NON-WOODY PLANTS 



Starch Producers, 

 Grasses 



Wild rye, 14-3; wheat, 

 13-1; oats, 13-1; corn, 

 13-1; rice 



Recognize plants and 

 seeds of at least one of 

 these ; see suggestion 

 Volume 13. Number 3 

 p. no; recognize tassel 

 and ears if present 



Cat-tail. 14-3; potato, 

 13-1 



16 

 Protein Producers, legumes 



Alfalfa, 13-1 

 clover, T4-3; 



sweet 

 cloverc 



Beans, 13-1; peas, 13- 1; 

 Lesson 124. Farm 

 Crops Series, Cornell 

 Reading Course for the 

 Farm 



Recognize at least one 

 clover by its leaves or 

 flowers; type of ground 

 where the kind of 

 clovers is found most 

 commonly 



Work done by each part 

 of the plant, roots 

 stems, leaves, fruiting 

 head ; survive because 

 of abundance; plant 

 seeds and note stages 

 in growth 



Recognize plants by 

 leaves at least; notice 

 part storing food 



Relation to animals, as 

 forage and grain; re- 

 lation to the soil; pol- 

 lination; diseases; 

 weather and growth 

 and pollination; test 

 germination; judge ears 



Carry on corn project; 

 see project manual; use 

 of starches in foods as 

 shown In food projects 

 canning corn in proj 

 ects 



Work done by each part; 

 how these plants repro 

 duce themselves, but 

 rarely by seed; list 

 plants you know are 

 planted by ctfttings 



Recognize other kinds 

 notice nodules on roots 

 and type of roots ; com 

 pare stems above 

 ground in different 

 clovers; recognition by 

 leaves, seeds, and 

 flowers 



Recognize by plant and 

 seeds; types of plant; 

 bush and pole beans 

 and pess including 

 sweet peas 



Plant sweet peas or gar- 

 den peas or beans and 

 watch development of 

 seeds; value of cultiva- 

 tio.n; identi fy addi- 

 tional types- 



Relation of plants to 

 insects; p oil i nation; 

 honey production; fer- 

 tility of soil; type of 

 soil adapted to clovers 



Relation of plants to ani- 

 mals; kind of soil best 

 adapted to each plant; 

 relation to insects and 

 plant diseases; selec- 

 tion of seed potatoes 



Carry on potato project 

 see project manual ; use 

 of starches as foods as 

 shown in food projects 



Use information in ani 

 mal projects in deter 

 mining proper rations 

 in crop projects in de 

 termining crop rota 

 tion; in bee project: 

 use as forage 



Relation to insects; 

 study plant lice and 

 lady beetles on sweet 

 peas; diseases; proper 

 planting and harvest- 

 ing methods 



Carry on l)iMn project; 

 see project iii.niii.!l; use 

 of proteins as foods in 

 foods projorts; can- 

 niiiM < f licans in cm- 

 iiin^; proj.Ht'^ 



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