counties: Humphries, 20 p.; 

 Issaquena, 20 p.;' Sharkey; 20 p.; Warren, 19 p.; Washington, 20 p.; 

 Yazoo , 19 p. 



Each report contains a colored iand-classificatio'n map of the 

 county reported on and outlines settlement possibilities in terms 

 of flood frequency, present land use and ownership, drainage, soils, 

 tax load, land classification, classification of land in drainage 

 districts, and incomes expected by classification areas. Suggested 

 proposals for action are made for each of the counties studied, in- 

 cluding designation of localities unsuited for agricultural use. 



