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NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FARM 



Optional Study 14. Best Crops on the Farm 



The object of this study is to eneourage personal observa- 

 tions on the growth of the products of the fields. A dozen 

 or more such cultivated crops as com, wheat, oats, hay, 

 clover, potatoes, millet, apples, buclavheat, turnips, etc., are 

 to be severally examined in all the fields of the fann, and the 

 best found are to be set dowTi for record in the columns of 

 a table of the fonn of that shown on pages 130 and 131, 

 having such headings as the following : 



Name of crop. 



Location (in what field or portion of same). 



Kind of soil. 



Preparation of soil (information may be obtained from 

 farm records). 



Condition (of crop at the conclusion of this study). 



Method of planting (if not obserA'cd, see farm records) . 



Subsequent treatment (if not observed, see fann records). 



Yield (actual or estimated; specify which). 



