Concerning the quality of soil survey

Abstract

“A United States Department of Agriculture Soil Survey was made of land along the North New River Canal in 1915. It stated that this land, if drained, irrigated and fertilized, was still too costly to be worth the effort. Land companies and sales agents in Fort Lauderdale were so infuriated that overnight they collected every copy and burned them all.”. Marjory Stoneman Douglas in The Everglades: River of Grass HOSE of us involved in soil survey are thankful that our books are no longer T subject to burning. On the other hand, some of us may be inclined privately to envy our 1915 South Florida counterparts, who obviously knew what it took to get clients' attention. THOSE of us involved in soil survey are thankful that our books are no longer T subject to burning. On the other hand, some of us may be inclined privately to envy our 1915 South Florida counterparts, who obviously knew what it took to get clients' attention. There certainly is no lack of advice today, from those involved in and those outside of soil survey work, about what needs to be done to prevent the proverbial accumulation of dust on …