30 ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



3. SOME THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW WHO OWNS 



OR HANDLES A HORSE. (30 minutes.) 



4. ZOOLOGY OF THE HORSE; A NATURE STUDY. (Illus 



trated with chart and specimens) (30 minutes.) 



BRUCKHART, J. W. Lititz, Lancaster County, Pa.: 



1. POULTRY ON THE FARM. (40 minutes or less.) 



How to raise the chicks. The incubators and the brooders on 

 the farm. Poultry for eggs. Poultry for broiler and roast- 

 er. Poultry for local and. for distant markets. How to 

 prepare poultry for market. Poultry diseases. Their pre- 

 vention and cure. Thoroughbred poultry on the farm. 



2. BETTER POULTRY, AND MORE OF IT. (40 minutes or less.) 

 Poultry houses and yards. Improving the breeding stock. 



The care and the management of growing chicks. Feeding 

 for best results. When and what to cull, and to market. 

 Thoroughbred fowls versus mongrels. Poultry exhibitions 

 as educators. 



3. POULTRY ON A CITY LOT. (35 minutes or less.) 

 Profitable poultry in limited quarters. The necessary and the 



unnecessary surroundings. Sanitary conditions. Incuba- 

 tors and brooders. Strictly fresh poultry products. 



4. PROFITABLE MARKET GARDENING. (40 minutes or less.) 

 Selecting a location. Preparing the soil. What to raise 



Specialty crops. Enriching the soil, Thorough cultivation. 

 Irrigation. Selecting seeds and plants. The art of market- 

 ing. 



5. STRAWBERRY CULTURE. (25 to 35 minutes.) 

 Selecting varieties, How to secure strong plants. When to 



plant. Thorough cultivation. Fertilizers. Irrigation. 

 Winter protection. Gathering the berries. Successful 

 marketing 



BURNS, J. S., Imperial, R. D. F. No. 1, Allegheny County, Pa.: 



1. CORN. (30 minutes.) 



Breeding and selection of seed. Preparing for a cultivation of. 



2. BREEDING AND CARE OF SWINE. (30 minutes.) (Illus- 



trated.) 

 Breed and care must go together. Proper food for breeding 

 animals and young swine. Convenient houses, feeding 

 troughs, etc. Proper mating. What is a good specimen. 



3. SHEEP HUSBANDRY. (25 minutes.) 



Adaptability of breeds to different conditions, but is treated 

 largely from the standpoint of producing early lambs. 



4. GROWING AND PRESERVING PORK FOR FAMILY USE. 



(35 minutes.) 

 How to grow it in order to have meat of good quality. How to 

 J preserve it in order to retain these good qualities. 



