MOTHER EARTH 15 



Study 1. A General Survey of the Farm 



The program of this study should consist of a trip over the 

 farm with a good map in hand, showing the streams, the 

 roads, the buildings and the outlines of all the fields and 

 woods. 



The record. The student should record directly on this 

 map, the sort and condition of crops found in all the fields and 

 the character of all the larger areas not used as fields. He 

 should put down the names of all prominent topographic 

 features, hills, streams, glens, etc., that bear names. The 

 amount of additional data to be required — dwellings and their 

 inhabitants, barns and their uses, etc. — will be determined 

 by the area to be covered and the time available. If crops 

 are few, colors may be used to make their distribution more 

 graphic. If inhabitants are to be recorded, the dwellings 

 may be numbered upon the map and the names of their 

 occupants written down in a correspondingly numbered list. 

 The object is a preliminary survey of the whole area that is to 

 be subsequently examined in detail. 



