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Rural School Leaflet 





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POULTRY NOTES 

 The Editors 

 T would be an excellent arrangement if in every rural 

 district there were a well-developed poultry farm that 

 the teacher might find available for some school les- 

 l{, sons and experiences. It would be all the more useful 

 fe, for educational work if turkeys, ducks, geese, and 

 Bji)^ guinea fowls were included among the domestic fowls, 

 ri^f^!,' for there is much intellectual and practical benefit 

 IPT"' /^l to be gained from studying the history, the modem 

 {j development, and the possibility of adding to the in- 

 come by using modem methods of raising poultry for 

 home use and for market. If there is no- such poultry 

 farm in the neighborhood, the teacher will doubtless 

 -^ be able to find some one who is a successful jjoultry 

 raiser, and may be able to secure his cooperation 

 in interesting the children in better and more 

 economical poultry raising. 



All through the fall and winter days there will 

 be occasions for discussing poultry. Many teachers now have the 

 children bring a hen, chickens, or other kinds of poultr3% to school to be 

 studied there, and this adds interest. Young folk are specially interested 

 in this work about Thanksgiving time, and their efforts might be aroused 

 in making a survey of the poultr}^ in the community. The teacher could 

 direct the survey along the following lines : 



1. Who owns the largest flock of poultry in the district? 



2. How many kinds of poultry are included in it? How many breeds 

 and varieties are represented? Why are these breeds and varieties se- 

 lected ? 



3. How are the birds housed? How fed? 



4. Make a list of all the breeds and varieties of poultry to be 

 found in the district, and leam the distinctive characters of each 

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5. How many farmers in the district raise poultry for market? How 

 are the products marketed ? 



Perhaps it will be possible, in some communities, to raise a brood of 

 chickens at the school. This has already been done, and has afforded 

 some very interesting and profitable work for the boys and girls. Man\' 

 of the lessons in this leaflet could be taught in a concrete way that would 

 add value to the instruction. 



Any rural teacher who contemplates having a brood of chickens at the 

 school next spring, will find the following plan suggestive: 



