Exercise Date Completed Approved Page 



86. Computing the Nutritive Ratio of Stock Feeds (i) 170 



87. Computing a Balanced Ration (i) .• 172 



88. Computing a Standard Ration (i) — ; 174 



89. Computing a Standard Ration for Pigs (i) 176 



90. Computing a Standard Ration for Dairy Cows (i) 178 



91. Computing Standard Rations for Laying Hens (i) 180 



PART VII. FARM EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY 



92. The Gas Engine and Automobile (t) 182 



93. The Adjustment and Use of Farm Machinery (t) 184 



94. The Care of Farm Machinery (i) 186 



95. Making a Farm Inventory (i) 188 



96. The Community Business (i) 190 



I. PRODUCTION PROJECTS 



Project 



1. Growing Corn for Profit . ; 194 



2 Growing a Vegetable Garden for Profit 196 



3. Finding the High- Yielding Ear for Seed 198 



4. Growing Poultry for Profit 200 



5. Keeping Two Dozen Hens for Egg Production 202 



II. SOIL PROJECTS 



6. Preparation of a Seed Bed for Wheat 204 



7. Determining What the Soil Needs 206 



III. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS 



8. Demonstrating the Value of a Balanced Ration for Growing Hogs . 208 



9. Finding the Failure Cow in the Herd 209 



IV. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS 



10. The Use of Concrete on the Farm 210 



11. The Construction and Use of Hotbeds and Cold Frames ..... 212 



APPENDIX 



Table I. Digestible Nutrients and Fertilizing Constituents in Common 



American Foodstuffs 213 



Table II. Plant Food Contained in Common Fertilizers 215 



Table III. Feeding Standards 216 



Table IV. Suggested List of Typical Home Projects 217 



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