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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 
some knowledge of general agriculture, we should strive 
to improve conditions in the community. 
We may not live upon farms, but most of us are ac¬ 
quainted with farmers and may ask them about the 
amount of their farm products. Each member of the 
class providing information from some particular farm 
of the community will furnish enough information to 
decide what is the most important product. 
QUESTIONS 
1. Why is agriculture called the foundation of industry? 
2. In what way are you depending upon agriculture? 
3. What foods on your table come from the farm? 
4. Why do we say, “Knowledge is Power”? 
5. Why should boys and girls who do not expect to live upon 
a farm study agriculture? 
6. How are the occupations of men in your community in¬ 
fluenced by agriculture? 
7. What is the value of pets? 
8. W T hat is a community survey? 
9. Of what advantage is a community survey? 
10. Tell how to make a community survey. 
PRACTICAL WORK 
Exercise 1 
Object: Collecting and assembling information. 
Materials: Notebook, pencil, measuring equipment. 
Procedure: If you live upon a farm, collect the following 
information from your farm: (if you do not), visit a farm and 
obtain the information from the people operating it. 
1. Give the name of the owner of the farm. 
2. Give the location and size of the farm. 
3. Give the names of the owners of adjoining farms. 
4. List the crops raised upon the farm you are studying, and 
give the number of acres planted to each. 
5. How does the owner dispose of his crops? 
