AGRICULTUEE FOR SOUTHERN SCHOOLS. 35 



SUGGESTIONS FOR HOME PROJECTS— FIRST YEAR. 



PRODUCTION PROJECTS. 



The profitable production of one-half acre or more of one of the 

 following crops : Corn, one of the sorghums, cane, tobacco, potatoes, 

 sweet potatoes, cotton, peas, beans, peanuts, or any annual crop which 

 may be sold for cash. 



DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. 



In connection with or in addition to his production project the 

 student may carry out one or more of the following demonstrations : 

 (1) Trying out a crop new to the region, (2) a variety test, (3) work- 

 ing out a rotation, (4) a fertilizer test, (5) use of barnyard manure, 

 (6) use of cover crops and green manures, and (7) improvement by 

 seed selection. 



LABORATORY EQUIPMENT FOR SOILS AND CROPS. 



(Apparatus and material for 12 students.) 



One torsion or Harvard trip balance. (A set of avoirdupois weights will be 

 found useful along with the metric weights.) 



One drying oven. 



One soil auger. ' 



Twelve alcohol lamps (if gas is not provided). 



Twelve tripod lenses. 



Four thistle tubes. 



Four glass funnels. , • 



Ten 1-inch glass tubes, 4 feet long, with two racks for holding five each. 



Two dozen each of the following: Student-lamp chimneys, tin pie plates, 

 paper pie plates, glass tumblers, one-half pint wide-mouthed bottles, quart 

 fruit jars, quart tin cans, 4-inch flower pots, 8-inch flower pots, 8-inch flower 

 pots and soil cans, 4 by 4 inches and 4 inches deep. 



Four yards each of oilcloth, canton flannel,, cheesecloth, and muslin. 



The following boxes to be made by students : One dozen 12 by 12 inches, 8 

 inches deep ; one dozen 12 by 12 inches, 6 inches deep ; two dozen 14 by 12 

 inches, 4 inches deep. 



One pound of paraffin and 2 pounds of formalin. 



One-half pOund of each of the following seeds for testing: Old wheat, fresh 

 wheat, corn, peas, beans, and squash. 



One hundred pounds each of clean sand and good loam. 



Twenty-five pounds each of gravel, clay, leaf mold, and sawdust. 



Ten pounds each of air-slaked lime and dry road dust. 



One-fourth pound of lampblack. 



Twelve feet of 3-foot wire fencing for corn racks. 



Collections to show types and varieties of the following : Corn, small grains, 

 sorghums, and cotton. 



Bottles, vials and cardboard for mounting grains, grasses, legumes, and weeds 

 (plants and seeds.) 



Score cards for cereals, cotton, etc. 



Hotbeds and cold frames or seed beds will be needed for Exercises 28 and 29. 



An exhibit of commercial fertilizers and fertilizing materials with sufficient 

 quantities of the latter for the practicum in home mixing. 



Each student should have a laboratory notebook. 



