LESSONS ON POULTRY FOE RURAL SCHOOLS. 



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LESSON THREE. 



SUBJECT: POULTRY HOUSES AND YARDS. 



OCTOBER. 



Topics for study. — Divide the study if some of the pupils are to 

 construct new houses. 



(1) Old houses: Drain the floor, replace earth and litter with fresh 

 material. Procure sufficient light and ventilation. Clean out all 

 rubbish. Disinfect roosts, nests, and other equipment. Whitewash 

 the inside walls of the house. Be sure roof will not leak. Recon- 

 struct any roosts, nests, etc., which are unsuitable. 



(2) New houses: What location for light and drainage? What 

 relation to yards and other buildings? How much floor space? 

 Style of house. Best roof for the location. What arrangement of 



Fig. G.— A model of a poultry house used on the Government farm at Beltsville, Md., suggesting how 



pupils may make models. 



doors, windows, and open spaces? Ventilation how? Best arrange- 

 ment of nests, roosts, and equipment. 



(3) Yards and fences: Value of free range. Value of alternate 

 yard system, one growing crop and one being pastured. Relation 

 of fencing to the breed of fowls. Fencing for or against chicks. 

 Fall green feed in yards. Fall sowing in alternate yard for spring 

 feed (see p. 28). Value of the orchard as a range. 



References. — Farmers' Bulletins 574; 287, pp. 7-19; 355, pp. 21-25; 

 682; 480, pp. 8-16. Nearly every State has literature on houses 

 adapted to its own climate. 



Home projects. — Each pupil should arrange at once for the proper 

 housing of his flock. Have each apply the lessons learned from the 

 references. Keep daily accounts of expense, feed, labor, and income. 

 See forms pages 30-32. 



