442 Effective Farming 



EXERCISES 



1. Classes of poultry. The teacher should get for class observa- 

 tion two or three fowls of each of the utility types and place them in 

 coops, or yards, near the school where they can be easily observed. Try 

 to get fowls of about the same age. For the meat type, use Brahma, 

 Cochin, or Langshan ; for the general purpose type, Plymouth Rock, 

 Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red, or Orpington ; for the egg type, Leg- 

 horn, Minorca, or Hamburg. (See Figs. 188 to 193.) 



2. Scoring of poultry. Making use of the score-card given on the 

 previous page, score several birds. This score-card is a very good one 

 and is arranged from the utility standpoint. 



REFERENCES 



Bailey, L. H., Cyclopedia of American Agriculture, Vol. Ill, pp. 525- 



587. The Macmillan Co. 



Standard of Perfection, American Poultry Association. Mansfield, O. 

 Watson, George C., Farm Poultry. The Macmillan Co. 

 Lewis, H. R., Poultry Laboratory Guide. The Macmillan Co. 

 Lewis, H. R., Productive Poultry Husbandry. Lippincott Co. 

 Joos, Robert, Success with Hens. Forbes and Co. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 200, Turkeys. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 697, Duck-Raising. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 684, Squab- Raising. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 452, Capons and Caponizing. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 471, Eggs and their Value as Food. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 682, A Simple Trap Nest for Poultry. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 445, Marketing Eggs through the Creamery. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 528, Hints to Poultry Raisers. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 287, Poultry Management. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 594, Shipping Eggs by Parcel Post. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 585, Natural and Artificial Incubation of Hens' Eggs. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 624, Natural and Artificial Brooding of Chickens. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 574, Poultry House Construction. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 562, Organization of Boys' and Girls' Poultry Clubs. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 530, Important Poultry Diseases. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 767, Goose Raising. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 791, Turkey Raising. 



Farmers' Bulletins 806 and 898, Standard Varieties of Chickens. 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin 464, Lessons on Poultry. 

 Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 353, 



The Interior Quality of Market Eggs. 



