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(2) Working out Problems of Feeding. Such questions as 

 these might naturally present themselves : 



A. To what extent should there be a variety of feeds'? 



B. What relationship do feeding and exercise bear to each other? 



Should dry grain be fed in the litter, or be fed in hoppers, or 

 both? What differences should there be, if any, between feed- 

 ing on free range and feeding in confinement 1 ? 



C. What part should grit, oyster shells or charcoal form of the ration, 



and for what reasons? 



D. To what extent might feeds be grown at home, and to what extent 



must they be bought on the market? 



4. Other minor projects within the major project of " Keep- 

 ing a Pen of Poultry," which might also be analyzed into 

 numerous subordinate minor projects, each necessary to the suc- 

 cessful performance of the larger minor project and the major 

 project of which it forms a part, are: 



(1) The production of eggs with profit. 



(2) The production of chicks by incubator. 



(3) The care of chicks by artificial brooding. 



(4) The rearing of chicks. 



(5) The handling of young stock. 



(6) The fattening and killing of poultry. 



(7) The marketing of eggs and birds. 



In like manner, every major project similar to those hereto- 

 fore described, chosen by the school for purposes of instruction, 

 might be analyzed into the minor projects of which it was com- 

 posed, both in order that the various activities of the boy in the 

 successful accomplishment of the major project might be effec- 

 tively directed and supervised, and, as we shall see later on, in 

 order that the theories and principles related to the different 

 phases of his task might be given at the time when they would 

 be most effective from the practical and the educational points 

 of view. 



Three factors must, it is believed, determine the measure of 

 success in any given plan of part-time work in agriculture: 

 (1) the farmer and his farm; (2) the school and its agricul- 

 tural supervisor; (3) the boy and his projects. 



1. The farmer and his farm must constitute the fundamental 



