270 LESSONS IN AGRICULTURE 



pigs and the son's sold for seed corn at two dollars 

 per bushel, the father changed front. ' ' 



References: Farmers' Bulletins, Nos. 199, 229, 385, 281, and 

 81. 



Practical Exercises 



1. The Stand of Corn 



Select a field of corn near the school and secure the 

 owner's permission to visit it. Invite the owner to go 

 with you. Let each pupil begin with the first hill of 

 corn in a row and count to the hundredth hill. If the 

 corn has been checked and it was intended that there 

 should be three stalks to the hill, there would be in a 

 perfect stand 300 stalks. Now count back and find the 

 number of stalks in the 100 hills. If there are but 150, 

 the stand is 50 per cent. Each pupil should determine 

 the percentage of the stand in the row he has counted. 

 Each pupil should find out as nearly as possible the 

 average stand of corn on the home farm and report 

 to the class for the next lesson. It will be interesting 

 to parents, and in many cases a surprise to them, to 

 find that they have less than a 50 per cent stand when 

 they thought it 80 per cent. In all cases discuss the 

 reasons for the good or bad stand. It is clear that the 

 farmer does not wish to lose his time and labor on va- 

 cant hills, when he might just as well have a liberal 

 harvest from them. 



2. Corn Soots in Cultivation 



Go to a corn field where cultivation is in progress. 

 Examine the soil, the method and depth of cultiva- 

 tion. Note the stand, health, and general condition of 

 the crop. 



