BEE-KEEPING 321 



REVIEW 



1. Tell what you can of the importance of the poultry industry 

 in this country. 



2. Give a list of the special egg-laying breeds of chickens. How 

 many colors of these have you heard of ? 



3. Give a list of the special meat breeds. 



4. What is meant by general-purpose breeds ? For what are they 

 used ? Name them. 



5. Describe a good location for a poultry house. 



6. Why should chickens have a house of their own ? 



7. Tell of the plan for muslin windows for poultry houses. Why 

 are they used ? 



8. Mention some of the requirements of a good poultry house. 



9. Why not use artificial heat in poultry houses ? 



10. Tell of some good wind-breaks for the poultry house. 



11. Describe, or draw on paper, the inside arrangement of the poultry 

 house. 



12. Why are dust baths necessary for hens ? 



13. Describe a good drinking fountain for chickens. 



14. What do poultry raisers mean by wet mash and dry mash ? 



15. Why should some grain be thrown into the litter every day ? 



16. Describe a daily ration for laying hens. (1) Wet system. (2) 

 Dry system. 



17. What feeds will supply succulence in winter? 



18. Tell haw to destroy vermin on roosts and in nests. 



References. United States Farmers' Bulletins: 51, Standard Varie- 

 ties of Chickens; 791, Turkeys; 287, Poultry Management; 390, 

 Pheasant Raising; 452, Capons and Caponizing; 497, Game and Aquatic 

 Birds; 528, Poultry Hints; 530, Poultry Diseases; 562, Poultry Clubs; 

 574, Poultry Houses; 585, Incubation; 594 and 703, Eggs by Post; 

 624, Brooding; 656, Egg Circles; 682, Trap Nests; 684, Squabs; 697, 

 Ducks; 767, Goose Raising. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

 BEE=KEEPINQ. 



WHEN the subject of pollination of fruit trees was dis- 

 cussed two purposes of bee-keeping were mentioned. The 

 production of honey and the pollination of fruit blossoms are 

 both sources of profit on the farm. A fairly good average 

 yield from a colony of bees each season is forty pounds of 

 extracted honey or twenty-five pounds of comb honey. 

 When honey is extracted from the combs the bees are not 



