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Requirements August 1911 until October 1914

1. State different tests with grains.
2. Grow at least an acre of corn with products 25 per cent. better that the general average.
3. Be able to identify and describe common weeds of the community, and tell how best to eliminate them.
4. Be able to identify the common insects and tell how best how to handle them.
5. Have a practical knowledge of plowing, cultivating, drilling, hedging, and draining.
6. Have a working knowledge of farm machinery, haymaking reaping loading and stacking.
7. Have a general acquaintance of the routine seasonal work on the farm, including the care of cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs.
8. Have a knowledge of Campbell's Soil Culture principle, and a knowledge of dry farming and of irrigation farming.

Requirements October 1914 until November 1927

1. Explain the nature of soil, its texture, its need of water, of air, and of plant and animal life; what the soil does for the plant, and how the soil may be improved.
2. Make a seed tester and test the germination of three chosen varieties of seeds,--100 seeds of each variety.
3. Identify and describe ten common weeds of the community and tell how best to eliminate them.
4. Identify six common insect pests, tell what plants they usually infest, and how best to control them.
5. Have a practical knowledge, for his locality, of plowing, cultivating, harrowing, disking, draining, and harvesting, and the purposes of each. Describe also the farm implements used in each case.
6. Tell how plants are propagated,--by seeds, roots, cuttings, tubers, buds, and grafts. Explain where plants get their food and how they grow.
7. Explain how to read a weather map, know weather signals, and the making of local observations.
8. Name and distinguish ten common birds of his locality, and state their value to the farmer.