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Article: CHARLES WALKER KNOWS DIRT AGRONOMY SKILLS BENEFIT TO FARMERS IN PORTER COUNTY
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- June 9, 1987
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PHOTO (COLOR)
Soil conservationist Charles Walker, right, and John Wyckoff examine the roots of a corn plant taken from one of Wyckoff's fields that used to flood annually. (color) (Post-Triubne photo by JIm McGill)
THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION.
This story ran Porter and Lake editions, B1; a shorter version ran City edition, B1.
A typical day for Charles Walker might start at Bethlehem Steel Corp. and end in the middle of a cornfield in southern Porter County.
Walker, the soil conservationist for Porter County, adjusts easily to those changes. After all, dirt is dirt, and in Porter County, nobody knows more about dirt than Walker.
On a recent visit ...