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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 
4. How does the kind of seeds determine the kind of crop we 
will grow? 
5. How much corn may be produced by one good ear of seed? 
6. Tell how to destroy weevils and moths in seed. 
7. What are fungi? 
8. Tell how to prevent fungous growth in plants. 
9. Explain three simple methods of testing seeds. 
Fig. 130.—A blotting paper tester. 
10. Of what advantage is seed testing in practical farming? 
11. Is it best to buy seed corn on the ear or shelled? 
12. What methods of seed testing would you use for testing 
seed cotton, wheat, oats, and clover? 
13. What are the objections to planting old seed? 
14. How do you estimate the percentage of seeds that ger¬ 
minate? 
PRACTICAL WORK 
Exercise 1 
Object: To test the germination of seed corn. 
Materials: Seed corn stored during the previous fall. Strips 
of muslin one foot wide and fifty-four inches long. Heavy paper 
