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Soil Sleuth Gets Historical Marker in Louisa, VA

August 09, 2011 Barbara Bowen, NRCS Virginia

Why does land wear out? This great agricultural mystery led generations of farmers to simply move when the land no longer supported agricultural production. That changed in 1905, when a soil scientist unearthed the key to sustained productivity by linking soil erosion and degradation of soil quality...

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