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Hugh Hammond Bennett (1881-1960)
Hugh Hammond Bennett, “the father of soil conservation,” joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Soils in 1903. While conducting a soil survey of Louisa County in 1905, he came to understand the link between soil erosion and soil ...
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Hugh Hammond Bennett
1881-1960
“Father of soil conservation.” First chief of the Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1935-1952. Born 4 miles southwest.
Marker is at the intersection of Andrew Jackson Highway (U.S. 74) and Anson High School Road (North Carolina Road 1259), on ...
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