62 A UX1T IN AGRICULTURE 



FARM MANAGEMENT. 

 Ex. 63. Plan of Farm. 



Take the measurements of the home farm. Make plot of farm; 

 scale, one inch-=660 feet. Show location of cultivated fields, 

 pastures, timber, barn lot, orchard and garden. Show location of all 

 buildings and all wells, ponds, or springs. 

 Ex. 64. Plan of Home. 



Measure and make to scale a floor plan and cross section of your 

 home. If you can, make a good drawing of the home. 



Ex. 65. Plan of Bam. 



Having read the references assigned by the teacher and knowing 

 the kind and number of animals to be provided for, make ground plan 

 of barn ; scale, one inch = 6 feet. 



Ex. 66. Examination of Fertilizers. 



Study small samples of all fertilizers available. Test each with 

 litmus paper. Learn name, composition and price of each. Observe 

 color, odor and form. 



Ex. 67. Experimental Test of Fertilizers. 



This experiment takes time and can not be completed before Sep- 

 tember. If there is no school garden, ask some farmer in the neigh- 

 borhood to rent you the necessary land. Lay off one-half acre of land 

 in plots, each plot being precisely one-tenth of the whole, or one- 

 twentieth of an acre. Mark the division points by stakes set well in 

 the ground and number the plots from one to ten. 



On plot No. 1, sow nothing. 



On plot No. 2, 8 Ibs. of nitrate of soda and 16 Ibs. of acid phos- 

 phate. 



On plot No. 3, 8 Ibs. of nitrate of soda and 4 Ibs. of muriate of 

 potash. 



On plot No. 4, 8 Ibs. of nitrate of soda, 16 Ibs. of acid phosphate 

 and 4 Ibs. of muriate of potash. 



On plot No. 5, 20 Ibs. of any commercial fertilizer used in the 

 neighborhood. 



On plot No. 6, nothing. 



On plot Xo. 7, 500 Ibs. of barnyard manure. 



