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14. Discuss depth of sowing, time of sowing, and amount of oats to sow per acre. 



15. Name the regions of greatest production of rye and barley in the United States. 



16. Give briefly the history of the cuhivation of grasses and clovers. 



17. Give common and scientific name of six grasses that are grown in Ohio. 



18 and 19. Under the following heads discuss common red clover, crimson clover, 

 alsike clover, alfalfa: (a) Scientific name; (/>) value for pasturage and hay; {<■) cli- 

 mate and soil conditions favorable. 



20 and 21. Under the following heads discuss Indian corn as a silage crop: ((f) Total 

 yield of digestible nutrients as compared with other crops; (b) varieties best adapted; 

 (c) thickness of planting; (d) proper stage of maturity for harvesting. 



22. Give directions for growing sugar beets. 



KxniKiT Nil. 10. 



LIST OF LABORATORY OR FIELD PRACTICUMS IN ELEMENTARY COURSE IN 



FARM CROPS. 



Practicum No. 1. 



, Eight varieties of corn are grown on the university farm annually for instructional 

 purposes. Students are given this work in the fall term of necessity. Each student 

 is provided with the accompanying score card and asked to judge only the stalks in 

 this exercise. 



Practicum No. 2. 



The ears, husked from tlie variety plats, are brouglit to the laltoratory, where a 

 few of the best are selected and the students are asked t(j score them carefully, 

 according to the card standards as indicated in the following form: 



Studeiit!<' scon' card. 

 DENT CORN. 



