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24. A STUDY OF THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND IMPORTANCE OF 



THE COMMON SORGHUMS 31 



25. A STUDY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME OF THE COMMON 



FORAGE CROP SEEDS 33 



26. IDENTIFICATION OF LEGUME SEEDS AND THEIR IMPURITIES . . 35 



27. CLASSIFYING IMPURITIES IN GRASS SEEDS 36 



28. A STUDY OF SOME OF THE MORE COMMON WEEDS . . .37 



29. A STUDY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME OF THE COMMON 



LEGUME SEEDS 38 



30. A STUDY OF THE ALFALFA PLANT 39 



31. AN EXAMINATION OF COMMERCIAL CLOVER SEEDS . . .40 



32. AN EXAMINATION OF COMMERCIAL ALFALFA SEED . . .41 



33. A STUDY OF PERMANENT PASTURE GRASSES . . . .42 



34. A STUDY OF THE VEGETATIVE PORTIONS OF THE COMMON GRASSES 44 



35. A STUDY OF COMMERCIAL TIMOTHY SEED . ,. . .45 



36. EXAMINATION OF SOME OF THE COMMON LEGUMES . . .46 



37. A STUDY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME OF THE COMMON 



GRASS SEEDS 48 



38. A STUDY OF ROOT CROPS 49 



39. THE USE OF THE POTATO AND THE QUALITIES OF GOOD SEED . . 50 



40. To BECOME FAMILIAR WITH DESIRABLE QUALITIES IN MARKET 



POTATOES .51 



41. A STUDY OF CROP ROTATION PLANS 52 



42. A STUDY OF THE FLAX 54 



43. A STUDY OF THE COTTON 56 



44. JUDGING MARKET COTTON 58 



APPENDIX . . . 61 



WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WITH EQUIVALENTS 62 



FORMULAS .62 



LEGAL WEIGHT PER BUSHEL OF SEEDS .,,.., 63 



