APPENDIX 



DAIRY PROJECTS 



The project method of providing practice in dairying may be used 

 (1) in colleges and schools having a dairy equipment and also (2) in 

 schools having students living at home. 



Projects in College and School Dairies.— Under this plan the mem- 

 bers of the class are divided into several groups, the number varying with 

 the size of the dairy herd, etc. The projects may be pursued either ( 1 ) as 

 individual projects, or (2) as group projects. In the latter case, which 

 is more common, a captain of the group is appointed. Several groups are 

 first assigned to the production department of the dairy. Others are 

 assigned to the manufacturing laboratory. Perhaps another group or 

 individual is assigned to the marketing department. 



Each group in the production department should have a certain group 

 of cows to care for in every way — feeding, watering, bedding, cleaning, 

 milking, etc. Keep records of labor, feed, and milk. Charge the manu- 

 facturing department for milk produced and calculate the net returns and 

 the labor income. 



Each group in the manufacturing laboratory should take the milk 

 furnished from one or more barn groups, credit them with the amount of 

 fat in it, and prepare for market such products as butter, cheese, whole 

 milk, and cream. These products may in turn be charged to a marketing 

 group, if there be one. 



At convenient times in the term the instructor shifts the groups so 

 that all groups receive experience in all lines of dairy work. Each group 

 should be able to show satisfactory records of profit or labor income in its 

 mvn department. 



Home projects in dairying are planned for giving experience and 

 training to individual students. They furnish most training when they 

 include all three phases of the work : ( 1 ) Production, ( 2 ) manufacture, 

 and (3) marketing; but sometimes they are restricted to one or two of 

 these phases. On farms not well equipped for manufacturing dairy prod- 

 ucts, the most common form of the project is production of milk. This 

 should usually include the management of the entire herd — producers, 

 dry stock, and growing stock. A student may agree to take charge of the 

 dairy herd owned by his father or a neighbor. 



PROJECT OUTLINE 



The value of the herd is determined at that time and a detailed 

 invoice is made of all animals and other properties on hand at the time. 



The studies involved are given with citations to chapter numbers in 

 this text. The index should be used also. Preference of breeds (7-16). 

 Pure bred vs. grade stock (18). Importance of having a sire from a high 

 producing strain (18). Determining the value of dairy cows (6-12). 



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