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July 12, 1980 The successful seeding of a grassed waterway using straw bales to divert and check water flow

June 30, 1980 A rip-rap outlet of Boliantz Waterway with oats seeded on the sides

June 8, 1981 A rock rip-rap structure to lower waterway to a channel at L. Owens in Troy Township

June 30, 1980 Boliantz Waterway with mulch wash due to excessive early summer rains

June 1981 A rock-lined waterway with sediments in a newly completed structure on the Kreitmeyer Fram

June 1981 Gravel Being Dumped on a Rock-Lined Waterway Being Installed by Doug Smith on the Donnersbach Farm

June 1981 A rock-lined waterway with sediment damage on the new structure at the Kreitmeyer Farm

June 1981 Rock-lined waterway. Doug Smith works with a shovel to form a waterway on Donnersbach Farm

June 1981 A rock-lined waterway with a gravel base and larger rock overfill at the Donnerbach Farm

June 1981 Completed rock-lined waterway at the Donnersbach Farm

April 22, 1980 A tile outlet into a rock rip-rap at Lanny Hopkins Farm on Meyers Road in Jackson Township

June 1981 Dean Swigart checks the sediment damage on a rock-lined waterway at the Krietmeyer Farm

April 1980 Owens Farm before the construction of a developed waterway on Needham Road

Two men looking at a pile of rocks near a field

A man standing on a bowl-shaped expanse of rocks

Constructing an inlet at the Owens Waterway

Dean Swigart Discussing the Waterway Outlet Location with a Contractor on Owens’ Farm

Access road crossing at outlet of an existing field before installation of the designed waterway outlet on the L. Owens Farm on Needham Road in Troy Township

October 16, 1980 Harvesting no-till corn. Note the excellent residue cover. Brendon Finnegan Farm in Sharon Township

November 13, 1980 Using a weigh wagon to make a no-till corn yield check at the H.L. Hopkins Farm in Jackson Township

October 1980 Combining no-till corn at the H.L. Hopkins Farm in Jackson Township

August 24, 1980 No-till bean tour in the Shelby Area

September 15, 1982 Rick Kochenderfer checking no-till corn that was planted April 22, 1982 at the Field Day. Ears of corn measured 11 inches

June 4, 1980 No-till corn in soybean stubble. Tile-drained Pewamo soil