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EXERCISE 37 



Object. To learn to identify some of the seeds of crops which have not 

 been studied and to review these and all other seeds studied to date by means 

 of an identification contest. 



Material. Group 1. Seed samples of rye, silver hull buckwheat, Japan- 

 ese buckwheat, flax, sorghum (Kafir, Durra and broom corn types) millet 

 (common, barnyard, broom corn and pearl types), cowpeas, soybeans, field 

 peas, winter and spring vetch (Fig. 44). 



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FIG. 44. School set of one hundred economic seeds supplied by the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, for cost of case, bottles, corks and labels. (Productive Plant Husbandry.) 



Group 2. Samples of all the seeds which have been studied to date. 



Directions. Part /.-Draw the seeds in Group 1 and compare them 

 with similar seeds with a view to future identification. Make drawings one 

 inch the longest way. 



Part II. Identification Contest. Place numbered vials of the seeds of 

 Groups 1 and 2 before the class. The object of the contest is to identify 

 correctly the largest number of seeds. 



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