CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTORY NOTES 7 



EXERCISE 



1. To MAKE A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE FARM CROPS IN THE LOCALITY 12 



2. To CHART THE MARKET PRICE OF SOME CROP FOR A SCHOOL YEAR 13 



3. To UNDERSTAND THE FLOWER AND ITS PARTS 15 



4. To UNDERSTAND SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS AND THEIR PARTS 17 



5. To UNDERSTAND THE TYPES OF CREEPING AND UNDERGROUND PARTS OF PLANTS 19 



6. To LEARN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GRASS FAMILY 23 



7. To SHOW THE CLASS THE BEST TYPE OF CORN PLANT TO BREED FROM AND GIVE 



EACH STUDENT PRACTICE IN FIELD SELECTION 27 



8. To LEARN TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT TYPES AND VARIETIES OF CORN 28 



9. To SCORE AND JUDGE CORN 30 



10. To DETERMINE WHICH EARS WILL GERMINATE STRONGLY 33 



11. To LEARN THE MOST IMPORTANT TYPES OF OATS 38 



12. To LEARN TO JUDGE OATS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR VALUE FOR FEED 40 



13. To LEARN TO CONTROL OAT SMUT 43 



14. To LEARN THE MOST IMPORTANT TYPES OF WHEAT 47 



15. To LEARN How TO JUDGE WHEAT 50 



16. To LEARN THE IMPORTANT TYPES OF BARLEY 53 



17. To LEARN TO IDENTIFY SOME COMMON GRASS PLANTS 55 



18. To LEARN TO IDENTIFY GRASS SEEDS 59 



19. To LEARN TO IDENTIFY CLOVER AND ALFALFA PLANTS 62 



20. To LEARN TO IDENTIFY CLOVER AND ALFALFA SEEDS 63 



21. To STUDY ALFALFA IN THE FIELD : 65 



22. To ANALYZE CLOVER, ALFALFA, MILLET OR TIMOTHY SEED FOR PURITY 69 



23. To TEST SMALL SEEDS FOR GERMINATION 71 



24. To LEARN COMMON MEADOW AND PASTURE MIXTURES 72 



25. To STUDY THE MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION OF THE POTATO TUBER 73 



26. To HARVEST SEED POTATOES BY THE HILL SELECTION METHOD 75 



27. To BECOME FAMILIAR WITH VARIETIES AND VARIETY GROUPS OF POTATOES ... 77 



28. To LEARN How TO JUDGE POTATOES 81 



29. To LEARN THE IMPORTANT TYPES OF TOBACCO 83 



30. To STUDY TOBACCO GROWING BY THE SURVEY METHOD . . 85 



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