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Requirements January 1957 until June 1972

1. Grow a patch of corn of not less than 300 square feet, if planted to some standard variety, or a smaller plot if devoted to a new, experimental variety. (Speak to your merit badge counselor before planting.)

2. Keep an accurate and complete record of costs, hours of work, seed, other materials, and yield.

3. Submit your record, with samples of yield, to your counselor, and describe the modern methods of corn farming.

This merit badge may be earned as a 4-H'er by completing a club project in that subject or as an FFA member by meeting these requirements through the FFA supervised farming program.