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. 
