Research Catalog

Title

Erosion and related land use conditions in the Conestoga area, Pennsylvania / by Jay A. Bonsteel ... and Turner C. Bass ... Field survey by T. C. Bass and party ... United States Department of agriculture, Soil conservation service.

Author

Bonsteel, Jay A. (Jay Allan), 1873-

Publication

Washington : U. S. Govt. print. off., 1940]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bass, Turner Cheshire, 1906-
• United States. Soil Conservation Service
• United States. Department of Agriculture

Description

52 p. : incl. illus., plas, tables, 79 maps (78 fold. in pocket); 26 cm.

Summary

• Soil erosion threatens the permanence of prosperous farming, even in the fertile valleys of southwestern Pennsylvania.
• The drainage basin of Conestoga Creek and the surrounding territory has been prominent in the agricultural and industrial history of the United States since early colonial days. Even before the coming of the white man it was occupied by a powerful tribe of Iroquoian stock, the Conestogas or Susequehannocks, whose designation was given to the Susquehanna River.
• This publication contains a description of the area and its agriculture, and discussions of the survey and of the significance of physical factors in planning land use and control of erosion.

Series Statement

U. S. Soil conservation service. Erosion survey no. 15

Alternative Title

• Conestoga area, Pennsylvania.
• Conestoga area, Pennsylvania

Subject

Soil conservation > Pennsylvania

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction. pp. 2 -- Description for the area. pp. 3 -- Agriculture. pp. 8 -- The conservation survey. pp. 10 -- Use of the conservation survey in farm planning. pp. 29 -- Appendix : Description of soil types. pp. 39.

OCLC

• 796924991
• SCSB-12981017

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library