4 BULLETIN 464, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



assemble these reports and records, together with selected pictures, 

 and fasten them within heavy covers as the " booklet" or the final 

 project report. See forms pages 30-32. 



ORGANIZED CLUB PROJECTS. 



The State agent in charge of club work at the State agricultural 

 college will cooperate with the local teacher in the organization of 

 poultry clubs and will usually help to arrange for the supervision of 

 home work, which is the most difficult problem in practical agricul- 

 tural instruction. Farmers' Bulletin 562 is devoted to this subject. 

 New poultry clubs are usually organized about January 1, but the 

 pupils should not postpone all home work until that time. 



School credit for the home project should preferably be given as a 

 part of the rank for the course in poultry. In such a case the 

 home project becomes fundamental and the school lessons a means 

 toward accomplishing the practical end, so that the rank and credit 

 are given on the work as a whole. The weight given to this credit is 

 not to be in proportion to the number of fowls kept, but, assuming 

 that enough are kept to make the work worth while, in proportion 

 to the phases of poultry management developed and the application 

 of principles learned. The subject of school credit for home practice 

 in agriculture is developed in United States Department of Agriculture 

 Bulletin 385. 



CHARTS AND CHART MAKING. 



Most of the illustrations in this bulletin are chosen with a view to 

 showing teachers how to provide charts, models, and other illustrative 

 material as well as how to illustrate poultry topics. Large sheets of 

 manila paper or cloth charts may be used. Lettered charts, such 

 as figures 1 and 2, may be used to emphasize certain principles. 

 District surveys may be arranged on chart forms such as those given 

 on page 25, but should also be put on a copy of the district map as 

 is suggested in the census map in figure 3. Do similar work for other 

 animals and crops. 



Relative gams and losses, total productions, and other results may 

 be charted by the graphic method shown in figure 10 (p. 17), espe- 

 cially where the fluctuations during a period of time are not taken 

 into account. Fluctuations may best be shown on a vertical chart 

 as in figure 7 (p. 13). Have the pupils practice first in charting the 

 rise and fall of the daily temperature and then make graphic records 

 of the laying of their home flocks. This will enable them to interpret 

 such charts as figure 8 which shows the effect of animal feed in the 

 ration . 



Pictures selected to show contrasts may be cut out of farm papers 

 and mounted as in figure 4. In some cases it may be desired to con- 

 trast two varieties of fowls which are somewhat alike. 



