SOILS-L digests for JUNE 1996

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This is the compendium of SOILS-L digests for June 1996.

It was prepared from the daily digest mailings. Some digests
may be missing, because occasional mailings are lost en route.



From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Tue Jun 4 20:33 EDT 1996
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 19:22:05 -0500
Message-Id: .<.199606050022.AA28543@crcnis1.unl.edu.>.
From: soils-l@unl.edu
Subject: SOILS-L digest 540

Contents:
Postgraduate Research Scholarships (rate@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Andrew Rate))

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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 08:27:43 +0800 From: rate@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Andrew Rate) Subject: Postgraduate Research Scholarships -------- Forwarded message follows -------- >OVERSEAS POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS - Ref 10/09/001/203 > >The Department of Employment Education Training and Youth Affairs invites >applications from suitably qualified international students for >scholarships to undertake Masters by Research or PhD programs tenable at >The University of Western Australia. The scholarships cover tuition fees >and health insurance premiums only. The University does, however, provide >a living allowance of $A14,000 per annum for most successful applicants as >well as provision for thesis production costs. Travel and relocation costs >are the applicant's responsibility. > >The purpose of the Overseas Postgraduate Research Scholarship (OPRS) scheme >is to attract top quality international postgraduate students to areas in >which the University has specialised research strengths and to support >Australia's research effort. Successful applicants can expect to become >members of a research team working under the direction of senior >researchers and in an area which has attracted external resources. > >Applications are open to citizens of all overseas countries (excluding New >Zealand) who are commencing full time postgraduate study in the first >semester of 1997. There is no age restriction. > >The allocation of awards will be restricted to students who can demonstrate >that they have adequate English proficiency by providing evidence of TOEFL >at 550 or above and a TWE of 4 or IELTS of 6.5 and an English Written Test >of 6. > >Forms are available on the World Wide Web : >http://www.acs.uwa.edu.au/research/new/main.html >or can be obtained from the Scholarships Office by telephone on +61 9 380 >2807, by facsimile to +61 9 380 1919 or by email to schols@acs.uwa.edu.au > >Applications close with the Scholarships Office on Friday, 30 August, 1996. >NO LATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. > >Any applications for postgraduate scholarships at The University of Western >Australia must be endorsed by the Head of Department. > > >Margaret Edwards >Senior Administrative Officer (Scholarships) >Research Administration Unit >The University of Western Australia >NEDLANDS WA 6907 >Phone (09) 380 2490 Fax: (09) 380 1919 >E-mail: medwards@acs.uwa.edu.au >WWW: http://www.acs.uwa.edu.au/research/ - Andrew Rate (rate@uniwa.uwa.edu.au) Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Group, University of Western Australia, WA 6907, AUSTRALIA. Telephone: +61 9 380 2500 Fax: +61 9 380 1050 World Wide Web: http://www.uwa.edu.au/cyllene/soilweb/ <------------------------------>
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From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Wed Jun 5 20:34 EDT 1996
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 19:22:09 -0500
Message-Id: .<.199606060022.AA24079@crcnis1.unl.edu.>.
From: soils-l@unl.edu
Subject: SOILS-L digest 541

Contents:
Wind Erosion Symposium (John Tatarko .<.jt@weru.ksu.edu.>.)
E-Journals (Guy Yeates .<.YEATES@cabi.msm.cgnet.com.>.)
Re: E-Journals (jstann@aaas.org (JSTANN))

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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:30:31 -0500 (CDT) From: John Tatarko .<.jt@weru.ksu.edu.>. Subject: Wind Erosion Symposium Dear list members, I am pleased to submit the following announcement. Please feel free to post or forward this announcement to your colleagues. Note that a World Wide Web page has been established to keep you informed of the latest information on the Symposium/Workshop. I apologize for multiple copies some of you may receive due to posting of this announcement to other lists. Sincerely, John ------------------------------- Begin ---------------------------- Announcement/Call for papers Wind Erosion: An International Symposium/Workshop Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the USDA's Wind Erosion Research at Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas, USA 3-5 June 1997 Background Wind erosion is a serious problem in many parts of the world. It is worse in arid and semiarid regions. Areas most susceptible to wind erosion on agricultural land include much of North Africa and the Near East; parts of southern, central, and eastern Asia; the Siberian Plains; Australia; northwest China; southern South America; and North America. Wind erosion physically removes from the field the most fertile portion of the soil. Some soil from damaged land enters suspension and becomes part of the atmospheric dust load. Dust obscures visibility and pollutes the air, causes automobile accidents, fouls machinery, and imperils animal and human health. During the 1930s, a prolonged dry spell in the prairies of North America culminated in dust storms and soil destruction of disastrous proportions. The "black blizzards" of the resulting Dust Bowl inflicted great hardships on the people and the land. Following the "dirty thirties", the U.S. Department of Agriculture started an intensive research program on wind erosion in cooperation with Kansas State University. Today, this laboratory, officially known as the Wind Erosion Research Unit (WERU), continues to serve as a focal point for wind erosion research, both nationally and internationally. This symposium is held in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the USDA's Wind Erosion Research at Kansas State University. The purpose is to bring together leading scientists, conservationists, and policy makers to: identify the present and future wind erosion threat to sustainability; summarize current understanding of wind erosion processes, prediction, and control; identify societal needs and develop strategies for sustaining agriculture, protecting the environment, and conserving the natural resource against the ravages of wind erosion. Program Scientists, engineers and conservationists are invited to present papers and/or attend sessions related to the occurrence, measurement, and prediction and control of wind erosion and related processes and consequences. Plenary, concurrent, and poster sessions are planned. Keynote addresses will feature various aspects of wind erosion. Publication Abstracts for all presentations will be available at the symposium. The symposium manuscripts will be reviewed and considered for publication in a Special Edition of the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation that will be mailed to all registered symposium participants. CALL FOR PAPERS Authors intending to offer an oral/poster presentation are required to submit an abstract (English preferred) of no more than one-page by 31 December 1996. Abstracts should include in this order: author, title, text, and corresponding author's address and telephone number. Submit abstracts (preferably by e-mail) and participation form to: sym@weru.ksu.edu or symposium abstracts c/o USDA, ARS Wind Erosion Throckmorton Hall, KSU Manhattan, Kansas 66506 USA Manuscripts submitted will be reviewed and considered for publication in a special issue of the Soil and Water Conservation Society Journal. General The registration fee for the conference will be approximately $200. This fee includes three lunches, one banquet, one picnic dinner/tour of the Konza Prairie, refreshment breaks, a copy of the abstracts, and the special Symposium issue of the Soil and Water Conservation Society Journal. Housing will be available at campus residence halls for approximately $125 (4 nights, 3 breakfasts). Rooms are also available at the local Ramada Inn for approximately $59 per night plus tax; no meals are included. All fees are in US dollars. Registration forms, abstract forms, and symposium brochure will be mailed to those who return the "Intent to Participate" form (see attached form). Future announcements and current information about the symposium can be accessed through the World Wide Web URL: http://www.weru.ksu.edu/ and email: sym@weru.ksu.edu. IMPORTANT DATES - General announcement: May 1996 - Deadline to return "Intent to Participate" form: 30 September 1996 - Brochure mailed: 31 October 1996 - Abstract received: 31 December 1996 - Acceptance Notice mailed: 31 January 1997 - Symposium: 3-5 June 1997 - Manuscripts Due: 30 June 1997 Tentative Program 3 June 1997 08:00 Registration 09:00 Opening keynote address: historical perspective Extent and severity of wind erosion world wide (regions, soil degradation, threat to sustainability, visibility, off-site damage, crop damage, health, etc.) 12:00 Buffet lunch 13:30 Physics of processes Measurements 19:00 Symposium Banquet/Entertainment/Dust Bowl Story 4 June 1997 08:30 Modeling wind erosion and associated processes Supporting data bases (crop, soil, climate, management, etc.) 12:00 Buffet lunch 13:30 Climatology relating to wind erosion Wind erosion and global change 15:30 Poster Presentations 17:30 Tour of the famous Konza Prairie and outdoor buffalo barbecue 5 June 1997 07:30 Posters continued 08:30 Wind erosion control (agroforestry, residues, tillage, wind barriers, soil stabilizers, etc.) Socioeconomic barriers 12:00 Buffet lunch 13:30 Workshop planning session to develop strategies for coping with wind erosion (research, training, technology transfer, policy, etc.) 15:30 Closing session: conclusions and recommendations Possible post symposium training workshop on the USDA Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS). Possible field trips/facility tours include: 1. Agroforestry 2. Konza Prairie 3. Tuttle Creek spillway canyon 4. Research activities in Throckmorton Plant Science Center (environmental physics, agronomy, agroforestry, GIS, GPS, etc.) 5. Wind erosion control methods at local field sites 6. Grain Marketing and Production and Research Center 7. Plant Materials Center operated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. 8. American Institute of Baking ----------------------------- cut here ------------------------------ Intent to Participate Form Wind Erosion: An International Symposium/Workshop 3-5 June 1997 - Manhattan, Kansas, USA Title: __________ Family Name: ___________________________ First Name: ____________________________ Organization: _________________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________________________ Fax: _______________________________________ E-Mail: _____________________________________ I plan to attend the Symposium/Workshop yes( ) no( ) I propose a contribution oral presentation( ) poster( ) For additional information, please return this form (e-mail preferred) before 30 September 1996. Abstract will be due by 31 December 1996. E-Mail: sym@weru.ksu.edu FAX: USA 913-532-6528 Phone: USA 913-532-6495 Postal Address: USDA-ARS, NPA Wind Erosion Research Unit Throckmorton Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 USA World Wide Web URL: http://www.weru.ksu.edu/ --------------------------- End ---------------------------------- <------------------------------>
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 14:30:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Guy Yeates .<.YEATES@cabi.msm.cgnet.com.>. Subject: E-Journals Hi there, I'm trying to identify Internet based electronic journals and books [if any] that cover topics related to soil science . If anyone knows of any such journals/books or could point me in the right direction I would be pleased to hear from you. Also, what do soil scientists on this listserv consider to be the benefits, problems, or potential of electronic publishing of soil science research [ from the point of view of the authors, readers, soil science societies] ? Would developing countries benefit by having their research available electronically ? ( especially if as a result of decreased library budgets and increased subscription rates 'non-key journals' [grey literature etc.] find themselves low on the priority journal list. ) This topic on the impact of 'information technology' on publishing of research has come up in conversation a number of times of late and as a soil scientist in the information business I would be interested, as I'm sure would many of your colleages, to hear what comments you have to offer. Cheers, Guy Yeates Higher Scientific Information Officer CAB International, Wallingford, 0x10 8de, UK. e-mail: cabi@cabi.org (please use - yeates@cabi.msm.cgnet.com) <------------------------------>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 17:18:12 -0400 From: jstann@aaas.org (JSTANN) Subject: Re: E-Journals Guy Yeates -- Scientists in developing countries should have the same interest in electronic journals as those in the U.S. or U.K. In many ways, their need to have their work made more internationally accessible via electronic technology is greater than that of U.S. or U.K. scientists, because of the financial pressure on their print journals and because their print journals are often not picked up in the international citation indices. The recent book edited by Ana Maria Cetto and Kai-Inge Hillerud, Publicaciones cientificas en America Latina/Scientific Publications in Latin America (ICSU 1995), gives an excellent overview of this situation for Latin America. There are efforts underway in Brazil to start more on-line journals; one of the first deals with plastic and reconstructive surgery, but the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) has ambitions to expand into other fields with journals edited both within and outside of Brazil. You might look at the homepage of the Embassy of Brazil in Washington for more information; this site is an excellent gateway to scientific (and other) activity in that country -- http://www.brasil.emb.nw.dc.us/NIB/OJPRS/welcome.htm I'd be interested in learning what you discover about soil science on-line journals in existence. Jeff Stann Western Hemisphere Project American Association for the Advancement of Science ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: E-Journals Author: Guy Yeates .<.YEATES@cabi.msm.cgnet.com.>. at Internet Date: 6/5/96 2:21 PM Hi there, I'm trying to identify Internet based electronic journals and books [if any] that cover topics related to soil science . If anyone knows of any such journals/books or could point me in the right direction I would be pleased to hear from you. Also, what do soil scientists on this listserv consider to be the benefits, problems, or potential of electronic publishing of soil science research [ from the point of view of the authors, readers, soil science societies] ? Would developing countries benefit by having their research available electronically ? ( especially if as a result of decreased library budgets and increased subscription rates 'non-key journals' [grey literature etc.] find themselves low on the priority journal list. ) This topic on the impact of 'information technology' on publishing of research has come up in conversation a number of times of late and as a soil scientist in the information business I would be interested, as I'm sure would many of your colleages, to hear what comments you have to offer. Cheers, Guy Yeates Higher Scientific Information Officer CAB International, Wallingford, 0x10 8de, UK. e-mail: cabi@cabi.org (please use - yeates@cabi.msm.cgnet.com) <------------------------------>
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From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Sun Aug 6 15:48 EDT 1995
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 14:46:31 -0500
Message-Id: .<.950806154901_131781773@aol.com.>.
From: JSnyder317@aol.com
Subject: New WWW home page on map sites

