Conquest of the land through seven thousand years

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Title Conquest of the land through seven thousand years
Subject Land use -- History; Agriculture -- History; Soil erosion -- History; Water management -- History
Description The personal report of a study Dr. Lowdermilk made in 1938 and 1939 of the record of agriculture in countries where the land had been under cultivation for hundreds and thousands of years. The study was done to see if the experience of the older countries could help solve the problems of soil erosion and land use problems in the United States, that was then struggling with repair of the Dust Bowl and the Sullied South.
Creator W. C. Lowdermilk
Publisher United States Department of Agriculture
Date 1953
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Language eng
ARK ark:/87278/s6rb7672
Setname uu_wwu
ID 1158922
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rb7672
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