Franklin Hiram King (1848 to 1911) was an American agricultural scientist and professor of agricultural physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, called the father of soil physics in the United States for his research on soil water, aeration and fertility. He is also remembered for Farmers of Forty Centuries, his account of traditional agricultural practices in China, Korea and Japan, later regarded as an organic-farming classic text, and for designing the cylindrical storage silo that reduced spoilage in silage.
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Defining ContributionBest known for Farmers of Forty Centuries (1911), his first-hand account of traditional agricultural practices in China, Korea and Japan, now read as an organic farming classic; also recognized as a founder of soil physics research in the United States. 1 In the Other Atlases
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Franklin Hiram King was an American agricultural scientist who was born on a farm near Whitewater, Wisconsin, attended country schools, and received his professional training first at Whitewater State Normal School, graduating in 1872, and then at Cornell University.
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King is now best remembered for his first-hand account of traditional agricultural practices in Asia, now regarded as an organic farming classic text.
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