I hope I do not offend anyone with this post!

For those of you with access to the World Wide Web, I have just finished my
first attempt at a home page about sites on the Internet for different kinds
of maps. I think that this info may be interesting and informative to some of
you out there.

Let me know what you think!

It is located at: http://194.66.93.40/jim

Jim Snyder
Soil Conservation Technician
USDA
Natural Resources Conservation Service



From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Thu Jan 4 15:35 EST 1996
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 09:21:15 -0600
Message-Id: .<.30EBEF47@msm.cgnet.com.>.
From: Guy Yeates


Thanks your help regarding sources of bioremediation references.

Guy.



From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Thu Jun 6 20:36 EDT 1996
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 19:22:29 -0500
Message-Id: .<.199606070022.AA20172@crcnis1.unl.edu.>.
From: soils-l@unl.edu
Subject: SOILS-L digest 542

Contents:
urgent help, please (cnenv@public3.bta.net.cn)

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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 14:06:25 +0800 (CST) From: cnenv@public3.bta.net.cn Subject: urgent help, please Hello, all! I'm an environmental journalist in China. Recently I was admitted to a postgraduate programme on global biodiversity in University of Hull in U.K. but no financial support available. I'd greatly appreciate if you could be kind to offer any help to make my anticipated study commencing in the coming September possible ! Thank you so much for your attention and possible help !! Sincerely, LIU Qi China Environment News <------------------------------>
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From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Fri Jun 7 20:34 EDT 1996
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 19:22:48 -0500
Message-Id: .<.199606080022.AA12500@crcnis1.unl.edu.>.
From: soils-l@unl.edu
Subject: SOILS-L digest 543

Contents:
  (cnenv@public3.bta.net.cn)

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Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 12:50:37 +0800 (CST) From: cnenv@public3.bta.net.cn Subject: unsubscribe me, please. <------------------------------>
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From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Wed Jun 12 14:09 EDT 1996
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 12:52:15 -0500
Message-Id: .<.199606121752.AA22102@crcnis1.unl.edu.>.
From: soils-l@unl.edu
Subject: SOILS-L digest 544

Contents:
 (Lianhai Wu .<.Lianhai.Wu@mv.slu.se.>.)

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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 16:51:31 +0200 From: Lianhai Wu .<.Lianhai.Wu@mv.slu.se.>. Subject: Dear Soil-L netter, I am writting a program on nitrogen cycling on grassland, does anyone know the threshold of nitrate concentration in the soil (NO3+NH4) at which the grass growth will cease? Any comment and information will be appreciated. Thanks for your help! Lianhai Wu ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dr. Lianhai Wu Soils Department SAC West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3JG Scotland, UK TEL: +44 131 535 4171 FAX: +44 131 667 2601 Email: ESA646@ED.SAC.AC.UK Lianhai.Wu@MV.SLU.SE Lianhai.Wu@ED.AC.UK ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <------------------------------>
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From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Thu Jun 13 14:11 EDT 1996
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 12:58:10 -0500
Message-Id: .<.199606131758.AA14108@crcnis1.unl.edu.>.
From: soils-l@unl.edu
Subject: SOILS-L digest 545

Contents:
 (cnenv@public3.bta.net.cn)
uns (Bernie Kirsch .<.bernie@ag.uq.edu.au.>.)
uns (Bernie Kirsch .<.bernie@ag.uq.edu.au.>.)
F.Y.I. ("Ted Zobeck" .<.tzobeck@mail.csrl.ars.usda.gov.>.)

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 11:01:30 +0800 (CST) From: cnenv@public3.bta.net.cn Subject: unsubscribe soils-l <------------------------------>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 96 13:19:45 EST From: Bernie Kirsch .<.bernie@ag.uq.edu.au.>. Subject: uns unsubscribe soils-l <------------------------------>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 96 13:43:57 EST From: Bernie Kirsch .<.bernie@ag.uq.edu.au.>. Subject: uns unsubscribe soils-l <------------------------------>
Date: 13 Jun 1996 11:57:48 -0600 From: "Ted Zobeck" .<.tzobeck@mail.csrl.ars.usda.gov.>. Subject: F.Y.I. ANNOUNCEMENT/CALL FOR PAPERS THEME SESSION, 1996 GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, DENVER, CO 10/28-31/96 Application of Soil-Based Information For Understanding Surface Processes of the Earth System Conveners: Eric McDonald Geology/Geochemistry Los Alamos National Laboratory Bruce Harrison Dept. of Geoscience New Mexico Tech Les McFadden Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ. of New Mexico THEME: Knowledge of the complex interactions between soil processes and geomorphic, climatic, biologic factors has rapidly advanced during the last decade. As a result, soils-based information is increasingly used to provide information required to address a variety of issues in Quaternary geology, geomorphology, archeology, climate change, plant ecology, paleoclimatiology, and environmental science. We seek papers that utilize soils-based information to address the above issues and ranging in scale from soil-water interactions to soil-based processes occurring across entire landscapes. Possible general subjects of interest that focus on soil information to examine surface processes and past geologic events include (but not limited to): stable isotopes in soils, soil micromorphology, soil-water balance, surface hydrology, soil-plant relations, hillslope processes, climate change, neotectonics, remote sensing. Session is sponsored by GSA: Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Institute for Environmental Education Abstracts due at GSA, Denver by 7/9/96. GSA Session # is T4 Contact: Eric McDonald emcdonald@lanl.gov Bruce Harrison bruce@mailhost.nmt.edu Les McFadden lmcfadnm@unm.edu Regarding any questions or information about this theme session or if interested in submitting an abstract. If possible, please let us know if you may be submitting an abstract for for possible participation in this session ------------------------------------------------- Eric McDonald EES-1 Geology/Geochemistry MS D462 Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545 (505) 667-5055 (505) 665-3285 FAX ------------------------------------------------- <------------------------------>
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From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Fri Jun 14 18:40 EDT 1996
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 12:59:01 -0500
Message-Id: .<.199606141759.AA03866@crcnis1.unl.edu.>.
From: soils-l@unl.edu
Subject: SOILS-L digest 546

Contents:
GROUNDWATER WEB & MAILING LIST (kenbannister@groundwater.com (Kenneth E. Bannister))
(no subject) (Adrian Teo .<.AdrianTeo@mailhost.net.>.)
unsubscribe: who can help ? (cnenv@public3.bta.net.cn)
unsubscribe: a recommendation (Jim Meade .<.jnmeade@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu.>.)
Re: unsubscribe: who can help ? (Jim Meade .<.jnmeade@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu.>.)
 (mwander@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Michelle Wander))
Re: unsubscribe: a recommendation (Jay Jubalsen .<.wesj@halcyon.com.>.)

