UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BULLETIN No. 527 



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Contribution from the States Relations Service 

 A. C. TRUE, Director 



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Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



July 26, 1917 



SOME EXERCISES IN FARM HANDICRAFT FOR 

 RURAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 1 



By H. O. Sampson, Assistant in Agricultural Education. 



Introduction 



Tools and their uses 



Terms used in woodworking 



Use of drawings 



Exercise I. Nail box 



II. Sawhorse 



III. Bird house 



IV. Seed germinator 



V. Seed-corn drying rack. . 



VI. Seed sample case 



VII. Hotbed and cold frame. 



VIII. Flats 



IX. Forcing box. 



X. Sorting table for vegetables and 



fruits 



XI. Planting board 



CONT] 



Page. 

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ENTS. 

 Exercise XII. 



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XIII. 



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XIV. 



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XV. 



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XVI. 



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XVII. 



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XVIII. 



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XIX. 



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XXI. 



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XXII. 



and 

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XXIV. 



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XXV. 







INTROD1 



UCTION. 



Stamper for crushing lumps of 



fertilizer .\ 27 



Feed hopper for p oultry ....... 27 



Trapnest '. 29 



Brood coop 30 



Poultryhouse 32 



Wooden troughs for swine 32 



Hurdles for use in stock 



judging 33 



Hoghouses 33 



Milking stool 34 



Calf stanchions 35 



Farm gate 36 



Rope work 37 



Concrete work 37 



The painting of woodwork... . 38 



The purpose of this bulletin is to give instruction in the making of 

 useful articles for the school, farm, and home. It is intended 

 primarily for rural school teachers and for pupils of the seventh and 

 eighth grades. The exercises have practical application to the agri- 

 cultural work of the school and also to the various club projects in 

 agriculture. In some States farm mechanics, or as it is termed, 

 handicraft work, is conducted as a regular club project and is proving 

 to be desirable for this purpose. 



Many of the exercises and drawings are compiled from extension 

 bulletins of the different States. Bulletins published by Kansas and 

 Iowa agricultural colleges have been used very freely. In these 



1 Prepared under the direction of C H. Lane, Chief Specialist in Agricultural Education, States Relations 

 Service. 



Note. — This bulletin furnishes elementary lessons in farm mechanics and is of interest to teachers and 

 pupils of rural schools in all parts of the United States. 

 80746"— Bull. 527—17 1 



