56 LESSONS IN AGRICULTURE 



Problems 



1. How much should we expect to gather from our 

 ten-acre lot of corn as shown in Lesson I, and what is 

 it worth at the present price? 



2. How many ears of corn will it take to make a 

 bushel ? 



3. How many bushels of corn in a wagon box 10 

 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 27 inches deep, filled to round- 

 ing and gauged by bushel measure 12x12x27 inches? 



4. How many bushels of corn in a bin 10 feet long, 

 10 feet wide, and 10 feet high, using the same gauge? 



LESSON XVI 



COLLECTION OF FAEM PRODUCTS 

 Practical Exercises 



Try to get small bundles of each of the grains raised 

 in the community, viz., wheat, oats, rye, corn, cowpeas, 

 clover, and any other crop raised for its seed. Pupils 

 should each bring a few culms of these and a collec- 

 tion will soon be made. Each bundle should be labeled as 

 follows : 



Name of plant. Date of collection. Name of collector. 

 The collection should be accompanied by samples of the 

 mature seed, put up in bottles of uniform size, and 

 labeled as above. 



All the grasses and clovers used as hay may be col- 

 lected in the same way. Arrange the exhibit on the wall 

 or in a frame in as artistic a manner as possible. 



A day could be set apart when the fruits and vege- 



