2 • BULLETIN 464, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



THE PROJECT.i 



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 Every pupil who has not already a home project or a club project 

 should be induced to begin in September a project with a flock of 

 hens or pullets, the size and scope of the project depending upon the 

 maturity of the pupil, on home conditions, and on parental coopera- 

 tion. One of the following cases may be met: 



(1) Purchase of a new flock by the pupil. 



(2) Flock previously reared by the pupil, possibly as a club member. 



(3) A part of the parents' flock selected and ownership transferred to the pupil. 



POULTRY HOME PROJECT. 



ADMW7XGES <4S SCHOOL WORK '• 



/. /Nl/OLVES ALL PNASES OFAN/MAL STC/Oy 

 BREED/MG,/-/OCS/NG, FEED/NG, SAN/TAT/ON. 



2. L/FE CYCLE OF HEN NOT LONG. 



3. OA/Ly ACCOUNT/NG REQU/RED. 



4. /MPROl/EMENT FPELAT/1/ELY EASy 



5. EAS/Ly COORD/NATED W/TN PLANT PROJECTS. 



6. CORRELATES READ/Ly IV/TR OTNER BRANCHES. 



7. ELAST/C/Ty/NA/M, S/ZE OF FLOCKS, AREA ETC. 



8. PARENTS READ/Ly COOPERATE. 



Fig. 1. — Chart showing value of poultry as a school subject. 



(4) Management of the above without ownership. 



(5) Management of the entire farm flock. 



Ownership or partnership is very desirable, so that the interest 

 may be keener and the lessons better learned. 



Have an agreement (written, if possible) with the parents as to the 

 plan of cooperation and the terms of ownership, profit sharing, etc. 



1 The term "home project" applied to instruction in elementary and secondary agriculture, includes 

 each of the following requisites: (1) There must be a plan for work at home covering a season more or less 

 extended; (2) it must he a part of the instruction in agriculture of the school; (3) there must he a problem 

 more or less new to the pupil; (4) the parents and pupil should agree with the teacher upon the r>lan; (5) 

 some competent person must supervise the. home work; (6) detailed records of time, method, cost, and 

 income must bo honestl y kept; and (7) a written report based on the record must be submitted to the teacher. 

 This report may be in the form of a booklet. The club project should be identical with the home project 

 from the school point of view. 



