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FARM AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS. 



26. Average date of earliest frosts in fall. 



27. The average annual rainfall for past decade. 



28. Average rainfall for each month. 



29. The average date of blossoming for peaches, cherries, pears 

 and apples. 



30. The average time for seeding crops. 



31. The average time for maturing and harvesting, 



32. The average yield of each of the staple crops. 



33. The year of highest yield of each. 



34. The year of lowest yield of each crop. 



(Get these data at least for the wheat, corn, oats, hay and 

 potato crop.) 



35. Study the relation of yields in any given year. 



36. Draw diagrams to show production of ten or more leading 

 crops for studying relative production. 



NOTE Schools should be equipped with Bulletin Frost Data of 

 the United States. 



This bulletin contains: 



Chart I. The Average Date of Last Killing Frost in Spring. 

 Chart II. The Average Date of First Killing Frost in Autumn. 

 Chart III. The Latest Date on which Killing Frost Has Occurred 



in Spring. 

 Chart IV. The Earliest Date on which a Killing Frost has Occurred 



in Autumn. 

 Chart V. The Average Length of the Crop Growing Season. 



The following diagram will illustrate the methods used by 

 the various departments of the government to show the relative 

 yield and prices of crops for a given number of years 



FIG. 1 Yield of potatoes in bushels per acre to be indicated by a dotted 



line placed in the graph by pupil. The dark line given in graph 



indicates price of potatoes each month for years given. 



