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BULLETIN 464, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



or scrub; number of adult hens, adult males, this season's chickens 

 at date; method of incubation; aim, commercial or domestic; number 

 of fowls to be fattened for market; improvements planned for this 

 season. 



REFERENCES. 



Nearly all the subject matter for class discussion and instructions 

 needed for home-project work will be found in bulletins available 

 either free or at a nominal cost. Nearly every State agricultural 

 college has published one or more poultry bulletins, and in many 

 cases the extension service of the college has issued circulars suited 

 to school use. These should be obtained by addressing the dean of 

 the agricultural college. 



The Farmers' Bulletins of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture cited in this bulletin cover most of the topics to be studied 



Fig. 3.— Map chart of all fowls on farms— census of 1910. (Similar charts of farms in district are sug- 

 gested.) 



and are suited to the pupils' reading and study. Bulletins in this 

 list will be sent free, so long as the supply lasts, to any resident of 

 the United States, on application to his Senator, Representative, or 

 Delegate in Congress, or the editor and chief Division of Publica- 

 tions, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

 Because of the limited supply, applicants are urged to select only a 

 few numbers, choosing those which are of special interest to them and 

 ordering but one copy of each. When this free supply has been 

 exhausted, a limited number are yet for sale. One should apply to 

 the Superintendent of Documents, Government . Printing Office, 



