424 SHEEP AND SWINE 



2. Make a pig and sheep census of your school district, giving the 

 number of each breed of animals as far as possible. 



:5. Write a story on " How My Father keeps his Pigs," or use sheep 

 instead of pigs in such a story. 



SUGGESTIONS 



Draw or construct models of hog houses. Send to your local 

 Experiment Station for plans. Correlate this work with that of the 

 manual arts. Even if ordinary paper pasted together must be used, it 

 will make the subject more real and lead to closer observation than 

 mere book work. Books are only helps in the study of agriculture. 

 The subject must be made real, practical, and fascinating. 



2. Select samples of pure cotton and wool, and make a list of all 

 the points of difference you can find. Determine the per cent of 

 cotton or wool in some common fabric. Get information on this 

 point from a local tailor. 



3. A score card for pig or sheep is also a very interesting means of 

 arousing interest in these animals. 



REKKKKNCKS 



Manual of Farm Animals. Harper. 

 Types and Breeds of Farm Animals. Plumb. 

 Sheep Farming in America. Wing. 

 American Merino. Powers. 

 Swine Husbandry- Colburn. 

 Home Pork Making. Fulton. 

 Hand Book of Nature Study. Comstock. 

 Farmers' Bulletins. Washington. D. C. 

 96. Raising Sheep for Mutton. 



1:5:5. Profitable Crops for Pigs. 



205. Pig Management. 



222. Market. Classes and Grades of Swine. 



329. Hogging off Corn. 



438. Hog Houses. 



566. Boys' Pig Clubs. 



Circular No. 30. Hog Raising in the South. 



Hog Feeding. Manhattan, Kansas. 



