32 BULLETIN" 521, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
Culms : 
Number per plant (average 10 plants) 
Height — inches (average 10 plants) 
Position : Erect, decumbent at base, decumbent 
Size : Coarse, medium, slender 
Shape : Round, elliptical, lenticular 
Color: 
Foliage : 
Abundance : Abundant, medium, scanty 
Distribution: Basal foliage, abundant, culm foliage, abundant 
Leaf sheath: Smooth, downy, scabrous, split to node, partly split, 
closed 
Leaf blade : 
Length — average of 5 
Width — average of 5 
Position : Erect, ascending, drooping 
Midrib : Prominent, medium, indistinct 
Surface : Smooth, downy, rough 
Color : Shade of green 
Adapted for : Pasture, hay, both, lawn, etc 
Inflorescence (if present) : 
Shape: Panicle, open and spreading, compressed, spikelike 
Length — average of 5 
Number of flowers per spikelet 
Color: 
Exercise 34. — Identification of Seeds of Grasses and Legumes. 
Purpose: To familiarize students with common farm seeds. 
Directions: After students have become familiar with the seeds 
of the grasses suggested in Exercise 33, mixtures of the seeds should 
be made and the students required to separate them. The same re- 
quirements may be made with regard to seeds of the following 
legumes: Alfalfa, sweet clover, red clover, alsike, white clover, bur 
clover, Japan clover, crimson clover, and yellow trefoil. It will be 
necessary to give special attention to seeds which look alike, such as 
alfalfa and sweet clover. A hand lens will be found useful in this 
work. 
Record and report: Drawings of the seed magnified about 10 
diameters should accompany a brief description of each variety. 
Lesson 50. — The Millets. 
Special references. — The following Farmers' Bulletins : 101, Millets ; 168. Pearl 
Millet. 
Lesson 51. — Meadows. 
1. Management and care of natural meadows. 
2. Soils and fertilizers. 
3. Meadow mixtures. 
4. Establishing and maintaining the meadows. 
