EXERCISES IN AGRICULTURE 



EXERCISE No. 1 

 ESTIMATING THE STAND OF CORN 



Object : To determine the per cent of the stand of corn in 

 a field. 



Material : Cornfield and yard stick or rule for measuring. 



Method : Take a trip to the field where the corn is grow- 

 ing. The students should work in pairs. If the corn is 

 planted in check rows, each group of two students should 

 select a part of the field ten hills each way on which a fairly 

 representative crop is growing. One of the students should 



measure the ground covered by the 



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hundred hills, to determine what 20SS C 522 C J <: 50 



part of an acre it is, measuring from 3223032333 



the first to the eleventh hill both in 3122332123 



determining length and in determin- 1333302133 



ing width. The other pupil should 0233212333 



count the stand of corn in each hill, 3 \ 



making a record like that shown 3303133320 



i ..! m, , SAMPLE FORM FILLED 

 herewith. The per cent of stand 



should then be determined. For the purpose of this com- 

 putation, consider that there should be three stalks to each 

 hill. (This figure will vary from 4 to 2 in fields of more or 



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