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 20:42:47 -0400 (EDT) From: kenbannister@groundwater.com (Kenneth E. Bannister) Subject: GROUNDWATER WEB & MAILING LIST Please vist our new GROUNDWATER WEB at http://www.groundwater.com You will find: 1. Information on the 2100 member GROUNDWATER Mailing List 2. A listing of nearly 100 environmental listservs 3. A large collection of geology links 4. A Products & Services Directory Please send us your favorite groundwater web sites to add. We will link your web site to ours if you return the favor. To join the GROUNDWATER Mailing List send the message: subscribe groundwater To: majordomo@ias.champlain.edu Ken Bannister -------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth E. Bannister President - BANNISTER RESEARCH & CONSULTING Owner - GROUNDWATER Mailing List http://www.groundwater.com KenBannister@groundwater.com Sponsor- Addison United Soccer Club - 1996 Vermont Cup Runner-Up U - 12 Olympic Development League Soccer -------------------------------------------------------------- <------------------------------>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 22:20:21 -0700 From: Adrian Teo .<.AdrianTeo@mailhost.net.>. Subject: (no subject) unsubscribe <------------------------------>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 16:11:01 +0800 (CST) From: cnenv@public3.bta.net.cn Subject: unsubscribe: who can help ? Dear readers, I have enjoyed the time with the list but I'd like to signoff now. I have tried for several times but all my attempts failed. Who can be kind to offer advice on how to subscribe from the list? Thanks so much! <------------------------------>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 06:54:58 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Meade .<.jnmeade@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu.>. Subject: unsubscribe: a recommendation I recommend that soils send a boilerplat message on how to unsubscribe about once every two weeks or so. Maybe this would cut down on the number of broadcasts asking for help on how to unsubscribe. Jim - Farmer - Iowa City, IA, jnmeade@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu <------------------------------>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 06:53:15 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Meade .<.jnmeade@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu.>. Subject: Re: unsubscribe: who can help ? Do you remember that when you subscribed you sent a message to: listserv@unl.edu and in the body of the message you said: subscribe soils-l Well, how about sending a message to the same address and in the body of the message put unsubscribe soils-l On Fri, 14 Jun 1996 cnenv@public3.bta.net.cn wrote: > Dear readers, > > I have enjoyed the time with the list but I'd like to signoff now. I have tried > for several times but all my attempts failed. Who can be kind to offer advice > on how to subscribe from the list? > > Thanks so much! > Jim - Farmer - Iowa City, IA, jnmeade@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu <------------------------------>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 07:59:25 -0600 From: mwander@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Michelle Wander) Subject: Hello, as a new list subscriber I would like to introduce myself briefly and to post a position announcement that I hope will be of some on the list. I am an assistant professor of soil fertility/ecology at the university of Illinois in Champaign Urbana. My research program is focused on management practices' impacts on soil properties; two areas of particular interest are on soil organic matter characterization and soil quality. If you know of anyone interested in the following assistantship, please pass it on. Thank you! Research Assistantship to characterize use invariant and use-variant soil quality parameters and follow up on research findings suggesting that soil physical properties may be key contributors to soil quality in Illinois. Position includes three years of annual tuition free stipend ($13,000) for a Ph.D. level student. Funding is through a Cooperative Agreement between the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Illinois Soil Quality Initiative. Project will be carried out as part of a large multivariate study of Illinois farm soils. Applicant should have MS in soil science or closely related field. A background that includes one or all of the following is desired: pedology, field experience, participatory research, soil or statistical analysis. Contact: Michelle Wander, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. 1102 S. Goodwin Ave. Urbana, IL. 61801. 217-333-9471. mwander@uiuc.edu. <------------------------------>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 07:47:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Jay Jubalsen .<.wesj@halcyon.com.>. Subject: Re: unsubscribe: a recommendation This is a good suggestion, but it does have its down side. It directly states, go ahead and leave us. Maybe a more comprehensive 2 week message stating the difference between individual, list, and listserver email addresses is in order with some positive things thrown in. Just thought I would throw in my two cents worth. Wes Jennings On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Jim Meade wrote: > I recommend that soils send a boilerplat message on how to unsubscribe > about once every two weeks or so. Maybe this would cut down on the number > of broadcasts asking for help on how to unsubscribe. > > > Jim - Farmer - Iowa City, IA, > jnmeade@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu > > > <------------------------------>
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From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Sat Jun 15 18:05 EDT 1996
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 12:59:34 -0500
Message-Id: .<.199606151759.AA17812@crcnis1.unl.edu.>.
From: soils-l@unl.edu
Subject: SOILS-L digest 547

Contents:
      NCSU Hardwood Silviculture / Hardwood Cooperative Director  ("STEPHEN COLBERT" .<.COLBERT@cfr.cfr.ncsu.edu.>.)
Soil Testing in High Schools (Currysbird@aol.com)

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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 16:06:17 EST5EDT From: "STEPHEN COLBERT" .<.COLBERT@cfr.cfr.ncsu.edu.>. Subject: NCSU Hardwood Silviculture / Hardwood Cooperative Director > HARDWOOD SILVICULTURE POSITION DESCRIPTION: > For your information and for appropriate distribution: > ______________________________________________________ > > Text of announcement follows: > > ______________________________________________________ > > Assistant Professor of Forestry, Hardwood Silviculture > North Carolina State University > _______________________________________________________ > > The Department of Forestry, College of Forest Resources, North Carolina > State University, is inviting applications for a 12-month, tenure-track position, > as Assistant Professor of Forestry, with emphasis in hardwood silviculture. > Consistent with the land-grant university tradition, the successful applicant > will be expected to conduct research in hardwood silviculture, teach graduate > and/or undergraduate students, and serve as Director of the Hardwood > Research Cooperative. The 47 faculty members in the Department of Forestry > offer degree programs in forest management, natural resources, and > environmental sciences to 300 undergraduates and 130 graduate students. > The Department's annual budget exceeds $8,000,000 and over 50% of this > annual support is derived from industry / agency sponsored cooperative > R & D programs or research contracts and grants awarded to faculty members. > > The Hardwood Research Cooperative has been in continuous operation for > 33 years, and is currently sponsored by 13 industry and 2 state forestry agencies. > The Cooperative has an annual budget of $250,000 derived from member > contributions and research contracts. The Director of the Cooperative is > responsible for continued development of numerous ongoing research projects > related to the ecology, silviculture and management of natural hardwood stands > and plantations. The successful applicant will be expected to develop and maintain > a research program in hardwood silviculture focused on the mechanisms underlying > successful hardwood regeneration and stand development. > > Applicants must have a Ph.D. and it is desirable to have post Ph.D. experience > with emphasis in hardwood silviculture and additional strengths in physiological > ecology or a closely related field relevant to hardwood management. As Director > of the Hardwood Research Cooperative, the successful applicant must demonstrate > strong communication skills and be able to interact with a diverse group of university, > government agency, and private industry scientists, as well as technical forestry > practitioners. The Hardwood Research Cooperative Director supervises the work > of an associate director, administrative assistant, research statistician, and a > technician. > > Salary support for this position is from the academic and research budget of the > Forestry Department. The salary will be competitive with faculty salaries at the > assistant professor rank and will be negotiable depending on qualifications and > experience. Qualified applicants are invited to apply with a letter of application > that includes a statement of qualifications and research interests, a resume, all > college transcripts, and names of three persons who may be contacted for reference. > Submit all application materials by August 15 to: Dr. Robert J. Weir, Director > Cooperative Tree Improvement Program and Chair of Search Committee , > Department of Forestry - Box 8002, North Carolina State University, Raleigh > NC 27695-8002. > > __________________________________________________________ > > North Carolina State University is a land-grant university and a > constituent institution of the University of North Carolina. > > __________________________________________________________ > > END OF POSITION DESCRIPTION > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Stephen R. Colbert +NCS Forest Nutrition Cooperative + Box 8008 +North Carolina State University + Raleigh, NC 27695-8008 + + Phone: 919-515-3500 +Fax: 919-515-6193 + Email: steve_colbert@ncsu.edu +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ <------------------------------>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 21:16:23 -0400 From: Currysbird@aol.com Subject: Soil Testing in High Schools Dear soils list participants, I teach high school earth science in Pennsylvania and have my students test the nutrient levels of soil in our county. I would like to know if any of you use LaMotte soil analysis chemicals and what you think - good or bad. Any suggestions of activities for my students would also be appreciated (especially if inexpensive!) Please send file attatchments if you like (Can you do that on a listserve???) Thanks to all. Dave Curry Owen J. Roberts High School Pottstown, PA, 19465 email-Currysbird@aol.com <------------------------------>
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unsubscribe (mccoy@uamont.edu)
RE: unsubscribe: a recommendation ("Derry Thomas (02) 808-8385" .<.derry.thomas@tafensw.edu.au.>.)
unsubscribe (ermexico@mail.internet.com.mx ((Consultoria Ambiental)))
Re: Soil Testing in High Schools (Tom Thomson .<.tomt@teleport.com.>.)

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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 15:42:24 +1100 From: "Derry Thomas (02) 808-8385" .<.derry.thomas@tafensw.edu.au.>. Subject: RE: unsubscribe: a recommendation Jim, What is a boilerplat and where do I buy one?? Derry Thomas Ryde College of TAFE Sydney , Australia <-------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Derry Thomas Title: Head Teacher - Horticulture Ryde College Phone: (02) 808-8385 Northern Sydney Fax: ( 02) 808 8300 TAFE NSW, Australia Internet: derry.thomas@tafensw.edu.au <------------------------------>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 11:02:05 -0600 From: ermexico@mail.internet.com.mx ((Consultoria Ambiental)) Subject: unsubscribe unsubscribe soils- Ing. Jos=E9 Luis Aguirre G. ERM-M=E9xico Tel. ** 52 5 211 00 90 Fax **52 5 286 97 59 <------------------------------>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:53:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Thomson .<.tomt@teleport.com.>. Subject: Re: Soil Testing in High Schools LaMotte is inexpensive and caters to the school trade, but for better quality (albeit a higher price) you might check out the HACH Company at 1-800-227-4224. They have many test kits and good programs for schools. At 08:09 PM 06/14/96 -0500, you wrote: >Dear soils list participants, > >I teach high school earth science in Pennsylvania and have my students test >the nutrient levels of soil in our county. I would like to know if any of >you use LaMotte soil analysis chemicals and what you think - good or bad. > Any suggestions of activities for my students would also be appreciated >(especially if inexpensive!) Please send file attatchments if you like (Can >you do that on a listserve???) > >Thanks to all. >Dave Curry >Owen J. Roberts High School >Pottstown, PA, 19465 >email-Currysbird@aol.com > > Tom Thomson Northwest Agricultural Consulting "The only difference between a problem and the solution, is that people understand the solution." Charles Kettering <------------------------------>
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NEW IN THE LIST (holger.k@t-online.de (holger.k))
Re: Heavy metal Work (holger.k@t-online.de (Holger Keller))

