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CHAPTER IX 



PAQEB 



Commercial Grauks of Cuor Products. Fruit Packages . 150-171 



Cotton Grades l''>0 



Orades of Ilaij and Straw 151 



Hay, 151 — Alfalfa, 152 — Straw, 152. 

 Grades of Grain ........... 153 



White winter wheat, 153 — Red winter wheat, 154 — Hard winter 

 wheat, 154 — Northern spring wheat, 154 — Spring wheat, 155 — 

 White spring wheat, 155 — Durum wheat, 155 — Velvet chaff 

 wheat, 150 — Pacific Coast wheat, 150 — Mixed wheat, 157 — 

 Rye, 157 — White oats, 157 — Mixed oats, 158 — Red or rust- 

 proof oats, 158 — White clipped oats, 158 — Mixed clipped oats, 

 159_l»uritied oats, 159 — Corn, 150— White corn, 100 — Yellow 

 corn, 100 — Mixed corn, 100 — Milo-maize, 100 — KalBr corn, 

 101 — Barley, 101 — Winter barley, 102 — Sample grades, 103. 

 Fruit Packages ........... 163 



California deciduous fruits, 103 — Chautauqua grape figures, 104 

 — California citrus fruits, 104 — Apple boxes, 104 — Canadian 

 fruit packages, 1(57 — Proposed United States standards, 108. 

 Packages for truck crops, including strawberries , . . . 169 



CHAPTER X 



The JinoixG of Farms, Crops, and Plants. Exhibition and No- 

 menclature Rules. Emblematic Plants and Flowers 172-180 

 Farms and Farm Practices . . . . . . . .172 



The agricultural virtues, 172 — Loudon's rules for gardeners, 173 



— Essential i)oint.s to consider in the organization of a farm, 174 



— Points of a good farm, 174 — Score-card for farms, 175. 



Corn and Potators 177 



Score-card for dent corn, 177 — For use in the plant selection of 

 seed corn, 177 — Card for use in judging varieties of corn at 

 husking time, 177 — Score-card for potatoes, 177. 



Standards for Judging Fruits at Erhibitinns 177 



Api)les and pears, 177 — Peaches, 177 — Plums, 178 — Cherries, 

 178 — Grapes, 178 — Collections, 178 — Barrel apples, 178 — Box 

 apples, 179. 



Flowers and Plants 179 



The American Rose Society scale of points, 179 — Standardiza- 

 tion of roses, 179 — Carnations, 179 — Gladiolus, 180 — Chrysan- 



