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LABORATORY MANUAL IN FIELD CROPS 



PRACTICUM NO. 21 

 Object, A Study of the Market Grades of Oats. 

 Materials. Four-ounce samples of market oats ; score card. 



Method. From the state standard grades of oats as estab- 

 lished by the state commission of grades and grains, and by 

 use of the score card make scorings of at least four of the dif- 

 ferent samples. 



STUDIES 



1 . What are the requirements for the following grades ? 

 Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and feed? 



2. What precautions in harvesting will prevent off-color in 

 oats? 



REFERENCE 

 Livingston's Field Crop Production, p. 148. 



