Excerpt from The Story of Texas, Vol. 7The study of the soil is one of the most important branches of the general subject of Agriculture, and it is important that Texas children should learn as much as possible about the soils of their State.In this paper the study of the functions and properties of soil has not been touched on to any great extent, as that would be useless where a text-book for the purpose is used. However, in telling the story of the soils of the State the purpose has been to incorporate the funda mental principles which govern the formation of soils, the adaptability of soils to cr0ps and the reasons for soil productiveness.The information contained in this bulletin was obtained from the soil survey reports of the Bureau of Soils, the United States Geological Survey reports, the Texas Geological Survey reports and from personal study of the Texas soils.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.