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2900 Louisiana ave., St. Louis , Mo., Nov. 28*. 1937. xou nay rest assured that I shall be glad to help you in every way that I possibly can. The soil that: you a3k lor will he shipped to y iu just 83 soon as I can geo down to doing it. This, I hope,will only be a natter of a few days . There are, hov/ever, one or two things that I sh raid mention to you with rectard to the p 11 that I an sending to you. I shall not be able tr 3end you samples of all the soils in my collection, since the quantity which I have is, in some ins ances, so snail that I an unable to spare enough for analytical purposes. I would not be able to send you the amount requestd. However, I have sufficient quantities of some soils to enable me to send you the amo mt which you desire. Aa a matter of fact, I spent quite a bit of time last evening figuring out just how much you do want, since my knowledge of the metric system is limited to the fact that I know that it exists. However, I figured that two-ounces would about f i l l the Bill. If you war/t more tVian this,please let me know, and I shall be glad to furnish it in all cases where it is possible. Please remember that the so il I an sending you is not necessarily typical of the country from which it is taken. In some cases this may be true; in others, not. However, 0 l i t t l e research will probably enable you to find out. If you do get such information, I would appreciate it very much if you would forward it to me. The possiblity of con tamination of the soil by atmospheric dust is, in ray opinion, slight, s*nce I have been very care ful in meeping these soils from any such polution. The method of sterilization used by the Department of Agriculture was, in all cssses, the application of dry heat. The packages were not even opened. Since I do not know at the present-moment the exact number of soil samples that T she 11 be able to send, I can not give you N22427 _o_ any idea of the number of containers to send me. However, I 'enow boat the minimum will be t<n, and so, if you would send me chat number -'f containers, I could return them to you, with the soil, ^nd let you know if any more are necessary. I expect to import some "'.ore soli bn the near future and will he glad to send you samples of it when I do so. I hope that I am able, in doing this, to render you satisfactory service. I am mlad chat my soil ollection can be out to come gi 'd use . Sincerely, \ JL^ <V. \JJohn V. 0 /" )