Title: March 5th Laboratory Activities - 8:00am - Noon (Ford Hall, Room 108)
Course: MASTER-AGRI-1153-HB-Kern

Soils and Plant Nutrition Laboratory Day # 5 - Ford Hall, Room 108 (8am - Noon)

(100 point day)

8:00am - Soil Erosion and Soil Surveying Activities

- Soil Erosion Control - 50 points

1. Terraces
2. Waterways
3. Tile outlet terracing - pipe selection/drainage capacity/risers
4. Moderately Wet Soils/ Installing Drainage Systems
5. Managing Overhead Water/Use of Diversion terraces
6. Residue Management - Estimating Residue

- Rain water vs vegitative cover simulator activity

- Soil Surveying - 50 points

1. Using a transit level, hand level, laser level
2. Reading the surveying rod
3. Understanding cuts and fills
4. Taking proper field notes
5. Setting benchmarks/Flag markers
6. Staking a .4 Grade terrace with field notes/outlet into a grassed waterway
7. Establishing Ponds - soil characteristics (figuring storage, emergency spillway, drainpipe, dam height)