United States Natural Resources Conservation Service, Pennsylvania Soil Survey records, 1904-2002.

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United States Natural Resources Conservation Service, Pennsylvania Soil Survey records, 1904-2002.

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The records of the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service contain materials related to soil conservation research in Pennsylvania, from 1900 to 2002. Materials include soil surveys of specific counties and regions, photographs, maps, and handbooks detailing survey techniques/procedures. The bulk of the material is directly related to Pennsylvania soils; exceptions include publications about soils in other regions of the United States and its territories or about soil and water use in the Soviet Union. Black-and-white photographs taken by Penn State Professor N document mulching, cover crops, and erosion on land owned by the Soil Conservation Experiment Station, Harvey Raffensperger (Biglersville, PA), and Charles Raffensperger (Arendtsville, PA) between 1938 and 1943. This collection also includes photographic slides of drawings detailing soil features. Maps accompany each country soil survey. Also included are regional, geologic, and topographic maps and atlases of Pennsylvania. The remaining portion of the collection consists of handbooks, bulletins, guides, and research publications. Handbooks cover photographic, mapmaking, and soil survey techniques, including a Munsell Soil Color Charts (1954) field manual. Bulletins address erosion, land-use, wildlife, and social/economic concerns. Research publications primarily address Pennsylvania soil issues, but also cover other regions of the nation or world.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7566117

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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United States. Bureau of Soils

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United States. Natural Resources Conservation Service

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The Pennsylvania State College's Agriculture Experiment Station began conducting soil surveys in the Lancaster area in 1900 and began cooperating with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) when the Pennsylvania State College's Department of Agronomy was created in 1907. The USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, formerly known as the Soil Erosion Service, began in 1933. Today, the USDA-NRCS continues to collaborate with Pennsylvania soil researchers, as well as to offer tech...

Pennsylvania State University. Agricultural Extension Service.

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In 1911 Pennsylvania State College president Edwin E. Sparks requested money from the state legislature to begin a system of county agricultural agents to act as conduits of information between the School of Agriculture and Experiment Station and practicing farmers. Not until 1913 did the General Assembly allocate $18,000 for agricultural extension which provided agents in Bradford, Chester, and Lancaster counties, to start. By 1921 sixty-two of the sixty-seven counties ...

United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering

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Pennsylvania State College. Agricultural Experiment Station

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United States. Soil Conservation Service

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Reports were prepared by various engineers with the Soil Conservation Service. From the description of Reports of a land management survey, Navajo Indian Reservation, 1930-1938. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31277347 Formed in 1935, the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) was an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Its function was to promote and lead efforts to protect against soil and watershed degradation as part of a broader concern fo...

Pennsylvania State College. School of Agriculture

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Farris, Nolan F.

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United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils

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