BEE-KEEPING 290 



REVIEW 



1. Tell what you can of the importance of the poultry industry 

 in this country. 



2. Give a list of the special esg-hwing breeds of chickens. How 

 manv colors of these have you heard of ? 



3. Give a list of the special meat breeds. 



4. What is meant by general-purpose breeds? For what are they 

 UHcd ? Name them. 



6. Describe a good location for a poultry house. 



6. Whv should chickens have a houso of th(nr own ? 



7. Tell of the i)laii for niUHlin windows for poultry houses. Why 

 are they used ? 



8. Mention some of the requirements of a good poultry house. 



9. Whv not use artificial heat in poultry houses 7 



10. Tell of some good wind-breaks for the poultry house. 



1 1 . Describe, or draw on paper, the inside arrangement of the poultry 

 house. 



12. Why are dust baths necessary for hens? 



i:{. Describe a good drinking fountain for chickens. 



14. What do poultry raisers mean by wet mash and dry mash ? 

 If). Why should some grain be thrown into the litter every day? 

 10. l^'Hcribe a daily ration for laying hens. (1) Wet system. (2) 



Dry HyHtein. 



17. What feeds will mipply Hucculcnce in winter? 



15. Tell liow to dcHtroy vermin on rooHtH and in neHtn. 



References. — United States Farmers' Bulletins: 61. Standard Vari- 

 efics (.1 CliKkensj 64, Ducks and Geese; 177, Squab liaising; 182, 

 I'ouli I \ IS 1 ood; 200, Turkeys; 234, The Guinea Fowl; 236, Incubation 

 and liHiil»u(»)rH; 287, Poultry Management; 355, A HucceHHfiil Poultry 

 and Dairy Farm; 367, MethodH of Poultry Management at the Maine 

 Aj^riciiltui-Ml l''xpi»riment Station; 31)0, Pheaaunt Uaiaing in the United 

 SiMics, i:,L', C'lpoiis and Caponizing. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

 BEE-KEEPINQ. 



When the subject of pollination of fruit trees was dis- 

 cussed two purposes of Ix'e-keepiu^; were MietilioinMl. The 

 production of lioiiey and the ])ollinatiou of fruit l)l()ss()inH are 

 })oth sources of profit on the farm. A fairly good .ia* unv 

 yield from a colony of })ees e.-icli scjison is forty pounds of 

 extracted liouey or fwenty-fixc ixuhhIs of cornh lioii(»y. 

 When honey is e\li:i(l cd fcom I he comh^ I he hccs ;ii<- not 



