Soil sampler: Power-operated and mobile, new device speeds up soil surveying

Arkley, R

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Soil sampler: Power-operated and mobile, new device speeds up soil surveying

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Rodney J. Arkley, Division of Soils, Experiment Station, Berkeley.

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California Agriculture 2(2):15-15.

Published February 01, 1948

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A power-operated soil sampler now does the drudgery in soil surveying—the mechanical job of extracting soil samples which are required by the thousands for an adequate map of a survey area.

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The power-operated soil sampler was constructed by C. C. Crothus of Richmond, California, to meet specifications of the Division of Soils.

Soil sampler: Power-operated and mobile, new device speeds up soil surveying

Rodney J. Arkley

Soil sampler: Power-operated and mobile, new device speeds up soil surveying

Authors

Rodney J. Arkley, Division of Soils, Experiment Station, Berkeley.

Publication Information

California Agriculture 2(2):15-15.

Published February 01, 1948

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Author Affiliations show

Abstract

A power-operated soil sampler now does the drudgery in soil surveying—the mechanical job of extracting soil samples which are required by the thousands for an adequate map of a survey area.

Full text

Full text is available in PDF.

Author notes

The power-operated soil sampler was constructed by C. C. Crothus of Richmond, California, to meet specifications of the Division of Soils.

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