6 AGRICULTURE 



corn-iields show ? The best way to answer this question is 

 to go out into the fields and count the hills. This is the 

 way the scientist works ; he makes sure, and does not guess. 

 We will therefore determine the stand on several plots se- 

 lected from different parts of a field of corn and discover 

 whether the farmer is losing labor and money because the 

 stand is imperfect. 



Preparing for field study. Before going out to the 

 field rule off four forms like the following in your note- 

 book, each square to represent a hill of corn : 



3. Record of Stand of Corn 

 PLOT NO. 



Counting stand in the field. Now go to a near-by field 

 and select what appears to be an average plot of corn, ten 

 hills square. Go through the plot carefully, counting the 

 stalks in each hill, and recording the number in the proper 



