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EXERCISE 1 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICA'S POULTRY 



INDUSTRY 



Object. To study the distribution and centers of production of poultry 

 products in the United States and in certain individual states. 



Equipment. Assorted colored crayons, or red, blue and black ink; a 

 large atlas of the United States and of the individual states that are being 

 studied; complete drafting equipment. 



Procedure. After fastening accompanying maps firmly and properly 

 to drawing board, proceed as follows: 



Step- 1. Locate with special colored crayon or ink the large cities and 

 intensive centers of population which are naturally the heavy-consuming 

 centers. 



Step 2. Locate on the map of the United States the specialized centers 

 of production discussed in Productive Poultry Husbandry on page 10, also 

 locate any other districts which are of enough significance to claim distinction. 

 Different colors should be used to designate special egg- and meat-producing 

 centers, also special marks to designate intensive and extensive practices. 



Step 3. Locate in the same manner, as above, all places of importance 

 relating to the poultry industry in the individual state being studied. 



Step 4. Locate in a distinctive manner all large shipping points of 

 poultry products and all important wholesale receiving centers. 



Step 5. Locate by lines the leading transportation routes over which 

 these poultry products must travel to reach the consumer. 



Leading Questions. 1. Name the three greatest egg and poultry con- 

 suming centers in the United States. 



2. Name the states which produce the great bulk of America's eggs, in 

 the order of their importance. 



3. Enumerate and give locations and characteristics of three intensive 

 egg-producing centers in the United States. 



4. Locate and describe three distinctive meat-producing sections in the 



United States. 



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