TYPES OF INSTRUCTION 3 



dents but to all persons interested in the keeping of poultry, 

 whether beginners or experienced farmers. Such instruction gives 

 to the poultryman at his home the latest knowledge pertaining 

 to his work. It shows in a concise manner the results of recent 

 investigation and its practical application. 



Some of the methods of extension work are as follows: (1) 

 Extension lectures before agricultural and special poultry gather- 

 ings. (2) Railroad-train trips through centres of poultry produc- 

 tion (Fig 1). Teaching carried on by lectures and educational 

 exhibits. (3) Educational exhibits at fairs, poultry shows, and 

 grange picnics (Fig. 2). (4) The publication at regular intervals 



FIG. 2. A type of poultry educational exhibit. 



of home-reading-course circulars which tell in a concise way the 

 practical application of the latest findings from poultry experi- 

 ments. (5) Demonstrations showing improved and scientific 

 methods, such as killing, picking, caponizing, grading, and packing. 

 Correspondence courses allow of individual study of a prepared 

 set of lessons and practices; the benefit obtained depends upon 

 the practicability and completeness of the outlined lessons, and 

 the ability of the student to grasp the meaning and to pursue the 

 course until finished. The failure to study all lessons to the end 

 of the course often results in little good to those who attempt 

 gain their knowledge in this way. 



