122 The Essentials of Poultry Raising 



A Demonstration Project 



(Double Major if Done by Student at School Requiring 

 Two Years to Complete) 



3. School project showing results of crossbreeding (60). 



Two Minor Projects (80 Hours Each) 



4. To raise ten capons. 



Select suitable cockerels as to age, size, and breed. 

 Caponizing. 

 Care and feeding. 

 Fattening. 

 Minor No. 4 can be used in conjunction with Major No. 1. 



5. To raise sufficient mangels, collards, or cabbage for the flock 

 for winter feed (158). Estimate one-half pound green feed for 

 twenty-five birds per day for the months when no green feed 

 can be had from the field. 



Minor No. 5 can be used in conjunction with Major No. 2. 



Laboratory Practice 



The following suggestions for additional laboratory exercises 

 are given to meet the need where more time can be devoted to 

 poultry study than that indicated in the body of the text. 



The number following each topic refers to the reference text- 

 book in which the student should look up the subject. 



a. before the number indicates Poultry Culture. Sanitation and 



Hygiene. 



b. before the number indicates American Standard of Perfection. 



c. before the number indicates Poultry Diseases. 



d. before the number indicates Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl. 

 Where no letter is given the reference is to this text. 



1. Clean and spray house. Mix spray and study spray pumps (c-3). 



2. Visit poultry show. Study breeds and quality of individual birds 



and compare same lirccds with your birds (b-all). 



3. Hold school or inter-school poultry and egg show (a-2S, 27). 



