Miscellaneous Monterey and San Luis Obispo County Documents and Reports

1925, Soil Survey of the Salinas Area, California, E. J. Carpenter and Stanley W. Cosby

1925, Soil Survey of the Salinas Area, California, E. J. Carpenter and Stanley W. Cosby

Description

The 1925 reports describes the area surveyed, the climate, agriculture, soils, irrigation and drainage of the Salinas Valley. The report was prepared by E. J. Carpenter, United States Department of Agriculture and Stanley W. Cosby, University of California. The report covers the greater part of the area previously addressed in the Lapham and Heileman 1901 soil survey report.