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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 96 19:48 +0100 From: holger.k@t-online.de (holger.k) Subject: NEW IN THE LIST Dear soils-l participants! As a new participant I want to introduce myself to the list. My name is Holger Keller and I'm a PhD-student at the University of Goettingen, Germany. The field I'm working on is about plant nutrition in heavy metal polluted soils. My special interests are heavy metal mobilisation and heavy metal uptake as a result of root exudation. I hope the list opens me the way to get in touch with scientists working in similar fields for discussion. I am especially interested in methods for exudate-isolation and quantification. Looking forward to get any response Holger Holger Keller Institut fuer Agrikulturchemie University Goettingen Von-Siebold-Str.6 37075 Goettingen GERMANY Tel.:0049-551-395582 Fax :0049-551-395582 e-mail: holger.k@t-online.de <------------------------------>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 96 00:04 +0100 From: holger.k@t-online.de (Holger Keller) Subject: Re: Heavy metal Work Hello Cynthia! Thanks for friendly response to my message. I am very interested in your research because one topic of my research goes in this way. There are some articles describing genotypic differences in heavy metal uptake in lettuce and other plants. We found a difference in HM-uptake of spinach in heavy metal polluted soils, too, and in addition, some sorts showed chlorotic reactions and some not under same conditions. To find out an explanation for this effect is one of my topics. I would like to know which effect do you think, is the most important factor for the genotypic differences in Cd-uptake....mobilisation of Cd in soils as a result of root exudates, uptake of Cd by the root(passive or active process??) or the transport-effectivity from root to shoot? Hope I don't ask to many stupid? questions at a time and look forward to a lively conversation, Holger <------------------------------>
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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 08:46:01 +1200 From: ALMONDP@tui.lincoln.ac.nz Subject: RE: boilerplat > Jim, > > What is a boilerplat and where do I buy one?? > > Derry Thomas Derry A boilerplat (a word of Swiss origin) is a large plate on which a cooked chicken is placed. They can be bought at Kmart for $19.99. Peter Almond Soil Science Dept P.O. Box 84 Lincoln University Canterbury New Zealand ph 064 3 325 2811 xtn 8209 fax 064 3 325 3607 <------------------------------>
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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 09:53:35 +1200 From: sjef@Nelson.plaNet.org.NZ Subject: RE: boilerplat >> Jim, >> What is a boilerplat and where do I buy one?? >> Derry Thomas > >Derry >A boilerplat (a word of Swiss origin) is a large plate on which a cooked >chicken is placed. They can be bought at Kmart for $19.99. >Peter Almond >Soil Science Dept >Lincoln University >New Zealand Derry Don't believe Peter. A boilerplate is an electrical semiconducting ceramic piece of equipment used in laboratoties to keep samples of porridge at the right temperature. Regards from Sjef Lamers 209 Whitby Road Wakefield (Nelson) New Zealand Phone/Fax: ++643 541 8176 sjef@nelson.planet.org.nz <------------------------------>
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boilerplat (Rob Bramley .<.Rob.Bramley@tvl.tcp.csiro.au.>.)
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RE: boilerplat ("J.D. Oster" .<.oster@mail.ucr.edu.>.)
      RE: br(!)oilerplatte ("Bernd Kuemmel" .<.BEK@mmf.ruc.dk.>.)
Intro and "Burning Topic" (Very Long) ("Kurt S. Masters" .<.kmasters@moose.ncia.net.>.)
      RE: Br(!)oilerplatte ("Bernd Kuemmel" .<.BEK@mmf.ruc.dk.>.)
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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 96 08:36:37 EST From: Rob Bramley .<.Rob.Bramley@tvl.tcp.csiro.au.>. Subject: boilerplat Sounds like a case of mis-classification, Peter ! Rob <---------------------------------------------------------------------------->
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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 96 20:03 +0100 From: holger.k@t-online.de (Holger Keller) Subject: RE: Cadmium uptake Hello Cindy! Thanks for the informations about your research. It's very interesting and I expected, that this effect would have something to do with the root to shoot translocation. How does the singe gene exactly controlls this effect? I would like to know how your co-worker is trying to isolate the exudates. This is one of the points of my work to figure out a method to get the exudates. In my research, I want to analyze root exudates,especially organic acids and phenolics ( which seems to be important for P-mobilizing by spinach and sugar beet). We are isolating exudates by growing the plants in sand culture-afer washing out the and, the roots are allowed to assimilate for 24h in a 0,01M CaCl2-or NaCl-solution. These exudates are analyzed after pre-concentrationvia HPLC. I'm just on the very beginning of this work and I'm looking for better methods. I hope you can help me or tell me your way to do it. Holger University of Goettingen, Germany Hi Holger Breeding work in Canada has idenitified low Cd lines of durum wheat. The difference appears to be controlled by a singe gene. The biggest difference among cultivars seems to be in the distribution of the cadmium between the root and shoot, so it seems as if translocation is very important. A co-worker of mine is looking at exudates and rhizosphere effects as well, but the translocation certainly seems important. Sincerely Cindy Grant <------------------------------>
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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:17:09 +1300 From: zegwaard@waikato.ac.nz (K Zegwaard) Subject: Boilerplate In regard with the confusion of the classification of the use of a boilerplate, the actual plate is the base of a coffee percolator. The use is to keep the mixture of water, caffeine and "brown colouring" at the optimum temperature for human intake. Regards Karsten Zegwaard Department of Earth Sciences The University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand email: zegwaard@waikato.ac.nz Ph: (07) 843-3540 <------------------------------>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 21:03:50 -0500 From: "J.D. Oster" .<.oster@mail.ucr.edu.>. Subject: RE: boilerplat Boilerplat = boilerplate. A term used by lawyers to describe the language in a legal document that can be used over and over again for different clients. It has some similarity to a press used to print money. and machine useAt 05:01 PM 6/20/96 -0500, you wrote: >>> Jim, >>> What is a boilerplat and where do I buy one?? >>> Derry Thomas >> >>Derry >>A boilerplat (a word of Swiss origin) is a large plate on which a cooked >>chicken is placed. They can be bought at Kmart for $19.99. >>Peter Almond >>Soil Science Dept >>Lincoln University >>New Zealand > >Derry > >Don't believe Peter. A boilerplate is an electrical semiconducting ceramic >piece of equipment used in laboratoties to keep samples of porridge at the >right temperature. > >Regards from > >Sjef Lamers >209 Whitby Road >Wakefield (Nelson) >New Zealand >Phone/Fax: ++643 541 8176 >sjef@nelson.planet.org.nz > > > J.D.(Jim) Oster Dept. of Soil & Env. Sciences University of California Riverside, CA 92521 Phone (909)787-5100 FAX (909)787-5522 <------------------------------>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:09:59 +0100 From: "Bernd Kuemmel" .<.BEK@mmf.ruc.dk.>. Subject: RE: br(!)oilerplatte :>> What is a boilerplat and where do I buy one?? :>> Derry Thomas :> :>A boilerplat (a word of Swiss origin) is a large plate on which a cooked :>chicken is placed. (free advertisement deleted) Apart from the spelling the advertisement sounds credible, but humans accustomed to real GDR-socialism would surely prefer the spelling "Broilerplatte", which must be the ultimate answer besides 42. Positively good weekend from Bernd Kuemmel }:-> Bernd Kuemmel .<.bek@mmf.ruc.dk.>. (Energy & Environment 2morrow) IMFUFA,RUC + PB 260 + DK-4000 Roskilde + le Danemark Vox +45 46 75 77 81*2275. Fax +45 46 75 50 65. " If you have not modelled it yet --- it probably does not even exist ! " <------------------------------>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 06:43:57 -0700 From: "Kurt S. Masters" .<.kmasters@moose.ncia.net.>. Subject: Intro and "Burning Topic" (Very Long) Hello Soils-L Discussion Group, I just signed onto this list last night, since I couldn't sleep anyway. Jeromes list subscription sign up message says my first post must include my name, affiliation, areas of interest AND a burning' question that would make a good discussion topic. Well I'll touch on each of those items, cause I've got a real "BURNING" topic. At least in my book! But, ya gonna have to put up with my intro for I get to that. Oh, before I go on, I apologize for posting so soon after a subscription . . . I usually listen in for a few weeks on new lists, and get a feel for the group, before jumping in. However, . . . the first few posts I received, about boilerplates, brought me more laughs than the last few weeks of the tasteless joke group . . . so I figured if there's room for a little humor, there has to be room for my burnin' topic. Now, with that out of the way, here goes . . . my name is Kurt Masters, I live just north of the White Mountains of New Hampshire in small town of about 1600, Paulsbourge, as known on very early maps . . . Milan, on current maps. And Yes, I'm one of those real stubborn, really native, Yankees. As I turn and look over my left shoulder, from the loft of my log home, I see walls adorned with antique tools, hewing axes, saws, and don't laugh now . . . a pitchfork collection. (Okay, laugh if you must), I also look southeast, out through a beautiful large, log framed picture window. The ridge beam of the cabin is aimed at Mt Goose Eye in the far background. Its peak in Maine, is 8.2 mi. away, and stands proud along the Mahoosuc range. From her summit, and flowing into the foreground, . . . is the valley of the Nullikonjewa (or Stearns Brook on current maps). In a watershed of about 37.5 sq. Mi., I'm about a mile upstream from her juncture with the Sagadahoc or Androscoggin . . . and about 60 feet above the valley floor. A 30-acre pasture and field stretch out in the foreground,. The brook is at the far side of the fields and then forested hillside fades to the left. Toward the right side of the view, is the downhill side of a large, formerly red, barn. Its badly in need of a new roof, but very straight and square . . . built in an age when you made things to last forever. Okay, I'll be gettin' to the burnin' topic in a second, 'cause there's a big freshly piled mound of soil, about 15 feet high, setting just beyond the barn, and just in back of an old farmhouse, . . . and of course, right square in the middle of my otherwise very pleasant view. Trust me, this will all tie into my topic, so please be patient with me, but I have to back up to go ahead. I grew up on that farm, upstairs over the milkroom. It was across the road from the farm and where my grandfather bottled the milk for his route downtown. My great-grandmother owned the milking cattle and the chickens. She employed her son, who took care of the milkers and she sold the milk to her daughter's husband (my grandfather) for him to bottle & market. Family business didn't stop there . . . my farther and grand farther had about 40 head of Herfords which