LABORATORY EXERCISES 



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17. Which crop shows the most rapid increase in total production? 



18. How do the present prices of farm animals compare with those 

 formerly paid? Which kind of animals are increasing in total number 

 most rapidly? 



LABORATORY EXERCISES 



80. Choice of a Farm. 



Fill out a score card like the following, for one or more farms; 

 SCORE CARD ECONOMIC VALUE OF FARMS 



Stand- 

 ard for 

 a gene- 

 ral farm 



Points deficient 



SIZE 



1 . Adapted to kind of farming 



FIELDS 



2. Shape and size 



3. Nearness to farmstead 



TOPOGRAPHY 



4. As affecting ease of cultivation 



5. As affecting production 



6. As affecting loss of fertility 



FERTILITY 



7. Natural 



8. Condition 



PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SOIL 



9. As affecting economy of cultivation 1 



10. As affecting number days of labor / 



11. As affecting loss of soil fertility 



12. As affecting kinds of possible crops 



DRAINAGE 



13. Natural \ 



14. Artificial J 



CONDITION 



15. Freedom from stumps, stones, weeds, waste land, etc. 

 CLIMATE 



16. As affecting animal- and crop-production 



17. As affecting number of days of labor 



HEALTHFULNESS 



18. As an economic factor 



LOCATION 



19. Distance to market 



20. Roadways 



21 . Local markets 



22. Shipping facilities 



23. Neighbors as an economic factor 



24. Labor supply of neighborhood 



25. R. F. D., telephone, trolleys, etc 



26. Churches, school, grange, etc., as economic factors. . 

 TAXES 



. 27. Per cent on cash value 



20 



30 

 30 



30 

 10 

 20 



80 

 40 



90 



50 

 50 



40 



40 

 50 

 30 

 20 

 40 

 10 

 30 

 30 



10 



