286 QUESTIONS. 



drill sowing? 502. How arc seeds covered? 503. How is Indian 

 corn planted ? 501. How is the manure applied ? 505. What is 

 transplanting ? 506. What advantages has this mode of culture ? 507. 

 What is needed to transplant successfully? 508. At what stage of 

 growth is transplanting to bo performed ? 509. What care is required 

 in transplanting older trees ? 510. How may injury to the roots be 

 remedied? 511. How does the removal of part of the top affect the 

 tree ? 512. How may trees and shrubs be grown ? 



CHAPTER XVI. 513. How are cultivated plants divided ? 514. 

 What do the cereals include ? Is buckwheat a cereal plant ? 515. 

 What is one of the most important of cereals ? 516. What soils does 

 Indian corn require ? 517. How is the land prepared ? 518. How is it 

 with stiff soils ? 519. What manures should be used for this crop ?-*- 

 520. How are they to be applied? 521. Manure having been applied 

 in the fall, what course is adopted in spring ? 522. What is the objec 

 tion to putting all the manure in the hill ? 523. Another objection ? 

 524. How may concentrate! manures be used to advantage ? 525. How 

 may the land be put into good condition ? Why is it poor economy to 

 raise poor crops ? 526. What is of special importance r 527. What is 

 the next step ? 528. Distance of the hills for corn ? Advantage of 

 .using the corn-planter ? 529. Why should the plants stand closely ? 

 530. When may soaking the seed be resorted to ? What is the best 

 substance to soak seed corn in ? 531. Is drill planting recommended ? 

 532. How deep is it covered ? 533. When is the crop first hoed ? 

 What implement is used between the rows, and how? 534. What 

 implement is used in subsequent hoeings, and why ? 535. How many 

 hoeings are necessary for corn ? 536. How is the seed to be selected ? 

 537. When are the top stalks cut? Effect of cutting too early? 

 538. What is the better practice ? 539. The cheapest way of stocking ? 

 540. What are the varieties of wheat? 541. How does winter differ 

 from spring wheat ? 512. What soil is adapted ft wheat ? 543. What 

 is requisite in the soil? 544. What preparation of land is needed? 

 545. How is it sown ? 546. What are the advantages of drill sowing ? 

 547. Are there any other advantages ? 548. What quantity of seed 

 is sown per acre ? 549. Where does wheat come in the rotation ? 

 550. What is important? 551. When is it harvested? 552. What 

 takes place if harvesting is neglected ? 553. Effect of exposure to 

 rain ? 554. What is said of rye ? 555. Soils adapted to rye ? 556. 

 The varieties? How does its range of culture compare with wheat? 

 557. Quantity of seed per acre ? 558. Its use on sheep farms ? 559. 

 What of its straw ? 500. What disease attacks rye? 561. Peculiarity 



