SOIL MOISTURE 263 



including observations, receipts and expenditures, not only 

 for the first year, but for the entire period of three or four 

 years covering a rotation scheme for the upbuilding of the 

 soil. 



Club membership. This particular club work should 

 be maintained for the members of the agricultural class 

 and should not be open to the boys and girls who are, as a 

 rule, too young to appreciate and undertake properly this 

 line of work. The teacher, in cooperation with the county 

 superintendent and county agricultural agent, may assist in 

 making up a definite three or four-year rotation plan which 

 can be uniformly followed by all members of the club. 



The basis of award for a soil fertility club may be as 

 follows : 



1. The plan and management of rotation 20 



2. The average yield per acre 20 



3. The net profit on investment 20 



4. The fertile condition of the soil at the end of a three or 



four-year period 20 



5. Soil and crop records, story and soil chart of work 20 



Total score 100 



