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Reconnoissance soil survey of the central Gulf coast area of Texas

Reconnoissance soil survey of the central Gulf coast area of Texas
Description:

Soil survey of twelve counties on the central part of the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas bordering the Gulf of Mexico. The counties are Brazoria, Matagorda, Calhoun, Aransas, Refugio, Bee, Goliad, Victoria, Jackson, Wharton, Dewitt, and Karnes. Text describes the area, climate, soils, agriculture, irrigation, and drainage of these counties.
Creator: Carter, William T. (William Thomas)
Location:
Creation Date: 1911-12-20
Partner(s):
University of North Texas Libraries
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Collection(s):
Texas Soil Surveys
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Creator (Author):
Carter, William T. (William Thomas)
Reconnoissance soil survey of the central Gulf coast area of Texas
Creator (Author):
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Publisher Info:
Publisher Name: Government Printing Office
Place of Publication: Washington
Original Creation Date: 1911-12-20
Coverage:
Place
United States - Texas
Era
New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
The Texas Landscape
Date
1910
Description:

Soil survey of twelve counties on the central part of the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas bordering the Gulf of Mexico. The counties are Brazoria, Matagorda, Calhoun, Aransas, Refugio, Bee, Goliad, Victoria, Jackson, Wharton, Dewitt, and Karnes. Text describes the area, climate, soils, agriculture, irrigation, and drainage of these counties.
Note:

"Advance sheets--Field operations of the Bureau of Soils, 1910."
"By William T. Carter, Jr., and Party."
Physical Description:

75 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Subject(s):
Added Title: Reconnaissance soil survey of the central Gulf coast area of Texas
Partner:
University of North Texas Libraries
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Collection:
Texas Soil Surveys
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Relation: Soil survey has part: Soil map, Texas, reconnoissance survey, central Gulf coast sheet.
Identifier:
  • OCLC: 22715117 |
  • GOVNO: A 26.5/A:T 312/3
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metapth19758
Resource Type: Book
Format: Text

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