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From a Farm on Till—Charles Kellogg

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Charles Kellogg was born in 1902 at a farm in Palo, Michigan. He worked at the farm and at the age of 17 enrolled at a short course at Michigan Agricultural College in East Lansing. During the summer months he had a job with the Michigan soil survey under the supervision of Lee Schoenmann that sparked his interest in soils. He received his BS degree in 1925 and continued his Ph.D. research on Spodosols in Northern Wisconsin. With the help of Emil Truog, he obtained a teaching and research position at North Dakota Agricultural College in January 1930. He initially studied magnesium deficiency in barley, and conducted soil surveys in the western part of the state. Pedology and soil mapping became his main interests, and he trained a cohort of students to which he stayed connected for the rest of his life. Unhappy with the situation at the college, he was always looking for positions elsewhere. His soil survey work was noticed and in February 1934, Charles Kellogg he was hired by the Division of Soil Survey and moved to Washington.

“What is needed is boldness of imagination—minds that seek new combinations of relationships more appropriate to our needs.”

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Hartemink, A.E. (2021). From a Farm on Till—Charles Kellogg. In: Soil Science Americana. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71135-1_4

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