How did New Jersey get it's state soil name

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Lizeth Shaw

18 September, 05:45

How did New Jersey get it's state soil name

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Dayanara Schmidt · Answer 1

In 1955, G. A. Quackenbush of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station was the first to use the name Dower to represent some yellowish, sandy and drought soils.

Simon Vance · Answer 2

Downer soil is the New Jersey State Soil. In 1955, G. A. Quackenbush of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station was the first to use the name Downer to represent some yellowish, sandy and somewhat droughty soils of the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.