14 SPECIAL CONTESTS FOR CORN-CLUB WORK. 



furnish the club member and teacher with suggestions as to how rec- 

 ords should be kept and what constitutes a complete record of a 

 farm operation; (3) to give greater interest to the boy in his as well 

 as his father's farming methods; and (4) to furnish authentic farm- 

 labor reports to the United States Department of Agriculture. The 

 following is a summary of the necessary records, and it also explains 

 the contests: 



RECORD FOR CONTESTS.^ 



Contest in keeping the best record of plowing the club acre or the 

 father's field. Estimate on entire plat or field, but do not include 

 disking, cultivating, fertilizing, etc. 



(All records must be written with pen and ink.) 



Suggestions for keeping plowing records: 



(1) Size of club plat or field, length rods; width rods. 



(2) Number of acres iu plat or field 



(3) Number of horses used 



(4) Weight of horses pounds. 



(5) Kind of plow used ; size or width of plow ; condition of 



plow 



(6) Depth of plowing inches; width of furrow inches. 



(7) Number of acres plowed per day 



(8) Total number of hours and minutes spent in plowing during the day 

 (estimate on actual plowing only) 



(a) Give time of leaving barn with team in the morning 



(6) Give time of beginning actual work in plowing 



(c) Give time of stopping for noon ; time reaching barn __. 



(d) Give time of starting for field in afternoon ; time begun plow- 



ing 



(e) Estimate total time lost during plowing due to repairs, accident, etc., __. 

 (/) Give time of leaving at night ; time of reaching barn __. 



(9) Kind of soil, such as loam, clay, sandy, stony, etc., 



(10) Condition of soil — hard, friable, loamy, etc., 



(11) State whether the field was covered with stalks, sod, stubble, weeds, 

 etc., 



(12) State the effect of last year's crops on the condition of the land 



(13) What crops were grown upon this field last year? 



(14) Draw a diagram of your club plat or the field upon which you have 

 reported. (Give dimensions in rods.) 



I hereby certify that the above is an accurate and complete report 

 of the plowing operation, and I have answered every question to the 

 best of my knowledge and ability. 



Signed, 



(Club member.) 



Post-office address. 



(State.) 



1 Record blanks will be furnished upon application to the Department of Agriculture. 

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