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Give some green food, oyster shells, and grits. Keep a record of egg 

 production, and after some weeks report to the school. 



12. Make up two pens of hens. Feed alike, except to give one pen 

 oyster shells, and allow none to the other. Keep a record of the num- 

 ber and condition of the eggs, and report. 



13. Prepare what you believe to be a good ration of home-grown 

 feeds for growing chickens, and bring a sample to school for inspection 

 and criticism. 



14. Report on the -rations fed by any two or more poultrymen in 

 the community in which you live. 



