FARMING 52 YEARS - 50 AT THIS LOCATION WITH SON MAX KAISER- WHO NOW OWNS AND RUNS FARM. 1300 ACRES. 1150 CROPS . ALL 1150 ACRES SYSTEMATICALLY TILE DRAINED. SOIL MOSTLY CLASS 3W AND 4W SILTY CLAY WITH MORRAINES AT N AND S END OF FARM WHICH ARE STONY AND DROUGHTY. CROP ROTATION - CORN,SOY,WHEAT FOLLOWED BY MANURE AND MIXED COVER CROP. FIXED ROTATION. LIVESTOCK - 31000 LAYING HENS AND 130000 STARTED PULLETS ANUALLY. MOSTLY SILTY CLAY WHICH IS CLASS 3W AND CLASS W4. MORRAINES AT N AND S OF FARM WHICH ARE STONY CLASS 2 BUT DROUGHTY. ALL SYSTEMATICALLY TILED DRAINED. TILE SPACING FROM SOME STILL 60' WITH MOST OF REST 50', AND 40'. WITH SOME INFILLED SPACING TO 30',20, AND A LITTLE AT 15'. AFTER 20 YEARS OF CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE SWITCHED TO CONSERVATION TILLAGE IN LATE 80'S AND SWITCHED TO NO TILL IN 2001. SOME CROP ROTATION AFTER 1975. WENT TO PRESENT 3 CROP ROTATION IN 1995. WENT TO PRESENT CROP ROTATION - CORN,SOY,WHEAT MANURE - IN 1995. VOLUNTEER WHEAT WAS COVER CROP. WITH SWITCH TO NO-TILL IN 2001 MIXED COVER WAS USED. USUALLY 7 TO 9 SPECIES. HAS VARIED.