338 A YEAR IN AGRICULTURE 



Is your land weedy? 



State when you plowed the ground and applied the limestone, ma- 

 nure, and phosphorus. 



Method of inoculation used? When alfalfa was sown? 

 What is rotation you intend to follow on plots 2 and 4? 

 Difficulties. 



Directions for keeping records. A book about five by 

 seven inches, ruled in squares, is recommended for this pur- 

 pose, although any book may be used. On the third page 

 of the book make a drawing of your acre showing the arrange- 

 ment of the plots, and number them as in the diagram under 

 paragraph 6. 



On page 5 of your notebook rule up columns as indicated 

 below, and record the various amounts applied to each plot. 

 Thus: 



Rock phosphate 

 Plot Manure Limestone or bone-meal Crop 



Page 7 of your book should contain a record of the hay, 

 grain, and straw cut from each plot. Record each cutting 

 separately, if possible. A sample form is here given: 



