324 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FARM 
Optional Study 14. Best Crops on the Farm 
The object of this study is to encourage personal observa- 
tions on the growth of the products of the fields. A dozen 
or more such cultivated crops as corn, wheat, oats, hay, 
clover, potatoes, millet, apples, buckwheat, turnips, etc., are 
to be severally examined in all the fields of the farm, and the 
best found are to be set down for record in the columns of 
a table of the form of that shown on pages 130 and 131, 
having such headings as the following: 
Name of crop. 
Location (in what field or portion of same). 
Kind of soil. 
Preparation of soil (information may be obtained from 
farm records). 
Condition (of crop at the conclusion of this study). 
Method of planting (if not observed, see farm records). 
Subsequent treatment (if not observed, see farm records). 
Yield (actual or estimated; specify which). 
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