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Show Boy's Aglicultural Club High School ProfciNors to (!he In-Ntmciloii4 In-Ntmciloii4 in Agriculture During Slimmer .Months. Professors lloniilou mid Hanks, who hnvo been employed by tho local school board to continue agriculture Instruction with eighth grndo graduates grad-uates and high school students during dur-ing tho summer months, hnvo gotten out tho following Instructions that must bo reported on by tho students: Small (iralnx. Soil (a) depth; (b) kind sand, loam, clay, gravel Preceding crop. Fcrtlllzer-r-KInd (norso, cow, sheop, etc.); ago (fresh or well rotted, how treated); composition K. N. P. and commorclal aluo of these elements; local price of manure cost of applying, apply-ing, amount per ncre, tlmo of year applied (beforo or after plowing). Plowing Record date, depth, cost, kind of plow. Harrowing, leellng, disking Record Re-cord date, cost, kind of tool. Seeding Record condition of seed bed, how treated for smut, kind of seedor, amount of seed per aero, cost of seed and of labor, kind of seed. Stand obtained. Irrigation Dates of, amount of water used, how mensurcd, cost of water and of application, amount of run-off. Harvesting (a) Cutting, date 'of, machine used, cost or cutting ;(b) shocking, dato or, cost of, kind of shock; (c) hauling, dato or, cost qt whoro and how stacked; (d) threshing, thresh-ing, dato or. cost, ylold (grain, straw). Storing Kind or building. Marketing Where, cost or, price. Summary: (u) Total cost or production pro-duction (must Includo taxes on water nnd land nnd Interest on Investment) . (b) Totnl vnluo or crop (grain, straw, pasturage), (c) Not profit. Note anything extraordinary observed ob-served In growing tho crop. Point out errors, dinicultles and make helpful criticisms. |