Show SOIL SURVEYS washington dec 26 the soil survey of the department of agriculture has mapped acres of land during the past fiscal year according to the annual report of the soils bureau surveys were made in twenty eight states rhode island is the first state in the union which a complete survey has been made the maps show the different kinds of soil which occur in different areas the report says that the work during the past eight years shows the three great agari cultural problems now are first the western farmer is chiefly concerned with the presence of alkali and its removal of control second the eastern farmer is chiefly concerned with the study of the adaptation of the proper crop to the proper soil and third with the maintenance of restoration of soil fertility the tobacco investigations ot the bureau have been extended in texas cooperative experiments have been carried on with the farmers the report adds with the result that new varieties of filler tobacco arc being grown that sell for from 28 to 40 cents per pound with an average price of 50 cents in this manner a pew in austry Is being developed in a where the staple crop cotton is being seriously threatened by the ravages of the boll weevil in the connecticut valley work on the production of 3 high grade of wrapper tobacco grown under cloth tents has been continued in ohio the new method of bulk fermentation has been thoroughly introduced trod anahis resulted in the saving of thousands of dollars to the tobacco producers of the state in virginia the improvement of the plug wrapper tobaccos cos has been undertaken through better methods of production and handling under the methods introduced by the bureau of solla profits have been increased from 0 o per acre under the old system to nearly 30 per acre under the new system |