Soil survey of the Corpus Christi area, Texas Page: 4 of 31

                                
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
BUREAU OF SOILS,
Washington, D. C., January 2, 1909.
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript report
and map covering the soil survey of the Corpus Christi area, and
to recommend their publication as advance sheets of Field Operations
of the Bureau of Soils, 1908, as authorized by law.
This survey lies in the coast region, in which the trucking industry
is rapidly developing, and where there is much wild land still awaiting
the plow. The delimitation of the different types of soil should
aid in the marked progress taking place in this part of Texas.
Many requests for this survey were received by the Bureau. These
bore the indorsements of Hon. C. A. Culberson, Hon. J. W. Bailey,
Hon. J. N. Gardner, Hon. J. L. Slayden, and Hon. A. S. Burleson.
Very respectfully,              MILTON WHITNEY,
Chief of Bureau.
Hon. JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
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