Hugh Hammond Bennett
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Hugh Hammond Bennett 1881-1960, American soil scientist, b. near Wadesboro, N.C. Known as the father of soil conservation, he first proposed the theory of sheet erosion of soils in 1905. He directed national programs of soil and water conservation and wrote many articles on the subject, laying the groundwork for consideration of soil conservation by Congress. His books include Soil Conservation (1939) and This Land We Defend (1942).
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&type=1 "The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)")
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HONORS N.C. SOIL SCIENTIST; NO ONE EATS DUST AS THEY DID IN THE 1930S, THANKS TO "BIG HUGH" BENNETT, WHO WAS INDUCTED POSTHUMOUSLY WEDNESDAY INTO AGRICULTURE'S HALL OF HEROES.(TRIAD/STATE)
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Where other people saw dirt, Hugh Hammond Bennett Sr. saw life. If the dirt looked ... recently changed its name to the Hugh Hammond Bennett Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society. Also, a Hugh Hammond Bennett Conservation Center is in the ...
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BEHIND THE SCENES.(LIFE)
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Mississippi Treasury Department Unclaimed Property Fund. (D-H).
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