we butchered off 10~15 head per year . . . plus we harvested about 15,000 bushels of potatoes per year. Hey, that could be soil related, maybe he's getting to the point . . . keep your britches on, not yet. I grew up farming without a doubt . . . haying, picking potatoes, feedin' critters, shoveling manure (literally), and there was always that wonderful task of walking behind the potato sprayer keeping the spray nozzles unclogged. What were we spraying? . . . dare I even mention DDT? Well I also delivered 4~500 qts. of milk, each day before school, all through High School (for the neighbors farm-other family) plus our own family chores. Come graduation time, I'd seen all the farming I wanted . . . and in desperation to get off the farm, I joined the ARMY (laugh optional here). I actually did learn a useful trade . . . I became an 81C30, a cartographic specialist, trained in the use of the Multiplex Stereoplotter -- Who'da thunk it? . . . an ol' farm boy from Milan, drawin' maps. Just Imagine! Just like Columbus & ol George W. . . .Trust me. Its all gonna tie in! Well, finally back in the real world, I landed drawing survey maps for the USF&WS, and in 78 I came back home to Milan to work for a local land surveyor. He was, and still is the only surveying business of full-time employment in northern NH. About 30% of his business was designing small on-site wastewater treatment systems (septic systems). Being the draftsman in the office, I got to finalize my boss' designs. I was soon reducing the field notes, plotting the points, interpolating the topo (hey, I know what a contour line looks like), eliminate the setback areas, plan out the grades for the leach bed & ST based on the information in the test pit notes, (hey, this sounds very soil related :)) I occasionally went into the field and participated in the collection of data. It was a time when common sense, was the rule of thumb. You took a good hard look at the area, determined the sites' position within the watershed, looked for surface runoff patterns, did a per test, estimated the seasonal high water table in the pit, and just plain used your head, and good of' common sense. In 1980 anyone who had designed at least 10 septic systems in the prior two years was eligible to be grand fathered a designers license (Oh no, not one of those old know-it-alls). Well now, old #114 here must have guessed a few of em right, cause hundreds of systems, nearly 18 years old are still functioning today. About 1985 things started to get a little technical. I took a 10-week course (1 day/wk) offered by the Dept. of Environmental Services. I learned about the different horizons and colors, and about mottling and using them as an indicator of a SHWT. But the one thing the instructor also taught us was that mottles can be relics . . . from a very past time, long ago. He told us to look for the depth of tree root growth, as wetter soils tend to have shallower root systems (makes perfect sense to me) he told us to use our common sense and good judgement. Okay, now we're gettin' to the good stuff! My grandmother's farmhouse has a genuine three seater outhouse off a corner in the shed, but that was from before they put in plumbing. Until last week, an outfall into a ditch down over the bank, in the middle of the pasture, was the only septic system. The only maintenance was to cover the ditch with evergreen boughs each fall, to keep it from freezing in the winter. It's worked well for a hundred years or more, and still works today (damn, that's just too simple!) Its just 240 feet from my well, and I'm not worried about contamination. The well for the farmhouse is more than a half a mile away in the opposite direction. (no chance of contamination there) In anticipation of the sale of the farm to settle the Estate, I took it upon myself to draw up a set of plans for a complying septic system, knowing that nobody could get funding for a house without an approved septic design. I took the obvious site condition's into account, along with personally known facts and the test pit & perc data. I felt there was no SHWT to a depth of 120". The pit had about 18" of the best loam around (after having cows stomp manure into the barnyard for who knows how many generations). 18 to 38" are strong brown and olive brown, loamy fine sands. 38 to 120" revealed olive, firm, silty fine sand with a perc rate of 1"/12 minuets. There are a few high chroma, distinct and prominent mottles at about 72". It was mapped Skerry Type Soil per SCS, and designed an "in-ground" leach bed for the site. I felt then, and still do now, that those mottles are not from a SHWT. I feel these mottles are either relics, or caused by the application of massive amounts or urine and manure leaching into the pasture, or from continually overflowing water troughs that watered the cattle in the barn yard. There haven't been any cattle in the pasture for at least 10 years, so now grass grows there(real well). Last week the system was installed per the plan, by a very good, honest, local contractor. He did a beautiful job - dead on grade and level. Well last Wednesday this small 2-3 sq. mi. area of town had our 100-year storm in 30 minutes. Washed out driveways all up & down the road . . . even lost my own. Well that nice leach bed, just filled up with water, and the rain continued through Thursday. Friday morning the State inspector came to do his job . . . inspect the system. Well this particular inspector is famous for not having a lick of common sense. He dug a hole with his auger in the bed area, and because he observed some water at 60", he issued a "DO NOT BACKFILL" order. He checked off the box that states the "SITE CONDITIONS NOT ACCURATELY SHOWN" and the one that says "AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN MUST BE SUBMITTED TO CONCORD FOR REVIEW AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL. He further commented that he "found STRONG signs of SHWT@ 60" and may be higher." If the bed has to be redesigned and moved or raised, it will add another $5-6000 to its cost. And of course I'll get my butt sued for the added costs and hassles. I wouldn't blame the owners either, they did nothing wrong in all this, and most likely the bank won't give them any more money for the changes . . . It's not the installers' fault either, he did very nice work as usual, cause he takes pride in his work too. In an attempt to talk some sense into this inspector, I had full test pits dug at diagonally opposite corners of the bed and got him to come view these. They both had water at about 7 & 8 feet which I feel is still just the rain from this past storm. I tried to explain about the rain we had, and pointed out where he drove across one spot on our road, that water from a small swamp is in the traveled way. Right now our WT is about 2 feet above the normal SHWT. As I expected, this guy is just lookin' for a violation and any chance to pull his power trip. So as we wait for this inspector's boss to drive up from Concord, to have a look for himself, I'll have to come up with a little proof to support my claim. I have a letter coming from the local road agent, in reference to the rain, as he had lots of ditch and culvert repairs, and plenty of driveway repairs. At least three of my neighbors took pictures (thank gods) with water 3 feet over the road, and 3 feet deep washouts in the drives. Some people's basements were flooded as was mine when the cellar window wells filled up with water, and infiltrated into the cellar. Lifetime residents have been very sympathetic to my case and I may have a chance at proving the amount of rainfall. However, that leaves me with the dilemma of proving the mottling is not the SHWT. The SCS agent did explain to me that the term "mottles" is no longer used to describe the redoximorphic features that indicate SHWT. I guess we finally got to that "burning discussion topic", how about "Redox features and causes for them, other than from SHWT" . . . in other words . . . Please Help, I need ammunition to fight this case. If anyone can help me talk some sense to these people, and you don't want to post your response to the group, please E-mail me directly. If you have any questions, ask away! If you're offended by this long "first post" . . . get in line to flame away or just hit the delete button. Please keep any replies simple, as I have never had any college education, or chemistry or biology courses. Boy, won't that be a challenge for this group. Thank you for your patience. Respectfully, Kurt -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Kurt S. Masters tel 603-449-6797 603-752-7282 RR1 Box 692 fax 603-449-6667 603-752-3927 Milan, NH 03588 email kmasters@moose.ncia.net ------------------------------------------------------------ <------------------------------>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 13:32:12 +0100 From: "Bernd Kuemmel" .<.BEK@mmf.ruc.dk.>. Subject: RE: Br(!)oilerplatte :>> What is a boilerplat and where do I buy one?? :>> Derry Thomas :> :>A boilerplat (a word of Swiss origin) is a large plate on which a cooked :>chicken is placed. (free advertisement deleted) Apart from the spelling the advertisement sounds credible, but humans accustomed to real GDR-socialism would surely prefer the spelling "Broilerplatte", which must be the ultimate answer besides 42. Positively good weekend from Bernd Kuemmel }:-> Bernd Kuemmel .<.bek@mmf.ruc.dk.>. (Energy & Environment 2morrow) IMFUFA,RUC + PB 260 + DK-4000 Roskilde + le Danemark Vox +45 46 75 77 81*2275. Fax +45 46 75 50 65. " If you have not modelled it yet --- it probably does not even exist ! " <------------------------------>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 08:37:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Armstrong .<.toma@crl.com.>. Subject: RE: Tall Grass > RHG Wrote: > > When you mow and let the grass lie, you don't lose anything > >from the soil. When he (the neighbor) hauls the hay away, > >your soil is being depleted. You can't take hay from it > >long term without putting something back. If you want to > >give him the hay, no charge, you might consider a trade for > >some manure from his livestock. I practiced under this assumption for the last five years I was farming certified organic (CCOF inspected), '90 to '95. I noticed little net benefit from incorporating all of the fodder back into the soil. A legume crop will help sustain a crop, but does not seem to provide enough N to properly break down all of the fodder. I have since read that current research shows that a lot of nutrients are lost to the air. Leaving it lay may be better than incorporation, however. It is now my thinking that it takes both livestock and grass to improve the soil. If livestock are introduced to a stand of grass, and not allowed to eat all of the dry residue, the combination of the scattered manure and dry grass will dramatically improve the soil humus. Tom Armstrong toma@crl.com Sequera Ranch s.1892 San Gregorio, CA Barnyard Technology--- Ideas for tomorrow -> from yesterday's scrap. 4th -> 5th gen. on family farm. Can Ag Sustain? A ghost town fights its way back. 1865 Nat'l Register Saloon... http://www.crl.com/~toma <------------------------------>
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From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Sat Jun 22 18:17 EDT 1996
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 17:05:18 -0500
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FWD: Query on historic topsoil info (SMills1138@aol.com)
Fwd: Query on historic topsoil info (SMills1138@aol.com)
Re: FWD: Query on historic topsoil info (Tom Thomson .<.tomt@teleport.com.>.)

