Download or read book Soil Survey of the Redding Area, California (Classic Reprint) written by Macy Harvey Lapham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Soil Survey of the Redding Area, California Sir: A soil survey of the Redding area, California, was instituted in the summer of 1907 at the request of the Shasta County Board of Trade for the purpose of determining the extent and varieties of the soils and the possibilities of the further agricultural development of the area. This work is a part Of the extension of the soil surveys in the Sacramento Valley called for by numerous resolutions from boards of trade of all the representative cities of the valley, the Sac ramento Valley Development Association, California Water and Forest Association, etc. Which have been indorsed by Hon. George C. Perkins and Hon. F. P. Flint. I have the honor to transmit herewith the report and map covering these investigations and to recommend their publication as advance sheets of the Field Operations of the Bureau of Soils for 1907, as provided by law. 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.