Goldsboro weekly argus., 1915-07-08
WAYNE COUNTY
DRAINAGE MAP
The Completed Work Attests That we
Are Second to No County in
the United States.

| Messrs. B. B. Derrick and E.. w.
Mcdowell, soil survey experts of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture, who
for months have been diligently and
comprehensively at work in Wayne
county, throughout it's entire length
and breadth, making soil map of the
county, have completed this important
work and sent their drawings and
data in to the Department at Wash
1ngton for mapping and printing, and
| these gentlemen will leave tomorrow
for other counties for similar work,
and the many friends they have made
here will always hold them in pleas
ing remembrance.
The purpose of a soil survey is TO
map, classify and corralate soils, to
determine and describe their field char
| acteristics, to report on the actual use
| being made of the soils and on their
| adaptation to various crops, so far as
can be determined, and upon the rel
ative productiveness of the several
soil types.
The soil experts have clearly in
mind the real value of the work they
| are doing and of it's relation to the
great industries of the county. In the
gradual evolution of agricultural work
| the basic nature of the soil survey has
| come to be recognized. 1t is acknowI-
edged that its primary function is to
accumulate and make available knowI-
edge concerning the soil, the soils re-
lation to crops and the actual agricul-
tural conditions obtaining as to the
soils of the county.
This knowledge is valuable to many
classes of people, most of whom can
be grouped under four heads: First,
scientific men engaged in the investi-
cation of problems relating to plant
production, to farm management, to
farm demonstration, to stock raising,
to problems Of rural organization, to
road building: in short, to many of the
branches of agricultural science; sec
ond, the farmer; third, colonists, col
onizing agencies, investors, develop
| ment organizations and individuals:
Fourth, Students of geographic, social
and economic sciences without refer
ence to agricultural industries.
The soil survey is recognized as
scientific institution engaged in the
| accumulation of data bearing upon the
soil and its relation to agriculture.
The soil survey field-men are scien-
lists and their results are important
and their methods are scientific, as
much so in their particular field as those
of other scientists in their special lines
OF endeavor, whether wolk lking in the
field, office, or lato g tory. Their
methods are not the same as those of
| laboratory men but the results IRE
Just as reliable when they have used
their methods just as effectively. No
other scientific man has ever had an
opportunity to study the actual soil
and agricultural conditions of any
county so clearly and in as much de-
tail as does the soil survey feld-man.
In the survey Of Wayne county each
Individual soil type has been separat-
ed, and sample of each taken for both
chemical and mechanical analysis,
Results from this and experimental
| data collected by the State department
of Agriculture at Raleigh place this
department in a position to assist the
farmers in such problems as crop
adaptation to individual soil types,
methods of fertilization, systems of
rotation and the best methods of prof
liable crop production.
| A detailed soil map, showing the
exact location of each soil type, upon
base map showing the location of
all public and secondary roads, rail-
roads, streams, churches, school
houses, dwelling houses and township
lines, with an extensive report giving
a detailed description of all soil types,
i together with an account of the agri-
cultural conditions of the county will
be available to all citizens of Wayne
county in about eighteen months or
two years, and may be had upon ap-
lplication to the congressman of this
district.
The Argus man has been permitted
to view the soil map of Wayne county
Just completed by Messrs. Derrick and
Mcdowell, and it Is l. deed a wonder
ful piece of work. And what is more,
the scientific researches and tests
made by these gentlemen have reveal
! ed the fattering and encouraging fact
that Wayne county has a variety Of
soils capable of producing all crops
known to agriculture and in this fea-
ture is second to no county in the
United States.
Let's appreciate and promote our
great county.