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Mary C. Baltz
Mary C. Baltz (1923September 2011) was an American soil scientist. Career Mary Baltz was the first woman soil scientist officially assigned in the field for the Soil Conservation Service. After graduating from Cornell University, Baltz joined the soil survey as a Junior Soil Surveyor in 1946 and later became a Survey Party Chief. Labor shortages during World War II gave her the opportunity to work in a job that, up to that time, had been reserved for men. By 1951, Baltz was responsible for soil mapping on farms in Madison County, New York, Madison, Oneida County, New York, Oneida and Lewis County, NY, Lewis counties in the state of New York (state), New York, and was later assigned the task of map measurement for the entire state. The work was done by cutting out the soil map delineations on copies of the field sheets and then weighing the areas with the same label. The weight was later converted to acres. Baltz hired the team of women to work with her in the winter months. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canastota, New York
Canastota is a village located inside the Town of Lenox in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 4,804 at the 2010 census. The village of Canastota is in the southern part of the Town of Lenox. Canastota High School is located in the village. History ''Kniste Stota'' was the historic name of the village, a term used by the local Oneida Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy, meaning "cluster of pines near still waters". The village recently celebrated the bicentennial of its settlement by European-Americans. One early historic property is the Judge Nathan S. Roberts House, which dates to about 1820. Canastota is well known as an onion-growing town, and that effort used to account for a large portion of the income in the village. The village was incorporated in 1835, but was reorganized in 1870. Located along the banks of the Erie Canal, which was completed through the Mohawk River valley by 1825, Canastota was a vibrant trading and commercial town during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
