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Merit Badges
- Legend to identify Merit Badges
- 1910 British Merit Badges
- Square 1911 - 33
- Wide Crimped 1934 & 35
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Narrow Tan Crimped 1936 - 42
- Tan Heavyweight Cloth with Silk Embroidery and Printed Back 1936 - 37
- Tan Heavyweight Cloth with Silk Embroidery and Plain Back 1937 - 38
- Tan Lightweight Cloth with Silk Embroidery and Plain Back 1938 - 39
- Tan Lightweight Cloth with Cotton Continuous Loop Embroidery and Plain Back 1939 - 42
- Tan Lightweight Cloth with Cotton Lockstitch Embroidery and Plain Back 1939 - 42
- Blue Background 1942 - 46
- Wartime 1942 - 46
- Khaki Narrow Crimped 1946 - 59
- Green Twill Gauze Back 1960 - 68
- Fully Embroidered Merrowed Edge 1960 - 72
- Unprinted Plastic Back 1972 - 01
- Printed Plastic Back 2002 - Current
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Merit Badge Paper
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Merit Badge Pamphlets
- Type 1 White Cover - Rectangle Drawing On Cover
- Type 2 White Cover 5-375" x 8" Title at Top
- Type 3A Tan Cover - 200 Fifth Avenue
- Type 3B Tan Cover - 2 line address New York City
- Type 3C Tan Cover - 2 line address New York N.Y.
- Type 3D Tan Cover - 1 line address New York N.Y.
- Type 4 Standing Scout Cover
- Type 5A War Cover
- Type 5B Red and White
- Type 6 Photo-Red Cover
- Type 7 Full Photo Cover or Bulls-eye Cover
- Type 8 Full Photo - Green Stripe Cover
- Type 9 Full Photo - Red Stripe Cover
- Type 10A Blue Stripe - Logo above bottom blue stripe - FDL centered
- Type 10B - Blue Stripe in bottom of photo area. FDL to left of text
- Special Covers
- Boy Craft Helps
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Youth Position
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- Scribe
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- Instructor
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- Den Chief
- Librarian
- Musician
- Webmaster
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- Unit Representative
- Leadership Corps
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- Patrol Medallions
Fig. 1: SmaGra-H1-Front
- Embroidery: Cotton thread
- Border: Merrowed
Fig. 2: SmaGra-H1-Reverse
- Back: Blue plastic with waffle pattern
Item Name: Small Grains 1972 - 1975
Item ID: SmaGra-H1
Collector Rating: 1
Requirements June 1972 until 1975
1. Show on a map of the United States where the following crops are grown in volume: rye, oats, barley, wheat, rice, flax, corn, soybeans, sorghum.
2. Run a germination test of 100 seeds each for two of the above crops raised where you live. Tell how you would treat these seeds to control disease.
3. Make a drawing of a field on which grain is to be grown. Show how you would control erosion. Describe crop rotation, strip farming, and contour farming.
4. Show in an outdoor seedbed or large box filled with soil how to prepare a seedbed. Plant two small grains native to where you live.
5. Explain steps farmers take to protect crops from disease and insects. Tell how they protect stored crops from rodents.
6. Make an exhibit of three or more grain crops. Show it at a school, fair, or Scout show. Include root systems, stems, leaves, and seeds.
7. Do THREE of the following:
(a) Collect, bottle, and label seeds of three grains grown where you live. Mark the variety and where grown. Show the number of days from planting to harvest.
(b) Do a soil conservation project. Describe how it was done. Give the results.
(c) Explain how you would prepare the field for two grains grown where you live. Give dates and methods of planting. Tell the amount of seed per acre. Describe "certified" seed.
(d) Help to harvest a crop of grain. Describe a combine and how it works.
(e) Visit a grain elevator, a seed sales plant, or a grain marketing center. Take notes. Write about what you learned.
(f) Visit a grocery store. List the grain products sold. Describe how one of these products is made.
(g) Prepare and serve a hot cereal food at home or camp. Describe protein and other food ingredients in cereal and grain products. Tell how they contribute to health.
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.