Statewide soil survey and mapping; declaration of policy.

A thorough and careful survey and mapping of the soils of Florida is hereby declared as a matter of legislative policy, basic to: (1) The development of intelligent research programs on the agricultural potentialities of the soils of the state; (2) The organization of effective soil conservation and land use planning programs; (3) Agricultural extension and home demonstration work; (4) Highway and secondary road planning; (5) Establishment of equitable land tax assessments; (6) Agricultural teaching; (7) The development of a sound body of helpful agricultural information for nationwide distribution to prospective landowners; and (8) A number of other social and agricultural enterprises of broad public interest. History: s. 1, ch. 20454, 1941.