OATS 

 (Chapter 21) 



1. Make a collection of specimens of fine grades of 

 oats and place them in bottles properly labeled. 



2. Plant twenty-five or thirty grains of oats and after 

 a week dig up a few of them and observe the temporary 

 roots. How many are there? After another week has 

 elapsed dig up other plants and observe the growth of 

 permanent roots. Continue this observation at intervals 

 of a week and make drawings. 



3. A farmer threshes 1,200 bushels of oats. In each 

 bushel there are 4 pounds of weed seed. What per cent 

 of his crop is weeds? How many pounds of weed seed 

 does he gather ? 



4.' If it requires 4 pounds of twine per acre, costing 15 

 cents per pound, to tie up grain, how much does it cost 

 to tie up the weeds in a 20 acre field, if 1/12 of the crop 

 is weeds? 



5. If formaldehyde costs fifty cents per pint and a 

 pint will treat 40 bushels of oats, how much will it cost 

 to treat the seed oats on 30 acres, sowing 3 bushels to the 

 acre? 



6. Test 100 grains of seed oats, using the rag doll tester. 

 Find the number of strong, weak and dead grains. What 

 per cent is there of each kind in your test? (See page 

 269 for tester.) 



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