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AGRICULTURE 



seeding in this region the Burt and Red Rustproof are sat- 

 isfactory. 



TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION 



1. How many acres in your father's farm ? How many 

 acres are cultivated this year? How many acres in grass 



A 



B 



D 



(A) Sixty Day, grain medium-sized, slender, yellow; (R) Red 

 Rustproof, grain large, plump, reddish-brown; (C) North 

 Finnish Black, grain medium-sized, plump, black; (D) Swedish 

 Select, grains white, large and plump. 



land and pasture? How many acres in garden, orchard, 

 lawn and barnyard? 



2. How many acres are devoted (1) to corn; (2) to 

 wheat; (3) to oats; (4) to other farm crops? What per- 

 centage is the acreage of each crop to all the land culti- 

 vated? To the whole farm? 



3. Find how many acres altogether in the farms rep- 

 resented by the pupils in the school. Then answer each 

 of the four questions asked in number "2" for all these 

 farms summed together. How do the percentages for each 



