Soil Survey of Saskatchewan Covering the Agriculturally Settled Areas North of Township 48

Card covers, 241 pages, 5.75x8.75 in - 15x22 cm, B&W illustrations and photographs.

Covers sunned along spine and lightly stained, front cover marked in ink. Edges and pages tanned. Front vacat page, title page, and p.5 stamped by previous owner (ink transferred to p.4). Gutter cracked at pp.216-217 and at rear vacat pages. Pages age-tanned. Text block complete, but does not include the accompanying box of maps.

Conducted by the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of Soils (now, Dept. of Soil Science) to complement 1944’s Soil Survey #12, Soil Survey #13 organizes the province’s central/northern agricultural regions by soil type, further dividing each soil into subtypes or “Associations.” The report contains information about drainage, topography, composition, texture, and other geological and organic aspects. As a publication of the University’s College of Agriculture, the Soil Survey also comments on the agricultural suitability of each soil type as well as conservation. The soil ratings created by Moss and Mitchell – both major figures in the field – remain standards for assessing soil in the province. A comprehensive report of the province’s soil compositions for regions north of Prince Albert as far as Meadow Lake. See Peel(3) 6659.