526 A STUDY OF FARM ANIMALS 



IF YOU HAD "CHICKEN FEVER/' COULD YOU 



1. Describe the important features of the laying house? 



2. Explain the purpose of the fattening house? 



3. Describe a hover and its use? 



4. Tell of the construction and value of the colony house? 



5. Compare a good and a bad site for poultry buildings? 



6. Figure out the size of house you might need, and tell why? 



7. Compare the single and the double-pitch roof? 



8. Discuss the subject of window covering? 



9. Instruct in the essentials of perch construction? 



10. Tell where to place the nests and the size they should be made? 



SOME INTERESTING THINGS TO BRING TO SCHOOL 



11. A picture of the poultry yard at home, showing buildings. 



12. A picture of the best poultry building you know of in the vicinity. 



13. A drawing showing cross-section construction of some poultry 



house of which you know. 



14. A report on the roost arrangement in different poultry buildings. 



15. A report on the locations of a few poultry yards on different farms. 



16. A statement of the number of farmers in the vicinity who keep 



chickens but have no special poultry houses for them. 



