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EXERCISE 25 

 A VISIT TO YOUNG STOCK RANGES 



Object. — To become familiar with actual range conditions and to dis- 

 criminate between good and bad range management. 



Equipment. — Access to one or more young stock ranges, if possible, of 

 varying sizes and of different arrangement and under different management. 



Procedure. — Step 1. — Determine the area of range. 



Step 2. — Determine into how many yards or plots the yard is divided. 



Step 3. — Determine how many lairds are reared on each range and what 

 breed is kept. 



Step 4. — Make an inventor}' of amount, kind, and cost of fence used to 

 inclose each range studied. 



Step 5. — ]\Iake an inventory of number, size, design, and cost of colony 

 houses on each range studied. 



Step 6. — Determine the cost of establishing a suitable range for one 

 thousand birds. 



Leading Questions. — 1. What range area should be allowed for each 

 one hundred chicks reared? 



2. What sizes of flocks are reared together? 



3. Is natural shade an asset? If so, what kind would you consider 

 most desirable? 



4. What crops are gro-u-n to provide green food? 



5. What arrangements are made for watering the flock? Are these 

 efficient? 



6. What arrangement is made for feeding dry mash? 



7. Are the colony houses elevated; if so, why? 



8. How many square feet of floor space is allowed for each one hundred 

 birds to be reared? 



9. How many Imear feet of perch is allowed for each one hundred birds? 



10. Are light and heav^' breeds gro\\Ti together on the same range? 

 What is the objection to this practice? 



11. Are birds of different ages grown together? What is the objection 

 to this practice? 



12. WhoX materials are used for litter in colony houses? 



13. How are the ranges rotated with reference to crop production and 

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