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r.mvau nf Soil, Circular No. lii.V 

 Bureau of Entomology, Circular No. 70. 



III. Oat.. 



1. Study of a head of oats. Ex. 10. 



2. Principal varieties. 



3. Methods of cultivation. 



(a) Preparation of seed bed: plowing vs. disking. 



(b) Seeding: drilling vs. broadcasting; amount of seed 



per acre. 



4. Treating oats for smut. 



Literature. 



Farmers' Bulletin, No. 250. 



Bureau of Plant Industry, Circular No. 30. 



IV. Shipping, Storing, Testing, Grading, and Marketing Corn, Wheat, and 



Oat*. 



V. The Legumes. 



1. Identification and description of alfalfa, red clover, alsike, 

 white clover, cow peas, soy beans, and vetch. Ex. 11. 



2. Methods of cultivation, character of soil, preparation of seed 

 bed, inoculation of soil, amount of seed per acre, time of seasion to 

 sow, methods and time of cutting and curing. 



3. Use and value of each. 



Literature. 



Farmers' Bulletins, Nos. 58, 89, 121, 194, 278, 289, 315, 318, 339, 

 372. 



VI. The Grasses. 



1. Identification and description of blue grass, orchard grass, 

 timothy, Bermuda grass, red top and Johnson grass. 



Literature. 



Farmers' Bulletins, Nos. 66, 312. 



VII. Potatoes. 



1. A study of tin' Irish potato. Ex. 12. 



