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Excerpt from The Soils of Connecticut: Progress Report of Investigations 1924-1930 The results of a considerable amount of soil studies with special reference to forestry problems are not included, since this mate rial is part of a separate bulletin which is being prepared for publication. The first soil survey by the United States Bureau of Soils was made in the Connecticut Valley in 1899. This was enlarged to include a considerable adjacent area in 1902. A decade later, in 1911 and 1912, the counties Of Windham and New London were also covered. However, all of this early work was Of a rather general character, many very important soil differences were not recognized, and the location of soil areas on the map was fre quently inaccurate. In spite of these limitations, these older sur veys have served a useful purpose, especially in the Hartford County area, where the physical characteristics of the soils most desirable for cigar-wrapper tobacco were clearly shown. Since the discontinuance of their soil survey work in this state, the United States Bureau of Soils (now the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils) has greatly improved its system of classification and the accuracy of the maps, which now cover nearly one-half of the farm land of the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.