Title: January 16th Laboratory Activities/Class Meeting - 8:00am - Noon, Ford Hall, Room 108
Course: MASTER-AGRI-1153-HB-Kern

Soils and Plant Nutrition Laboratory Day # 2 - Ford Hall, Room 108 (8am - Noon)

(100 point day)

8:00am - Soil Lab Activities

- Soil Profile Monoliths Lab (color, age, vegetation where formed, drainage, structure) - 20 points
- Soil Survey Map - Reading and Interpretations - 20 points
- Topography Maps Lab Activity - 10 points
- Legal Land Descriptions - 1 acre, section, township, county, etc. - 10 points
- Use of Gage County Soil Survey Maps (locations, soil types, land uses) 10 points

11:00am

- Soil Particle Distribution Lab - 10 points
- Measuring soil water content Lab - 5 points
- measuring soil temperature Lab - 5 points
- Determining soil temperature requirements for seed germination for the major crops of Southeast Nebraska - 10 points