584 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The memlbers of a corn-growing club usually keep a careful record of 

 all work done in connection with the annual contest. It is advantageous 

 to supply the basis for this in the form of a little memorandum book which 

 covers the following items and may well include the club constitution and 

 list of officers: 



HOW THE CKOP WAS GROWX. 



1. Grown by , school district . 



2. Postoifice address . 



3. Area of plat in square rods . (Not less than — acre.) 



4. Kind of soil (loam, sand, clay) . 



5. Kind of crop grown on it the year before . 



6. Kind of crop grown on it the second year before . 



7. Kind and amount of fertilizer used . 



8. Cost or value of fertilizer . 



9. Date of plowing . Hours required, self , horse .* 



10. Depth of plowing (in inches) . 



11. Additional preparation of the ground: 



(a) How many times disked , when . 



(b) How many times harrowed , when . 



(c) How otherwise prepared . 



(d) Total hours work of preparation, self - — — , horse .* 



12. Kind of corn planted . Variety name . 



13. Seed procured from . 



14. Quantity of shelled corn used for seed . 



15. Number of ears tested . Number of kernels from each . 



16. Method of testing . 



17. Number of ears which proved satisfactory . 



18. Number of hills planted ; date , 19 — . 



19. Date when first hills came up . 



20. Number of hills failing to come up ; why . 



21. Date of each cultivation and implement used —■ — . 



22. Total hours cultivation; self , horse .* 



23. Date of hoeing crop , 19 — . Hours work . 



24. Number of stalks with two ears . 



25. Number with no ears . 



26. Number of hills with three stalks ; two ; one . 



27. Date of first tassels appearing , 19 — ; ears , 19 — . 



28. Date of any frosts on the crop , 19 — . 



29. Date of cutting and shocking , 19 — . 



30. Date of husking , 19 — . 



31. Date of selecting ears for exhibit , 19 — .' 



32. Number of ears first selected ; weight in pounds . 



33. Care of selected ears after husking . 



34. Weight of ten ears at time of exhibit . 



35. Was the selecting done without any other person present? . 



•If two horses are used, count as twice the time of one horse. 



