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be planted with a checkrower or that the corn be drilled with the 

 same number of kernels per hill or row, each row to receive the 

 same amount and kind of cultivation. 



An interesting record may be kept showing the following 

 results in each plot: 



1. The number of kernels that failed to germinate. 



2. The number of barren stalks. 



3. The number of smutted stalks. 



4. The number of suckered stalks. 



5. The number of two-eared stalks. 



6. Average number of stalks per hill. 



7. Date of maturity. 



8. Date of roasting ears. 



9. Dented or glazed. 



10. Date of ripening. 



11. Height of ears. 



12. Average height of corn. (Measure 10 average plants and take 

 the average.) 



13. Find the number of leaves on 10 plants each taken from dif- 

 ferent hills. 



14. What is the yield per plot. 



15. What would be the yield per acre. 



16. Number of bushels of ears. 



17. Bushels of shelled corn. 



18. Moisture content of corn. 



19. Vitality of seed. 



20. Difference between the highest and lowest yield. 



21. The average yield per plot. 



22. Plot having highest yield. 



23. Plot yielding best quality. 



An almost unlimited number of observations may be made. 

 These contests and observations will lead to closer scrutiny and 

 recognition of good and bad qualities in products that are grown. 



Thus boys may meet and learn to study insect pests, fungi, 

 plant diseases, and learn how to make improvements in growing 

 plants. 



A co-operative experiment shows the value of organized 

 effort. It develops the social instinct. It removes much of the 

 monotony of life in isolated districts. Have photographs made 

 of your corn and other agricultural exhibits 



