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Soil surveying. Maynard Brown, Soil Conservation Service, with soils map and augur, and Kennety Sabin, dairyman and irrigator

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Unknown. undated. “Soil surveying. Maynard Brown, Soil Conservation Service, with soils map and augur, and Kennety Sabin, dairyman and irrigator.” Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library. Accessed September 16, 2026, https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/12366.