Carol Lewis talks about soil conservation and the work that the experimental station is doing on minimum tillage, erodible soils in Alaska, protecting against soil loss, conservation tillage, disturbing the soil in the least possible manner while maintaining a reasonable high crop yield, past methods of tillage which left the soil vulnerable to winds, minimum tillage, leaving residue on the soil, extreme tillage, no till, drilling directly into the soil, tillage studies, minimum tillage resulting in the highest yields, three years of research, no tillage resulting in lower yields, cool northern soils, problems with the no tillage method, control of weeds, cost comparisons of the different tillage methods, the new study in 1983, four methods of tillage, operation on new ground versus farmed land, stubble management, practices for protection against winds, alternative power sources for grain drying, funding, wind erosion, conservation practices in Alaska, prevention instead of correction, and stubble and wildlife.