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the legal weight per bushel, and what variation from it may be 

 expected? (e) What are clipped oats? 



IV. How may oats be classified ? What types are grown in 

 your section ? 



V. Discuss use of .oats as (a) feed for animals, (6) human 

 food, (c) other uses. 



VI. What are the leading oat-producing countries of the 

 world ? What part of the world's crop is produced in the United 

 States? What states lead in the production? Compare 

 yields per acre obtained in the United States with those of other 

 countries. Does the United States export oats ? 



VII. Discuss the adaptation of oats to soil and climate. 



VIII. What place may oats occupy in the rotation ? 

 (a) Discuss its usefulness as a nurse crop for grasses and clovers. 

 (6) Discuss the preparation of the seed bed for oats, and the use 

 of fertilizers and manures in oat culture, (c) What factors in- 

 fluence the time and rate of seeding ? (d) Outline a method for 

 the improvement of the oat crop. 



IX. How would you treat seed oats to prevent loose smut ? 



CHAPTER VII 



I. Discuss the ancient culture of barley, and compare it in 

 this respect with that of wheat. 



II. (a) Compare the botanical characteristics of barley with 

 those of wheat and oats. (6) How do the spikelets differ from 

 those of wheat and rye ? (c) What percentage of the barley grain 

 is hull ? (d) How does the stage of maturity at which barley 

 is harvested affect the character of the endosperm ? 



III. Describe the types of barley and the basis upon which 

 the classifications are made. 



IV. (a) Discuss the uses of barley. (6) What are important 

 by-products of the malting process? (c) What advantages 

 does barley possess over other cereals for malting ? (d) What 

 are the characteristics of a good malting barley ? 



V. (a) Compare the world's production of barley with that of 

 wheat, oats and corn. (6) What are the leading barley pro- 

 ducing countries? (c) What part does the United States play 

 in the world's production? (d) Discuss the distribution of 

 barley in the United States, (e) Exports and imports. 



