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HOW TO USE THE SOIL SURVEY REPORT
OIL SURVEYS provide a foundation for all land use programs. This report
and the accompanying map present information both general and specific
about the soils, the crops, and the agriculture of the area surveyed. The individual
reader may be interested in the whole report or only in some particular
part. Ordinarily he will be able to obtain the information he needs without
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Methods and Definitions. Teachers of other subjects will find the sections on
County Surveyed, Agricultural History and Statistics, Land Uses and Agricultural
Methods, Productivity Ratings, and the first part of the section on Soils
and Crops of particular value in determining the relations between their special
subjects and the soils of the area. Soil scientists and students of soils will find
special interest in the section on Morphology and Genesis of Soils.
This publication on the soil survey of Fannin County, Tex., is a cooperative
contribution from the-BUREAU
OF PLANT INDUSTRY, SOILS, AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
ROBERT M. SALTER, Chief
Division of Soil Survey
CHARTLE E. KELLOGG, Head Soil Scientist, in Charge
TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
A. B. CONNER, Director