UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 527 



Contribution from the States Relations Service 

 A. C. TRUE, Director 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



July 26, 1917 



SOME EXERCISES IN FARM HANDI- 

 CRAFT FOR RURAL SCHOOLS 



By 

 H. O. SAMPSON, Assistant in Agricultural Education 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Tools and Their Uses 2 



Terms Used in Woodworking 6 



Use of Drawings 7 



Exercise I. Nail Box 9 



II. Sawhorse 10 



ID. Bird House 11 



IV. Seed Germinator .... 13 



V. Seed-Corn Drying Rack . . 17 



VI. Seed Sample Case .... IS 



Vn. Hotbed and Cold Frame . . 19 



Vm. Flats 21 



ES. Forcing Box 22 



X. Sorting Table for Vegetables 



and Fruits 25 



XI. Planting Board 26 



Exercise XII. 



XHI. 



XIV. 



XV. 



XVI. 



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 xvm. 



xrx. 

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XXI. 



xxn. 



XXIII. 



XXIV. 



XXV. 



Stamper for Crushing 



Lumps of Fertilizer . . 27 



Feed Hopper for Poultry . 27 



Trap Nest 29 



Brood Coop ...... 30 



Poultry House 32 



Wooden Troughs for Swine 32 

 Hurdles for Use in Stock 



Judging 33 



Hog Houses 33 



Milking Stool ..... 34 



Calf Stanchions .... 35 



Farm Gate 36 



Rope Work 37 



Concrete Work .... 37 



The Painting of Woodwork 38 



WASHINGTON 



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1917 



