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Soil sampler: Power-operated and mobile, new device speeds up soil surveying
Author
Rodney J. ArkleyAuthor Affiliations
Rodney J. Arkley is Associate in the Division of Soils, Experiment Station, Berkeley.Publication Information
Hilgardia 2(2):15-15. DOI:10.3733/ca.v002n02p15. February 1948.
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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.
Arkley R. 1948. Soil sampler: Power-operated and mobile, new device speeds up soil surveying. Hilgardia 2(2):15-15. DOI:10.3733/ca.v002n02p15
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