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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 22:01:55 -0400 From: SMills1138@aol.com Subject: FWD: Query on historic topsoil info >From Usenet (alt.sustainable.agriculture). >>Subject: Query on historic topsoil info >>From: ealarson@iastate.edu (Anne Larson) >>Date: 21 Jun 1996 17:01:55 -0400 >>Message-ID: .<.v02130500adf085a8a26a@[129.186.242.233].>. >>I've done some search on the web and around the office, but have been >>unable to come up with some historic perspectives for a teacher wishing to >>integrate soil into her elementary curriculum. >>She's looking for: >>Historic data about the amount of topsoil lost in U.S. in the last 50 to 75 >>years. >>The amount of arable land in U.S. (and possibly Iowa) as compared with the >>rest of the world. >>ANy ideas where to track this down? Your time is much appreciated! >>Anne <------------------------------>
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 00:41:53 -0400 From: SMills1138@aol.com Subject: Fwd: Query on historic topsoil info --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: FWD: Query on historic topsoil info Date: 96-06-21 22:01:24 EDT From: SMills1138 To: soils-l@unl.edu >From Usenet (alt.sustainable.agriculture). >>Subject: Query on historic topsoil info >>From: ealarson@iastate.edu (Anne Larson) >>Date: 21 Jun 1996 17:01:55 -0400 >>Message-ID: .<.v02130500adf085a8a26a@[129.186.242.233].>. >>I've done some search on the web and around the office, but have been >>unable to come up with some historic perspectives for a teacher wishing to >>integrate soil into her elementary curriculum. >>She's looking for: >>Historic data about the amount of topsoil lost in U.S. in the last 50 to 75 >>years. >>The amount of arable land in U.S. (and possibly Iowa) as compared with the >>rest of the world. >>ANy ideas where to track this down? Your time is much appreciated! >>Anne <------------------------------>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 22:00:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Thomson .<.tomt@teleport.com.>. Subject: Re: FWD: Query on historic topsoil info Check your public library, Soil Conservation Service (NRCS) office or University for a book entitled SOILS, THE YEARBOOK OF AGRICULTURE 19?? (oops can't find my copy). That has a lot of info for basic instruction. Also the NRCS offivce or your local Soil and Water Conservation District office will have current data as well as maybe a copy of the book At 09:04 PM 06/21/96 -0500, you wrote: >>From Usenet (alt.sustainable.agriculture). > >>>Subject: Query on historic topsoil info >>>From: ealarson@iastate.edu (Anne Larson) >>>Date: 21 Jun 1996 17:01:55 -0400 >>>Message-ID: .<.v02130500adf085a8a26a@[129.186.242.233].>. > >>>I've done some search on the web and around the office, but have been >>>unable to come up with some historic perspectives for a teacher wishing to >>>integrate soil into her elementary curriculum. > >>>She's looking for: > >>>Historic data about the amount of topsoil lost in U.S. in the last 50 to 75 >>>years. > >>>The amount of arable land in U.S. (and possibly Iowa) as compared with the >>>rest of the world. > >>>ANy ideas where to track this down? Your time is much appreciated! > >>>Anne > > > > > Tom Thomson Northwest Agricultural Consulting "The only difference between a problem and the solution, is that people understand the solution." Charles Kettering <------------------------------>
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Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 18:41:09 -0400 From: JameyD2@aol.com Subject: Re: Query on historic topsoil info Check with the local USDA-NRCS office. They should have some information. <------------------------------>
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From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Mon Jun 24 18:21 EDT 1996
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 17:07:34 -0500
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Re: FWD: Query on historic topsoil info (Carpenter-Boggs .<.lcboggs@mail.wsu.edu.>.)
Re: FWD: Query on historic topsoil info (snrclark@muccmail.missouri.edu)
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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 08:30:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Carpenter-Boggs .<.lcboggs@mail.wsu.edu.>. Subject: Re: FWD: Query on historic topsoil info In reply to Anne's request for data on topsoil loss and acreage farmed: Please take a look at the National Research Council's "Alternative Agriculture" of 1989, esp. pp. 115-119. It contains a few salient factoids, incl. that 350-400 million acres are farmed in the U.S. annually, from which 2.7 to 3.1 billion tons of soil are eroded each year. Most of their numbers are cited from USDA documents... Perhaps someone else knows how to get ahold of these? Are they available at university libraries? Best of luck. -Lynne C-B <------------------------------>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 96 15:11:52 CST From: snrclark@muccmail.missouri.edu Subject: Re: FWD: Query on historic topsoil info _______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: FWD: Query on historic topsoil info From: .<.soils-l@unl.edu.>. at MU-Internet Date: 6/21/96 9:16 PM >From Usenet (alt.sustainable.agriculture). >>Subject: Query on historic topsoil info >>From: ealarson@iastate.edu (Anne Larson) >>Date: 21 Jun 1996 17:01:55 -0400 >>Message-ID: .<.v02130500adf085a8a26a@[129.186.242.233].>. >>I've done some search on the web and around the office, but have been >>unable to come up with some historic perspectives for a teacher wishing to >>integrate soil into her elementary curriculum. >>She's looking for: >>Historic data about the amount of topsoil lost in U.S. in the last 50 to 75 >>years. >>The amount of arable land in U.S. (and possibly Iowa) as compared with the >>rest of the world. >>ANy ideas where to track this down? Your time is much appreciated! >>Anne Received: from crcnis1.unl.edu by muccmail.missouri.edu (SMTPLINK V2.11.01) ; Fri, 21 Jun 96 21:16:55 CST Return-Path: .<.root@crcnis1.unl.edu.>. Received: by crcnis1.unl.edu id AA12885 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for snrclark@muccmail.missouri.edu); Fri, 21 Jun 1996 21:01:48 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 21:01:48 -0500 Message-Id: .<.960621220153_335771808@emout08.mail.aol.com.>. Originator: soils-l@unl.edu Errors-To: jp@unlinfo.unl.edu Reply-To: .<.soils-l@unl.edu.>. Sender: soils-l@unl.edu Version: 5.5 -- Copyright (c) 1991/92, Anastasios Kotsikonas From: SMills1138@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list .<.soils-l@unl.edu.>. Subject: FWD: Query on historic topsoil info <------------------------------>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 96 15:17:53 CST From: snrclark@muccmail.missouri.edu Subject: Re: FWD: Query on historic topsoil info For Missouri I suggest you contact Prof. Emer. C.M. Woodruff (573) 882-2395 for past information. Here are several more current references: Brown, J.R., D.D. Osburn, D. Redhage, and C. J. Gantzer. 1994. Multi-crop comparisons on Sanborn Field - Missouri, USA. Chap. 7. In Vic. Barnett, et. al (ed.) Agricultural sustainability in economic, environmental and statistical terms. John Wiley, Chichester, England. Gantzer, C.J., S.H. Anderson, and A.L. Thompson. 1990. Estimating soil erosion after 100 years of soil and crop management on Sanborn Field. Agron J. 83:74-77. Gantzer, C. J., S. H. Anderson, and A. L Thompson. 1990. Estimating soil erosion after 100 years of cropping on Sanborn Field. J. Soil and Water Conserv. 45:641-644. _______________________________________________________________________________ Clark J. Gantzer (573) 882-0611 FAX (573) 884-4960 snrclark@mizzou1.missouri.edu Dep. of Soil & Atm. Sci. University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211 _______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: FWD: Query on historic topsoil info From: .<.soils-l@unl.edu.>. at MU-Internet Date: 6/21/96 9:16 PM >From Usenet (alt.sustainable.agriculture). >>Subject: Query on historic topsoil info >>From: ealarson@iastate.edu (Anne Larson) >>Date: 21 Jun 1996 17:01:55 -0400 >>Message-ID: .<.v02130500adf085a8a26a@[129.186.242.233].>. >>I've done some search on the web and around the office, but have been >>unable to come up with some historic perspectives for a teacher wishing to >>integrate soil into her elementary curriculum. >>She's looking for: >>Historic data about the amount of topsoil lost in U.S. in the last 50 to 75 >>years. >>The amount of arable land in U.S. (and possibly Iowa) as compared with the >>rest of the world. >>ANy ideas where to track this down? Your time is much appreciated! >>Anne Received: from crcnis1.unl.edu by muccmail.missouri.edu (SMTPLINK V2.11.01) ; Fri, 21 Jun 96 21:16:55 CST Return-Path: .<.root@crcnis1.unl.edu.>. Received: by crcnis1.unl.edu id AA12885 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for snrclark@muccmail.missouri.edu); Fri, 21 Jun 1996 21:01:48 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 21:01:48 -0500 Message-Id: .<.960621220153_335771808@emout08.mail.aol.com.>. Originator: soils-l@unl.edu Errors-To: jp@unlinfo.unl.edu Reply-To: .<.soils-l@unl.edu.>. Sender: soils-l@unl.edu Version: 5.5 -- Copyright (c) 1991/92, Anastasios Kotsikonas From: SMills1138@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list .<.soils-l@unl.edu.>. Subject: FWD: Query on historic topsoil info <------------------------------>
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From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Tue Jun 25 20:34 EDT 1996
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 19:21:43 -0500
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 (Russell Yost .<.rsyost@hawaii.edu.>.)
Re: Converting texture fractions (Graeme D Buchan .<.BUCHAN@tui.lincoln.ac.nz.>.)
Re: Texture Algorithm  (ddagesse@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Daryl Dagesse))
Re: USDA soil texture program (Jim Hook .<.jimhook@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu.>.)
USDA Soil Classification Algorithm (Jim Hook .<.jimhook@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu.>.)
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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 12:55:09 -1000 From: Russell Yost .<.rsyost@hawaii.edu.>. Subject: Hi, all, We need an algorithm that converts from % sand, silt, and clay to the USDA texture categories of the soil triangle. I've seen such an algorithm a few years ago, but have lost track of it. Can anyone indicate where this might be found? Thanks, ---------------------------------------------- Russell Yost Phone:808-956-7066 (Office) Department of Agronomy and Soil Science 808-956-7530 (Department) 1910 East West Road 808-956-6539 (FAX) Honolulu, HI 96822 rsyost@hawaii.edu http://agrss.sherman.hawaii.edu/staff/yost.htm <------------------------------>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 13:06:02 +1200 From: Graeme D Buchan .<.BUCHAN@tui.lincoln.ac.nz.>. Subject: Re: Converting texture fractions Russell, I'm not sure whether this answers your question, but I published a the following paper: Buchan, G D 1989. `Applicability of the simple lognormal model to PSD in soils', Soil Science 147 (3): 155- 161. This enables mapping between between texture triangles of different texture systems (e.g. USDA and ISSS), but only for textures in about half the triangle, i.e. those which are fundamentally eligible to be described by the lognormal model. Graeme Buchan, Lincoln Univ, NZ ************************************************** > Date sent: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 18:15:27 -0500 > From: Russell Yost .<.rsyost@hawaii.edu.>. > To: Multiple recipients of list .<.soils-l@unl.edu.>. > Send reply to: soils-l@unl.edu > Hi, all, > We need an algorithm that converts from % sand, silt, and clay to the > USDA texture categories of the soil triangle. I've seen such an algorithm a > few years ago, but have lost track of it. Can anyone indicate where this > might be found? > > Thanks, > ---------------------------------------------- > Russell Yost Phone:808-956-7066 > (Office) > Department of Agronomy and Soil Science 808-956-7530 > (Department) > 1910 East West Road 808-956-6539 > (FAX) > Honolulu, HI > 96822 > rsyost@hawaii.edu Dr Graeme D Buchan, Reader in Environmental Physics & Environmental Education, Dept. of Soil Science, PO Box 84, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand <------------------------------>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 09:05:18 -0400 From: ddagesse@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Daryl Dagesse) Subject: Re: Texture Algorithm >Hi, all, > We need an algorithm that converts from % sand, silt, and clay to the >USDA texture categories of the soil triangle. I've seen such an algorithm a >few years ago, but have lost track of it. Can anyone indicate where this >might be found? > I'd like to mirror this request, but generalize it by asking for ANY textural classification (not just the USDA). I'm working on developing an undergraduate soils lab program, and a computer module of this sort would be very useful. ======================================================================== You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred. ======================================================================== Daryl Dagesse Senior Demonstrator/Instructor Department of Geography, Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1 905-688-5550 x4071, FAX 905-688-6369 ddagesse@spartan.ac.brocku.ca <------------------------------>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 09:03:12 -0500 From: Jim Hook .<.jimhook@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu.>. Subject: Re: USDA soil texture program Russell Yost wrote: > > Hi, all, > We need an algorithm that converts from % sand, silt, and clay to the > USDA texture categories of the soil triangle. I've seen such an algorithm a > few years ago, but have lost track of it. Can anyone indicate where this > might be found? > > Thanks, > ---------------------------------------------- > Russell Yost Here is a short fortran program I wrote to handle conversions to USDA system several years ago. I usually use the subroutine, alone, in other programs. Let me know if you need a compiled, stand-alone '.exe' --------------------------------------------------------- CHARACTER*4 CLASS 100 WRITE(*,*) ' Enter % Sand and % Clay, (ctrl-brk to end)' READ (*,*)SAND,CLAY SILT=100.0-SAND-CLAY CALL USDATX(SAND,CLAY,CLASS) WRITE(*,502)SAND,SILT,CLAY,CLASS 502 FORMAT(3F6.0,2X,A4) GO TO 100 999 CONTINUE END C C PARTSIZE 4 DETERMINES THE USDA TEXTURAL CLASS FROM THE SAND AND C CLAY FRACTIONS C C Written by J. E. Hook, Univ. of Georgia, March, 1981. C SUBROUTINE USDATX(SAND,CLAY,CLASS) CHARACTER*4 CLASS C IF (CLAY.GT.40) THEN CLASS='C ' IF (SAND.GT.45) CLASS='SC ' IF ((SAND+CLAY).LT.60) CLASS='SIC ' ELSE IF (CLAY.GT.27) THEN CLASS='SICL' IF (SAND.GT.20) CLASS='CL ' IF (SAND.GT.45) THEN CLASS='SCL ' IF (CLAY.GT.35) CLASS='SC ' END IF ELSE IF ((SAND+CLAY).LT.50) CLASS='SIL ' IF ((SAND+CLAY).LT.20 .AND.CLAY.LT.12)CLASS='SI ' IF ((SAND+CLAY).GE.50) CLASS='SL ' IF (((SAND+CLAY).GE.50) .AND. ((SAND+CLAY).LT.72) + .AND. (CLAY.GT.7) .AND. (SAND.LT.52)) CLASS='L ' IF (((SAND+CLAY).GE.72) .AND. (CLAY.GT.20)) CLASS='SCL ' IF ((SAND-CLAY).GT.70) CLASS='LS ' IF ((SAND-0.5*CLAY).GT.85) CLASS='S ' END IF END IF RETURN END ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Dr. Jim Hook ] Internet: jimhook@ ] National Coastal Plain Exp Stn ] tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu ] Environmentally Sound P.O. Box 748 ] Voice: (912) 386-3182 ] Production Agriculture Tifton, GA 31793-0748 ] Fax: (912) 386-7293 ] Laboratory <------------------------------>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 09:30:27 -0500 From: Jim Hook .<.jimhook@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu.>. Subject: USDA Soil Classification Algorithm Russell Yost wrote: > > Hi, all, > We need an algorithm that converts from % sand, silt, and clay to the > USDA texture categories of the soil triangle. I've seen such an algorithm a > few years ago, but have lost track of it. Can anyone indicate where this > might be found? > > Thanks, > ---------------------------------------------- > Russell Yost Here is a short fortran program I wrote to handle conversions to USDA system several years ago. I usually use the subroutine, alone, in other programs. Let me know if you need a compiled, stand-alone '.exe' --------------------------------------------------------- CHARACTER*4 CLASS 100 WRITE(*,*) ' Enter % Sand and % Clay, (ctrl-brk to end)' READ (*,*)SAND,CLAY SILT=100.0-SAND-CLAY CALL USDATX(SAND,CLAY,CLASS) WRITE(*,502)SAND,SILT,CLAY,CLASS 502 FORMAT(3F6.0,2X,A4) GO TO 100 999 CONTINUE END C C PARTSIZE 4 DETERMINES THE USDA TEXTURAL CLASS FROM THE SAND AND C CLAY FRACTIONS C C Written by J. E. Hook, Univ. of Georgia, March, 1981. C SUBROUTINE USDATX(SAND,CLAY,CLASS) CHARACTER*4 CLASS C IF (CLAY.GT.40) THEN CLASS='C ' IF (SAND.GT.45) CLASS='SC ' IF ((SAND+CLAY).LT.60) CLASS='SIC ' ELSE IF (CLAY.GT.27) THEN CLASS='SICL' IF (SAND.GT.20) CLASS='CL ' IF (SAND.GT.45) THEN CLASS='SCL ' IF (CLAY.GT.35) CLASS='SC ' END IF ELSE IF ((SAND+CLAY).LT.50) CLASS='SIL ' IF ((SAND+CLAY).LT.20 .AND.CLAY.LT.12)CLASS='SI ' IF ((SAND+CLAY).GE.50) CLASS='SL ' IF (((SAND+CLAY).GE.50) .AND. ((SAND+CLAY).LT.72) + .AND. (CLAY.GT.7) .AND. (SAND.LT.52)) CLASS='L ' IF (((SAND+CLAY).GE.72) .AND. (CLAY.GT.20)) CLASS='SCL ' IF ((SAND-CLAY).GT.70) CLASS='LS ' IF ((SAND-0.5*CLAY).GT.85) CLASS='S ' END IF END IF RETURN END -- Dr. Jim Hook ] Internet: jimhook@ ] National Coastal Plain Exp Stn ] tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu ] Environmentally Sound P.O. Box 748 ] Voice: (912) 386-3182 ] Production Agriculture Tifton, GA 31793-0748 ] Fax: (912) 386-7293 ] Laboratory <------------------------------>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 0:13:00 UTC From: Eovaldo Hernandez .<.ehernandez@ull.es.>. Subject: unsubscribe soils-l <------------------------------>
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From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Wed Jun 26 22:38 EDT 1996
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 21:25:22 -0500
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Re: (zegwaard@waikato.ac.nz (K Zegwaard))
Oops (zegwaard@waikato.ac.nz (K Zegwaard))
Redox Features ("Kurt S. Masters" .<.kmasters@moose.ncia.net.>.)
Re: soil texture algorithm ("Robert G. Darmody" .<.rdarmody@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu.>.)
unsubscribe soils-l (Eovaldo Hernandez .<.ehernandez@ull.es.>.)
Re: unsubscribe soils-l (ermexico@mail.internet.com.mx ((Consultoria Ambiental)))

