Basic Soil Survey Training

HISTORY OF SOIL SURVEY

HISTORY OF SOIL SURVEY

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WHITNEY

Milton Whitney, first chief

FIRST SURVEYS - MD & CONN

FIRST SURVEYS - NM & UTAH

Minimizing costs

Soil types and series

Base maps

Early field equipment

Interpretations for cropland

Following the rails

Curtis Marbut Hilgard

Glinka

1938 classification

The approximate road to Soil Taxonomy

Aerial photography

First International Congress 1928

Personal stories

Stereos and premapping

H.H. Bennett and the SCS

1933-1952 SCS vs the Soil Survey

Charles Kellogg takes command

Soil survey joins the SCS

Improvements

Guy Smith-Soil Taxonomist

Handling data

Soil color as a standard

International work

Applications

Training

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