CONTENTS 



PRACTICUM PAGE 



1. To STUDY THE SEEDLING CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME OF THE MORE 



COMMON PLANTS 1 



2. To STUDY THE EFFECT OF THE DEPTH OF PLANTING ON THE GER- 



MINATION OF SEEDS 3 



3. To SHOW THE WIDE VARIATION IN PLANTS .... 4 



4. THE STUDY OF THE CORN KERNEL 5 



5. How TO SELECT CORN SEED 6 



6. To CALCULATE THE COST OF PRODUCING CORN ... 8 



7. To TEST THE RESULT OF GRADING CORN SEED . .10 



8. COMPARATIVE JUDGING OF EAR CORN 11 



9. A STUDY OF SOME OF THE COMMON DISEASES AND PESTS OF CORN 12 



10. A STUDY OF THE WHEAT HEAD 13 



11. A STUDY OF THE WHEAT PLANT 14 



12. A STUDY OF THE WHEAT KERNEL 15 



13. A STUDY OF YOUNG WHEAT PLANTS IN THE FIELD . . .17 



14. JUDGING OF WHEAT BY SCORE CARD 18 



15. COMPARATIVE JUDGING OF WHEAT 19 



16. THE STUDY OF FLOUR AND FLOUR MANUFACTURE . . .20 



17. THE STUDY OF THE OAT KERNEL 22 



18. A GENERAL STUDY OF THE OAT . 23 



19. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE METHODS OF TREATING CEREALS 



FOR BUNT, LOOSE, OR COVERED SMUT . . 24 



20. A STUDY OF THE OAT PLANT . 26 



21. A STUDY OF THE MARKET GRADES OF OATS . . 28 



22. To PRACTICE COMPARATIVE JUDGING OF OATS ON THE STANDARD 



GRADES 29 



23. A STUDY OF THE RYE PLANT 30 



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