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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 13:25:34 +1300 From: zegwaard@waikato.ac.nz (K Zegwaard) Subject: Re: I don't have the algoritm, but I can get both the N.Z. classification triangle and the USDA soil triangle. From this you might be able to work an algorithm, or just read the values across. Ziggy ********************************************************************** Karsten Zegwaard BSc, MSc(Tech) student Department of Earth Sciences The University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand email: zegwaard@waikato.ac.nz Ph: (07) 843-3540 ********************************************************************** <------------------------------>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 13:26:47 +1300 From: zegwaard@waikato.ac.nz (K Zegwaard) Subject: Oops Ignore last message. ********************************************************************** Karsten Zegwaard BSc, MSc(Tech) student Department of Earth Sciences The University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand email: zegwaard@waikato.ac.nz Ph: (07) 843-3540 ********************************************************************** <------------------------------>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 07:09:44 -0700 From: "Kurt S. Masters" .<.kmasters@moose.ncia.net.>. Subject: Redox Features Can Redoximorphic features, used to estimate SHWT, be caused by other things, such as 150 years of cattle stompping manure and urine into the soil in a confined area? -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Kurt S. Masters tel 603-449-6797 603-752-7282 RR1 Box 692 fax 603-449-6667 603-752-3927 Milan, NH 03588 email kmasters@moose.ncia.net ------------------------------------------------------------ <------------------------------>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 16:50:30 -0500 (CDT) From: "Robert G. Darmody" .<.rdarmody@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu.>. Subject: Re: soil texture algorithm I have a Lotus 123 macro that can do that. It works on release 2.x, I have not figured out why it won't work with windows versions of Lotus. At 06:03 PM 6/24/96 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, all, > We need an algorithm that converts from % sand, silt, and clay to the >USDA texture categories of the soil triangle. I've seen such an algorithm a >few years ago, but have lost track of it. Can anyone indicate where this >might be found? > >Thanks, >---------------------------------------------- >Russell Yost Phone:808-956-7066 >(Office) >Department of Agronomy and Soil Science 808-956-7530 >(Department) >1910 East West Road 808-956-6539 >(FAX) >Honolulu, HI >96822 >rsyost@hawaii.edu >http://agrss.sherman.hawaii.edu/staff/yost.htm > > > Robert G. Darmody Associate Professor of Pedology Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences University of Illinois 217-333-9489 FAX 244-3219 <------------------------------>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 0:50:25 UTC From: Eovaldo Hernandez .<.ehernandez@ull.es.>. Subject: unsubscribe soils-l <------------------------------>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 19:49:41 -0600 From: ermexico@mail.internet.com.mx ((Consultoria Ambiental)) Subject: Re: unsubscribe soils-l > > > Ing. Jos=E9 Luis Aguirre G. ERM-M=E9xico Tel. ** 52 5 211 00 90 Fax **52 5 286 97 59 <------------------------------>
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From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Fri Jun 28 09:27 EDT 1996
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 08:11:26 -0500
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Proceedings IHSS8 ("Jerzy Weber - AU Wroclaw" .<.weber@OZI.AR.WROC.PL.>.)
Re: soil texture algorithm (rpt391@maine.maine.edu (Ivan))
RE: Redox features ("Robert Eastburn" .<.Eastburn@msn.com.>.)
Re: Redox Features ("Kurt S. Masters" .<.kmasters@moose.ncia.net.>.)

