The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-30
Government Soil Survey and
Road Map OF Robson County.

Government Soil Survey and
Road Map OF Robson County.
Mr.. w. E. Hearn, of the United
States Department of Agricul-
ture, and Mr.. J. E burlington,
of the State Department, are now
completing the soil map of Robe
son county. Practically three
tifths of the county has been sur
veyed-that is, all of the county
lying west OF the Atlantic Coast
Line R. R., and large area in
the northeast part OF the county,
in the vicinity of St. Pauls.
On the selection of Robson
county Mr.. A. T. McCallum, of !
Red Springs, a member of the |
State Board Of Agriculture, used
his influence with the State De
partment for this survey. Con |
gresham II. l. Goodwin readily
gave his support to this work in
Robson county and has faithful
ly worked for an order that the
people might be furnished with
maps and reports at {; S early
date as possible. He has rot on
ly supported the soil survey
work but has been working ear
nestly towards securing an APP
preparation for the drainage of
these fertile swamp lands which,
when drained, will be the most
productive soils in Eastern North
Carolina and Robson county
soils which will grow large yields
of corn and other crops.
The people of Robson are
quite fortunate in securing this
work, which takes a long time to
accomplish, and tbs no small ex-
penSe to the government to pub
fish the maps and reports If
the county had contracted to
have such a map made it would
havecostseveral thousand dollars.
This works. donein the interest Of
the farmers and land owners and
at no direct cost to any person
in the county, but from the gen.
eral funds appropriated by Con
gress and from the revenue de-
rived from the sale of fertilizer
tags by the State Department.
Mr.. Hearn states that the map
is being made on a scale of one
mile to the inch, which, when pub
lished, will be about 65 inches
long and 40 inches wide. 1t will
show all the public roads and
even many of the private roads
= the railroads and stations
, streams, ponds, school houses
churches, streets and houses 10
I the towns, and all the township
5 lines as corrected to date. The
: different grades or kinds of soils
will be shown on this map in diff
= ferent colors-all the SWAMI
2 lands will becarefully located anC
:: shown in certain color. Thos'
. of you who are acquainted will
' the soil conditions in Robesol
/ county recognize that there ar
n noticeable differences in the soil
!, in various parts of the county
" You readily observe that yo1
e have soils ranging in textur
- from the loose, rather coarse
a sand to the fine, tiour-hke sol
Some is a sandy loan which i
lo underlaid by a yellow clay, som
- bya red clay; and some dark Q
. black soils in the bays whic
6 differ from the ordinary upland
u well-drained soils. There are SCI
n eral different grades of soil i
:" the county and each will be rel
= resented by a certain color o
~ the map; so that a person ca
IN look at the map and see at
er glance just what kind of so
10 there is in any part or all part
-, of the county.
N Samples of each kind of so
le are collected and forwarded
it the laboratories in Washington
- D. G., and Raleigh, where anal,
W. ses are made and results incol
to porated in the reports. In add
tv ton to all this work very con
- plete report is written up
% the county em bracing the follow
to ing subjects: Description
er county; boundary; surface fea
-, ures; drainage; condition as
settlement; towns, transport
O. ton facilities and markets; G.
ut mate; crops grown and agricu
If tural practices; value of primo
-, pal crops; value of land.
ch Each grade of soil will be give
So a detail description, as borings
nix the depth of 3 feet will be take
over the county. The report W
show up the county from an a.
70, ricGltural standpoint, informir
Ily outsiders and prospective sc
-, tiers or purchasers of the oppc
w. tunities offered here for vari,
industries.
;s These maps and reports W
- be published and distributed a
OH solutely free to any one who W
he simply send his name and a
he dress to Congressman Fl.
- Goodwin, Washington, D. c.,
ny questing his name be listed fol-
nd soil map of Roueson county.
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a., Star.
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Wv Philadelphia at the instance
the North Carolina Danaytme