Soil conservation / Hugh Hammond Bennett.
Series: McGraw-Hill series in geographyPublication details: New York ; London : McGraw-Hill book company, inc., 1939.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 993 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 20 631.45 BEN
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Open Access | Agriculture and Animal Sciences Library | 631.45 BEN 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0028745 |
CONTENTS
The problem in the U.S
the virgin land
the march of occupation
depletion of natural resources
e.tc
Erosion and civilization
erosion, a phase of agricultural history
the beginning of erosion history
e.tc
Results of erosion
area affected
erosion and farming operations
Processes and types of erosion
normal erosion
soil erosion
interception of rainfall by vegetation
Rates of erosion and runoff
effects of exposure
Diversity of modifying factors
e.tc
Relation of physical and chemical properties of soil to the erosion problem
Climate and soil erosion
Relation of erosion to crop yields
relation of erosion to vegetative changes
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