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F. H. (Franklin Hiram) King papers
1870-1914
- King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram),
1848-1911
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- 3.66 cubic feet
- 5 half-letter document boxes, 3 letter document boxes, 1 record carton, 1 oversize box
University of Wisconsin-Madison. University Archives and Records Management
Franklin Hiram King (F.H. King) was an
American agricultural scientist who worked as a professor of agricultural physics at the
University of Wisconsin - Madison from 1888-1902. He then went on to work as the chief of
the Division of Soil Management in the USDA Bureau of Soils in Washington, D.C. where his
research findings uncovered that concentration in soil nutrients had a correlation with crop
yield - a stance that conflicted with the bureau chief at the time. King was then forced to
resign and spent his last years in Wisconsin where he wrote Farmers of Forty
Centuries , among other publications. The F.H. King Papers (1870-1914) contain
various publications by King including the Investigations in Soil Management (volumes 1-6),
Rural Life in the Far East , and Farms of Forty Centuries , in
addition to field notes on plant life and animals (specifically on lepidoptera) as well as
the investigation of various silo structures.
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