Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-10-09

Study mosquito; collect eggs, lar
vac, and pupae from stagnant wa
ter; rain barrels, or pools. Follow
out the life history. 5=
Study the Clovers. Habit of
growth, flower, stem, root, uses.
3rd Division. Z
Continue farm calendar. Make a
special study of corn; its culture
and improvement; make drawings
OF the entire plant when mature;
study roots, stem, leaves, kind and
arrangement on the stem; ear, posi-
tion and attachment. Be able to Sc
lect good ears for. seed. Drying
and storing of seed corn. Make
pupils familiar with the following
ways of drying seed corn; the rack,
corn tree, double string method.
Time to select seed corn and why:
Prices for good seed corn. Varieties
OF corn grown in neighborhood.
History of two or three varieties.
Simple introduction to use of score
card. What factors are involved
in marketing corn? ~".-.
Find out what you can about 81
los; material used, cost, size, etc.
(rhis is fine material for arithme-
tic.)
Continue the study of chickens,
Study the characteristics of the
Plymouth Rock and compare it
with other breeds with reference to
number of eggs produced per year,
as table fowl, hardness. Housing
Of chickens. Material used, size,
construction, cost, ventilation, etc,
Feeding and care for chickens. In
cubation and how to regulate some
one Of the latest makes of incuba-
tors. How to select good fowls.
How to keep esq records. The
trap-nest. l@.sss&>:@
Continue the study of fruits, u.s.
ing the outline for division No. 2.
Forage crops. Study the grasses,
those best adapted for meadow, for
pasture, varieties found in the
neighborhood. : Make special
study of alfalfa, clovers, timothy,
red top and learn to know all you
can about the sroot-system of the
clover and alfalfa. Value of these
for food. Make comparative study
Of the forage crops above mention
ed. How to prepare the soil for
Malta On Mha /. ind Mill
alfalfa grow best? How much
seed to sow per acre. Is a nurse
crop used? What is legume?
Name the legumes. -
References for the Work for Octo-
ber. :
Cir, No. 10, Oregon Agricultural
College.
Bulletin No. 1872, Farm Poultry
Houses, Iowa State College of Agri-
culture, Ames, Iowa.
Bulletin No. 1872, Poultry as Food
u. S. D. A., WASH, D. C: =
Bulltin No. 124, Some factors in
fluencing the Vigor of f~ Incubator
Chickens, Agri. Experiment Station
| Morgantown, w. Va.
Bulletin No. 227, Poultry Manage
ment, U. S. D. A., Washington, D. C
Bulletin No. ga, Ducks and Geese
U. S. D. A., Washington, D. G.
Bulletin No. IA, The Biology o1
Poultry Keeping, Maine Agr. Elk
Station, Orono, Maine. ~
Cir. No. 81, Housing Farm Poul-
try, Purdue University, Lafayette
Indiana.
Bulletin No. 81, Standard Varie-
ties of Chickens, U. S: D. A., Wash
ington, D. G..
Bulletin No. 119, Poultry, Univer-
sity of Minnesota, st. Paul, MINI.
Bulletin No. 128, Eggs and theil
| uoCo do IOOu, ~ -. -. a., w dSllIlIS-
ton, D. C. -.
Bulletin No. 1871, Egg Preserva-
tion, Agr. Expert. Station, Raleigh
North Carolina.
Press Bulletin No. 36, A layine
house for hens, Agr. College, Fargo
N. D. .-~s
l
Bulletin No. II, Preserving Eggs
Washington State Agr. College
Pullman, Washington.
Bulletin No. 215, Poultry House
Construction, Agr. Elk. Station, Ma.
Olson, Wisconsin. -
Bulletin No. 120, Poultry Expert.
ments, Penn. State College Of Ayr.
Center County, Penn.
Bulletin No. PA, Essentials ii
Profitable Egg Production, Agr. Ex
Station, New Jersey. =s .--.~r...: r.
Bulletin No. 179, Poultry Notes, {;
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