206 AGRICULTURE 



TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION 



1. Write a brief history of the tomato. Name the 

 different uses to which the tomato is put in your own home. 

 Can you suggest still other uses? Why should tomatoes 

 be canned whole ? 



2. How many quarts of tomatoes did you raise and 

 can last year? What kind of soil is best adapted to the 

 culture of tomatoes? 



3. Make a drawing of a hotbed, giving all dimensions. 

 Write out full directions for preparing and filling and car- 

 ing for the bed. 



4. Show how to keep a bookkeeping account of one- 

 tenth acre of tomatoes, covering items of cost and cash 

 received from the time of preparing the hotbed to the can- 

 ning and marketing of the crop. 



5. Show on the map of the United States the greatest 

 tomato states, and the approximate location of the terri- 

 tory in which the early varieties should be grown and the 

 territory in which the late varieties should be grown. 



5. Demonstrations with the Tomato 



1. Demonstrate how to scald, pare and core the to- 

 mato. 



2. How to can tomatoes. 



3. How to grade and crate for parcel-post shipment, 

 prime grade tomatoes. 



4. Demonstrate how to use the tomato in the home by 

 preparing : .certain dishes. 



5. Demonstrate the proper method of pruning and 

 staking of tomato vines. 



6. Other demonstrations of cultivation, hoeing, spray- 

 ing, thinning, etc., can be undertaken in connection with 

 tomato culture. 



6. Tomato Play Contests 



1. Tomato race, conducted on very much the same plan 

 as the potato race. 



