AGRICULTURE 



AGRICULTURE 



Outline and Questions on Agriculture Continued 



What are the principal grains? 



In what parts of North America is flax grown? 



How does agriculture rank in importance among the industries? 



Trace the steps in the development of the plow. 



If the farmer of thirty years ago could visit a fully-equipped modern farm, what are 



some of the things he would see which would amaze him? 

 How much less does it cost now to produce a bushel of wheat than it did a half 



century ago? 



Is it of any advantage to the farmer to understand the principles of chemistry? 

 What change has there been in the attitude of the farmer toward agricultural educa- 

 tion? 



What is an agricultural experiment station? 

 What is meant by the statement that agriculture has become "a science as well as 



an art"? 



What enemy does the grower of cotton most dread? the grower of wheat? 

 What insecticides can the farmers use to rid themselves of these pests? 

 What is the most widely extended branch of agriculture? 

 Name some of the principal forage crops of Canada and the United States. 

 Is it necessary for the dairy husbandman to raise any crops at all? 

 What conditions are necessary to the growing of rice? 

 What is meant by intensified farming? 

 Would you trade the proceeds from the wheat crop in the United States for those 



received from poultry? 

 In what way can clover benefit the soil? 

 Is the earthworm a hindrance or a help to the farmer? 

 Make a list of the various kinds of soil. 

 Describe briefly three great irrigation projects 

 In what way are school gardens helpful? 

 How are oats tested for seed? 



How can you recognize an apple tree when it is bare of leaves? a cherry tree? 

 Should a farmer shoot robins? 

 What is a weed? Name several of the most troublesome, and tell how they should 



be dealt with. 



What were some of the reasons for the strong "away from the farm" tendency? 

 How do the departments of agriculture of Canada and the United States stand ready 



to assist the farmers? 



Name four or five causes of the "back to the farm" movement. 

 What are "consolidated" schools? Of what help are they to the community? 

 How does the winter life of a farmer's family differ from winter life on a farm of 



a score or more of years ago? 

 With the aid of the indexes and articles in these volumes, answer the question which 



troubled John and Mary where does bread come from? 

 How many hours' labor does it take, according to the present estimate, to grow a 



ton of hay? 



What is meant by dry-farming? 



In what parts of the United States and Canada is dry-farming practised? 

 How can a farmer be absolutely certain as to which of the crops he is raising are 



profitable? (See BOOKKEEPING, subhead Farm Bookkeeping.) 

 Under what headings would a farmer open his various accounts? 

 About how much rainfall must a region have in order that ordinary farming may be 



fitable? 



What do you understand by grafting? 

 What has been accomplished by canning chins? 

 Why is Luther Burbank called the "plant wiiard"? 

 Name some of the cattle diseases the stock-grower has to combat 



