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stormy days. (2) Pupils that have not baby beeves should assume 

 the care of colts. Follow rations suggested the previous month. See 

 that the colts are well housed at night and on stormy days. Begin 

 handling the colts as much as possible. Get them accustomed to the 

 halter so that they will lead and stand when tied. (3) Make a sur- 

 vey of the community as to the horses and mules. Determine the 

 different breeds of horses, the number of pure-bred animals and the 

 number of grades of each breed, the number of scrubs, and the num- 

 ber of mules. 



Correlations. — Language: Keeping records of projects provides 

 written work. Make sheets for tabulating the facts obtained in 

 making the animal survey. Arithmetic : Find the number and value 

 of the mules and horses of the community. Find the cost of feeding 

 baby beeves for the month and the cost per pound of increase in 

 weight. Determine the number and the value of the horses and mules 

 in the community. 



LESSON FOUR. 



SUBJECT : DAIRYING. TOPIC : BTJTTEE MAKING. 



Subtopics. — Ripening cream, starters, determining the ripeness of 

 cream, churning, washing butter, salting butter, working, printing, 

 and packing butter, and dairy equipment. 



Class assignment. — Duggar's, pp. 326-329. Supplement the lesson 

 with notes from Farmers' Buls. 349 and 541. 



Practical exercises. — (1) Require a report from each pupil with 

 reference to the method of butter making at the home. (2) If there 

 is a commercial dairy in the community, visit it with the class to 

 observe the equipment and the method employed in making butter. 

 Take notes. 



Correlations. — Language: Writing up reports and developing 

 notes taken on the visit to the dairy furnish language work. Draw- 

 ing: Vessels and equipment used in butter making provide materials 

 for drawing exercises. Geography: In 1909 New York produced and 

 sold $77,807,161 worth of dairy products; Wisconsin, $53,868,028: 

 lowa, $31,196,883; and Alabama, $6,396,198. Locate these States on 

 the map. Compare the climatic and agricultural conditions of these 

 States. Should Alabama buy dairy products from other States 4 

 Arithmetic : See " Problems," Duggar's, p. 329. 



LESSON FIVE. 



8UBJFXT: POULTRY. TOPICS: (l) FATTENING AND MARKETING, (2) SELECTING THE 



BBEEDIira PKNS. 



Fattening. — Pen fattening, crate fattening, cramming, and feeds 

 for fattening. 



Marketing. — Killing, dressing, packing, and shipping live poultry. 

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