LESSONS ON POULTRY FOE RURAL SCHOOLS. 19 



Exercises. — Utilize pamphlets issued by poultry-supply houses. 

 If many pupils are to use an incubator, it may be desirable to have 

 a demonstration at school or elsewhere. 



The teacher should not take the authority to have an incubator 

 run at school, because of fire risks. 



Correlations. — Locate the sections which make a specialty of high- 

 grade eggs for incubation, using advertisements and articles in 

 poultry papers for information. Inquire into the history of artificial 

 incubation. Compute the added profit and rate of gain for each 

 pupil if all the eggs from his flock for one stated month had been 

 sold for incubation at $1 a dozen. 



LESSON NINE. 



SUBJECT: MARKETING EGGS. 



EARLY MARCH. 



Topics for study. — What does the market demand as to color, grade, 

 and style of packing of eggs ? How gather ? How sort and grade ? 



Fig. 11.— Some of the apparatus needed in teaching parcel-post shipment of eggs. 



How and when test eggs ? What shall be done with eggs from a 

 stolen nest ? Be sure to remove males from laying flock. 



Delivery of eggs. Individual customers. Selling to local retailers 

 or to hucksters. Dealing with commission houses. The community 

 egg circle. Stamping and dating eggs. Shipping by parcel post; 

 by express. Protection from heat and from other damage. Avoid 

 loss from poor grading and obtain a reputation for a high-class article. 

 Sell frequently, especially on a falling market. 



References. — Farmers] Bulletins 287, p. 40; 528, pp. 10, 11; 562, 

 pp. 10, 11; 594; 656; 682; Farmers' Institute Lecture No. 17, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. 



