10 BULLETIN 258, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



LESSON SEVEN. 

 SUBJECT : POULTRY. TOPIC : FEEDING EATING HENS. 



/Subtopics. — (1) The importance of feeding, (2) kinds of feeds, 

 (3) methods of feeding, and (4) grits and other substances. 



Class assignments. — Duggar's, pp. 306-309. Supplement the lesson 

 with notes from Farmers' Buls. 287, pp. 19-26, and 528, p. 10. 



Practical exercises. — Practice testing eggs. See directions in Farm- 

 ers' Buls. 287, p. 28, and 562, pp. 9, 10. 



Correlations. — Language : Describe a good egg and a bad egg as 

 they appear when tested. Drawing: Make drawings of good and 

 bad eggs as they appear when tested. Geography: Answer the fol- 

 lowing questions : Are the eggs tested in the homes of the community 

 before being marketed ? Are eggs sold to a general merchant, poul- 

 try dealer, or shipped by parcel post direct to the consumer? Are 

 eggs sold by the dozen or by the pound ? Locate on the map the com- 

 munity's principal egg market. How are eggs prepared to ship by 

 parcel post? (See Farmers' Bui. 594.) Arithmetic: Develop prob- 

 lems on the cost of feeding flocks of chickens at homes of the pupils 

 or flocks belonging to club members. Estimate 4 pounds of dry feed 

 daily to each 100 pounds of live weight of poultry. 



LESSON EIGHT. 



subject: crops, topics: (i) sugarcane; (2) peanuts. 



Sugar cane. — The plant, varieties, soils, fertilizers, yields, uses. 



Peanuts. — Importance, varieties, harvesting, uses, best type of soil 

 for successful growing. 



Class assignment. — Duggar's, pp. 154-161, 165, 166. Supplement 

 lesson with notes from Farmers' Bui. 431. 



Practical exercises. — (1) From what is sugar cane grown ? Exam- 

 ine several stalks to note the number of nodes (joints), the length of 

 the internodes at different parts of the stalk, the buds from which 

 young plants grow. (2) Carefully remove a number of peanut plants 

 from the soil. Examine the roots for tubercles. Are peanuts borne 

 on roots or stems? Take the nuts from several vines and measure or 

 weigh each lot separately. 



Correlations. — Language and drawing: Require members of the 

 class to write descriptions and make drawings of peanut plant, show- 

 ing all the parts. Arithmetic : Count the peanut plants on a plat 20 

 feet square. Find the average yield per vine. From these figures 

 develop problems as to the yield per acre and the value of an acre's 

 yield at local prices. 



