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Identifier: boysagricultural38hill (find matches)
Title: Boys' agricultural club work in the southern states
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Hill, I. W. (Isaac William), 1861-1945 Chambers, C. L. (Charles Leonard), 1884-
Subjects: Boys Southern States Societies and clubs 4-H clubs Southern States
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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o organize boysin kafir, milo maize, and feterita clubs. One acre is the unit for these clubs. Measuring the crop.—Weigh the grain sorghum in the head whenit is thoroughly cured. Then weigli out 100 pounds separately.Thrash the grain from this 100 pounds and weigli the thrashed grain.Multiply the weight of the grain in the head by the weight of thethrashed grain. Point off the two right-hand figures and divide by56. The result will be the yield in bushels of thrashed grain. BOYS CLUB WORK IX SOUTHERN STATES. COTTON CLUBS. Cotton is a standard crop in the South and in any system of diver-sified farming must occupy an important place. Therefore a fewcotton clubs have been organized for the purpose of teaching boyshow to make the greatest yields at the lowest cost. The unit of acre-age for cotton is 1 acre. SMALL GRAIN CLUBS. Small grain clubs have been organized in many States. Theseclubs should be organized wherever there is a demand for them. Theunit of acreage is one or more acres.
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Fig. 3.—A boys acre of peanuts, illustrating especially the important lesson of clean cultivation.Peanut growing is well adapted to club work and the importance of the crop isincreasing in the South. PEANUT CLUBS. Peanut clubs were first organized in 1914 in Virginia. These clubsproved to be quite successful and have been organized throughoutthe territory adapted to the growing of peanuts. (Fig. 3.) Theunit of acreage in peanut clubs is 1 acre. Measuring the crop.—To determine the yield in bushels, weigh the peanuts in the vine when they have been thoroughly cured. Then weigh out 100 pounds separately. Pick the peanuts from this 100 pounds and weigh the picked nuts. Multiply the weight of all the 114370°—19 2 10 DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR 38, C. S. DEPT. OE AGRICULTURE. nuts and vines by the weight of these picked nuts. Point off the tworight-hand figures and divide by 30, if the Spanish variety wasgrown, and by 22 if the Virginia variety was grown. The result willbe the yield in bush

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