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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 09:55:21 +0000 From: "Jerzy Weber - AU Wroclaw" .<.weber@OZI.AR.WROC.PL.>. Subject: Proceedings IHSS8 Hi everybody, In response to several requests for the Proceedings of the 8 Meeting of the International Humic Substances Society the following information is enclosed: The IHSS8 Proceedings will be printed after the Conference and will be available in 1997. The price of the Proceedings Volume, about 1 000 pages, will be probably around US$100. All interested subscribents are requested to contact IHSS8 secretariat: ihss@ozi.ar.wroc.pl. Ihe detailed information will be sent to them early spring 1997. Best regards Jerzy _____________________________________________________ Dr Jerzy Weber Associate Professor Agricultural University of Wroclaw, Institute of Soil Science and Agricultural Environment Protection, Grunwaldzka 53, 50-357 Wroclaw, Poland Fax:+48-71-224849 tel:+48-71-205631, +48-71-205632 E-mail: weber@ozi.ar.wroc.pl * * * * * * * * * * * * <------------------------------>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 09:49:19 -0500 From: rpt391@maine.maine.edu (Ivan) Subject: Re: soil texture algorithm Thank you for the response. Some of the machines my staff use run lotus release 2.3 and we could make use of such a macro there if it were available. >I have a Lotus 123 macro that can do that. It works on release 2.x, I have >not figured out why it won't work with windows versions of Lotus. > >At 06:03 PM 6/24/96 -0500, you wrote: >>Hi, all, >> We need an algorithm that converts from % sand, silt, and clay to the >>USDA texture categories of the soil triangle. I've seen such an algorithm a >>few years ago, but have lost track of it. Can anyone indicate where this >>might be found? >> >>Thanks, >>---------------------------------------------- >>Russell Yost Phone:808-956-7066 >>(Office) >>Department of Agronomy and Soil Science 808-956-7530 >>(Department) >>1910 East West Road 808-956-6539 >>(FAX) >>Honolulu, HI >>96822 >>rsyost@hawaii.edu >>http://agrss.sherman.hawaii.edu/staff/yost.htm >> >> >> >Robert G. Darmody >Associate Professor of Pedology >Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences >University of Illinois >217-333-9489 >FAX 244-3219 > > *************************************************************************** * * * Ivan J. Fernandez Ph: (207) 581-2932 * * University of Maine Fax: (207) 581-2999 * * Department of Applied Ecology e-mail: RPT391@MAINE.MAINE.EDU * * and Environmental Sciences * * 5722 Deering Hall * * Orono, Maine 04469-5722 * * USA * * * *************************************************************************** <------------------------------>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 96 15:11:05 UT From: "Robert Eastburn" .<.Eastburn@msn.com.>. Subject: RE: Redox features 06/26/96 10:35 AM Kurt S. Masters asked the following question: > Can Redoximorphic features, used to estimate SHWT, be caused > by other things, such as 150 years of cattle stompping manure > and urine into the soil in a confined area? I would expect so. Several years ago, I examined an area here in Delaware for soil conditions as part of a septic permitting process. There were several greenhouses adjacent to the area checked. While the surrounding pedon was Sassafras, a well drained mixed, mesic, Typic Hapludult, this area showed gleyed colors in the top 30-40 cm. Remainder of the profile was identical. Their appeared to be no obvious pedogenic cause - i.e. closed depression, texture change, etc. On questioning the owner, he stated a greenhouse in which bedding plants had been grown. Their method resulted in the addition of considerable amounts of organic matter and water being added to the soil. In another case, I was trying to grow potatoes in a vegetable garden. The soil was a silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludult - a heavy soil not really suitable for potatoes but you take what you can get, a? Just after planting fairly large pieces, it rained for over a week. On digging them up end of the following week, I noticed the soil had developed gleying around the pieces. The occurrence of perched anaerobic zones within soil pedons having a significant change in pore size across a horizon boundary is well documented. Briefly, water is retained in the smaller pores by surface tension, refer any good soil physics book. Since O2 diffusion is approximately 10,000x slower in water than air, microbial respiration quickly depletes the available O2 and shifts to anaerobios. Redoximorphic features are readily seen, used to identify this phenomena. While none of these instances are controlled experiments, perhaps they suggest that gleyization occurs when ever the conditions of microbial respiration in an anoxic environment are met. A SHWT while perhaps the most common situation, is not the exclusive answer. _Soil: Morphology, Genesis and Classification_ by the Fannings [ISBN 0-471-89248-3] contains an excellent discussion, btw. _________________________________________________ Robert P. Eastburn Eastburn JOAT 1436 Clayton-Delaney Road Clayton, DE 19938-9794 Eastburn@msn.com 102626.3550@compuserve.com technical writing | newsletter publisher | statistical analysis <------------------------------>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 23:49:04 -0700 From: "Kurt S. Masters" .<.kmasters@moose.ncia.net.>. Subject: Re: Redox Features Kurt Masters wrote: Can Redoximorphic features, used to estimate SHWT, be caused by other things, such as 150 years of cattle stompping manure and urine into the soil in a confined area? A very helpful person wrote off-list to me : " Here in . . . mottles are extremely common. They represent not only a current fluctuating watertable, but also a history going back MILLIONS (and I do mean millions) of years. Therefore, as a guide to the current watertable status, they are not a reliable guide. The multiple layers of soil profiles represent a significant challenge for . . . soils people. Next, Even within a layer of similar age, the soil features can differ quite significantly, dependent upon the permeability, chemistry and mineralogy etc . . . This probably doesn't answer your question directly, but it does demonstrate that there are other factors that can play a part in redoximorphic features. Good Luck" Another very helpful people wrote off-list to me : > > You opened a can of worms with this message, and I feel as though many of > the people in the soils group were reluctant to reply because we ( the soil > science community) can't really tell by looking at them. Nobody wanted to > stick there necks out on the line. > > Good luck and let me know how your results turn out. I would like to thank these people and Mr. Eastburn, who did "stick his neck on the line", VERY, VERY, MUCH! :^) Oh, and to the other off-list reply . . . I'll keep that shovel handy! Today's the big Pow-Wow, any last minute discussion? Thanks, Kurt -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Kurt S. Masters email kmasters@moose.ncia.net ------------------------------------------------------------ <------------------------------>
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Redox Features ("Kurt S. Masters" .<.kmasters@moose.ncia.net.>.)
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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 13:56:36 -0700 From: "Kurt S. Masters" .<.kmasters@moose.ncia.net.>. Subject: Redox Features Hello Group, First I would like to thank everyone who responded to my "burning topic". Every reply was a great help! Well as to the outcome of the big Pow-Wow . . . I still have that big pile of dirt in the middle of my view. But on the bright side, it won't be there after Tuesday! Common-sense prevailed! If anyone would like the official description, just let me know. Thanks again, for all your help, and if you're ever near the White Mountains of NH, and you want to see that "pitchfork collection", just let me know. Regards, Kurt -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Kurt S. Masters tel 603-449-6797 603-752-7282 RR1 Box 692 fax 603-449-6667 603-752-3927 Milan, NH 03588 email kmasters@moose.ncia.net ------------------------------------------------------------ <------------------------------>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 14:34:44 -0600 From: Daniel Fuka .<.dan@quetzalcoatl.com.>. Subject: Re: Redox Features Hi Kurt, I am not a specialist in soils, but have been following your thread with some interest. I would like to here how things turned out and the " official desciption". I think that there are probably others in the group that would like it also, so it would be great it you could post it to the group. If I am wrong in the assumption that the other members of the goup would like to know the rest of the story, please feel free to flame me. {:-) Thanks for offering Kurt, dan <------------------------------>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 08:50:02 -0800 From: "Philip Small" .<.psmall@wolfe.net.>. Subject: Re: Redox Features Kurt: I enjoyed the replies you received. Just to let you know: Our state soil scientist society toured a 40 acre fruit processor sprayfield with extensive prominent mottling induced to the surface soley by the action of the high oxygen demand of the wastewater. Dipyridyl is used by some soil scientists to detect the presence of reduced iron Fe(II), the mobile ion that oxidizes to form the high chroma redoximorphic features at the top of the SHWT. In my region, central Washington state, I have promoted the use of dipyridyl to detect the onset of reduced conditions in sprayfields: anaerobic soil conditions are a violation of many local waste discharge permits because of impacts on groundwater. Anaerobic soil conditions can form in as little as 6 hours after ponding of high strength wastewater. The front page / nightly newsworthy impacts of anaerobic leachate are elevated iron floc, iron bacterial blooms and H2S odors in the downgradient neighbors' household water drawn from the shallow aquifer. These plumes can persist for a mile or more. I also have a concern for disease vector control, what with the potential for a failed septic leachfield to innoculate Fe and S-enriched anaerobic shallow groundwater with e. coli and salmonella. Normally we count on the high dissolved O2 in shallow aquifers to eliminate these critters. Instead, an elevated Fe and S level combined with a reduced environment is similar to that of the host and would make them feel right at home. We toured the 40 acre sprayfield with some botanist-wildlife type state agency wetland jurisdiction folks. You should have seen the confused looks when they saw the "hydric" soil complete with invasions of obligate wetland plants. They repeatedly asked how long the redoximorphic features would persist after cessation of sprayfield overloading. 2 years? 5 years? They were sceptical when we stated that those features would likely persist until the soil is recrystallized into rock. Phil Small The Soils Group > Kurt Masters wrote: > > Can Redoximorphic features, used to estimate SHWT, be caused > by other things <------------------------------>
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