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Work of the Soil Scientist in Soil Conservation Operations
Author(s) -
Steele J. G.,
Hockensmith R. D.
Publication year - 1950
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1950.036159950014000c0073x
Subject(s) - soil conservation , citation , work (physics) , agriculture , service (business) , division (mathematics) , library science , geography , computer science , engineering , mathematics , archaeology , business , arithmetic , marketing , mechanical engineering
An active, aggressive professional group can support and inspire a vigorous program of research. Its members, of course, do not carry on much research themselves. They can contribute significantly to the meetings and to the broad program of the Soil Science Society. The Society, in turn, should be informed about the resource that it has in its practicing members. We all know that our U. S. Government and many of its citizens could profitably make more and better applications of soil science. A large part of the work laid out for men especially trained in soil science is to help land operators apply with judgment on their particular land the facts that are already known about how such land should be managed. Griggs discussed some problems of the professional worker as applied to the whole field of biology in 1945 (Science, 101:235-239). He stated: "the best way to gain support for research in the biological sciences is to develop a large body of intelligent and influential practitioners who would demand that someone solve the problems they met in their daily service." He also pointed out the need for adequate organizations of scientists, including some kind of federation of the life sciences. We need somehow to stimulate our practitioners to acquire the utmost competence, and to channel their services into places where work is needed.