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HISTORY OF SOIL SURVEY

HISTORY OF SOIL SURVEY. Basic Soil Survey Training. HISTORY OF SOIL SURVEY. Milton Whitney, first chief. WHITNEY. FIRST SURVEYS - MD & CONN. FIRST SURVEYS - NM & UTAH. Minimizing costs. Soil types and series. Base maps. Early field equipment. Interpretations for cropland.

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HISTORY OF SOIL SURVEY

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  1. HISTORY OF SOIL SURVEY Basic Soil Survey Training

  2. HISTORY OF SOIL SURVEY

  3. Milton Whitney, first chief WHITNEY

  4. FIRST SURVEYS - MD & CONN

  5. FIRST SURVEYS - NM & UTAH

  6. Minimizing costs

  7. Soil types and series

  8. Base maps

  9. Early field equipment

  10. Interpretations for cropland

  11. Following the rails

  12. Curtis Marbut Hilgard

  13. Glinka

  14. 1938 classification

  15. The approximate road to Soil Taxonomy

  16. Aerial photography

  17. First International Congress 1928

  18. Personal stories

  19. Stereos and premapping

  20. H.H. Bennett and the SCS

  21. 1933-1952 SCS vs the Soil Survey

  22. Charles Kellogg takes command

  23. Soil survey joins the SCS

  24. Improvements

  25. Guy Smith-Soil Taxonomist

  26. Handling data

  27. Soil color as a standard

  28. International work

  29. Applications

  30. Training

  31. Our future

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