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A. Bearded — Continued. 



(/>) Glumes bronze. 



(a^) Berry red. 



r>. Length of straw less than 3 feet 6 inches. 



6. Length of straw more than H feet (> inches, 

 (b^) Berry white. 



7. Length of straw less than 3 feet 6 inches. 



8. Length of straw more than 3 feet 6 inches. 



B. Beardless: 



(a) Glumes white. 



(a^) Berry red. 



9. Length of straw less than 3 feet 6 inches. 

 10. Length of straw more than 3 feet «> inches. 



(b^) Berry white. 



n. Length of straw less than 3 feet 6 inches. 



12. Length of straw more than 3 feet 6 inches. 

 (h) Glumes bronze. 



(a') Berry red. 



13. Length of straw less tlian 3 feet 6 inches. 



14. Length of straw more than 3 feet 6 inches. 

 (b^) Berry white. 



15. Length of straw less than 3 feet 6 inches. 



16. Length of straw more tlian 3 feet 6 inches 

 Each student is required to hand in a written report of this work. 



Practicum No. 5. 



About May 1 each year the class spends one period making notes on the condition 

 of 15 to 20 varieties of grasses and clovers in the grass garden for use later in the 

 term when they come to study the varieties more fully. 



Practicum No. 6. 



The "Howe Grain Tester" is used in testing the i.urity and weight per bushel of 



wheat, oats, etc. 



Practicums Nos. 7, 8, 9, and 10. 



Al)out four periods at the close of the term are given to the study of 15 to 20 varie- 

 ties of grasses, clovers, and forage plants. Students use the dried specimens in the 

 laboratory as well as the growing plants in the "grass garden." The following out- 

 line is given each student, who is required to present an essay on the subject at the 

 eml of the term: 



DESCRIPTION OF CiRASSES AND FORAOE PLANTS. 



Describe the following plants from the bundles given and state use, value, and 

 climatic range and adaptation to soil, and give briefly the results obtained with these 

 plants at experiment stations and elsewhere. 



The following books may be used for reference, while Itelow will be given refer- 

 ences under each variety to results at experiment stations: 



Vasey's Agricultural Grasses of the United States; Beal's Grasses of North America; 

 Hackel's True Grasses; Handbook of Experiment Station Work; Grasses of Ten- 

 nessee, Part II; Grasses and Clovers, Field Roots, Forage and Fodder Plants, by 

 Professor Shaw; Reports of Kansas State Board of Agriculture, 1895 and 1900; Per- 

 manent and Temporary Pastures, Sutton; Forage Crops other than Grasses, Shaw; 

 Bulletins of the Division of Agrostology: 



1. Poapralemh, L., Kentucky Blue Grass, Bulletins 5 and 15, Illinois Station; Bul- 

 letin 20, Mississippi Station. 



