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2. Show how to make a balanced ration for sheep for 

 the month of January in your locality. 



3. Demonstrate how to judge the sheep. Use drawing, 

 photograph or chart. 



4. Demonstrate how to judge a lamb for mutton pur- 

 poses. Use an animal in this case if possible. 



5. Show how to judge sheep for wool purposes. Use 

 the animal in this case. 



5. Sheep Play Contests 



1. Breed naming contests. 



2. Wool fabric judging contest. A number of small 

 pieces of various kinds of wool cloth, mixed with half wool 

 and half cotton pieces, and some cotton pieces can be 

 placed before the pupils with a view to teaching them 

 how to distinguish between all-wool, part-wool, or cotton 

 goods.' 



3. Essay writing contest on "The Life History of 

 Sheep." 



4. Sheep or lamb judging contest. 



5. Five-minute extemporaneous speaking contest. In 

 this contest have club members obtain all kinds of informa- 

 tion with a view to making a speech either for or against the 

 production of sheep on the average farm of the community. 

 The object of this is to have them use the information ob- 

 tained from the text, investigations, etc., and apply this by 

 means of argument to their own farming conditions. 



6. Sheep Club Projects 



There are two practical club projects in connection with 

 this line of work: the mutton production club, and the 

 wool production club. 



' Mutton production club. In connection with this 

 club project the members are to take from one to a dozen 

 spring lambs and care for them, keeping a record for a 



