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4. Harvest litter and other poultry materials as feed. 



5. Cull and market non-producing hens from nearby flock (61-80). 



6. Cull young stock of your own or nearby flock (45-53). 



7. Dig and store root crops (158). 



8. Feeding a flock for egg production (170-171). 



9. Mate up breeding pen (45-50). 



10. Study incubator and make drawings of same (213-218). 



11. Study hover and make drawing of same (a-24). 



12. Construct nests (104). 



13. Make insect powder and dust hens (311). 



14. Mix feeds for flock (170-171). 



15. Candle and grade market eggs (185-188). 



16. Visit flock. Each student should compare good birds of his breed 



with those of others (b-all). 



17. Study parts of hard-boiled egg (207). 



18. Fattening, killing, picking, and trussing (a-27 and 264). 



19. Caponizing (a-25). 



20. Draw plan for colony house : mqke list of material and estirnate 



cost (a-6), (92 to 100). 



21. Make outdoor mash hopper (256-257). 



22. Make combination sitting and brooding coop (192-194). 



23. Make droppings box and scrape (105-106). 



24. Study egg cases, egg cartons, shipping crates for live birds, and 



other equipment (a-25). 



25. Make feedihg boards and hoppers for small chicks (237). 



26. Remodeling a nearby poultry house (91). 



27. Dissect and study digestion and egg-forming organs of a hen 



(d-17S), (135). 



28. Judging fowls (b-all). 



29. Records and accounting (a-28). 



30. A study of diseases, such as sorehead, roup, and blackhead (125, 



280, 299, 301, 320). 



31. To put up a fence correctly (119-120). 



32. To lay paper and shingle. 



Skills to Be Verified and Judged by the Teacher 



1. To catch and hold a fowl correctly. 



2. To take a broody hen from the nest and place her in a broody 



,coop. 



3. To handle small chicks, mark them for identification, and put on 



leg bands. 



4. To enter and work in a house or pen without disturbing the fowls. 



5. To clean and disinfect drinking utensils. 



6. To distinguish sexes at an early age. 



7. To tell a pullet from a hen. 



8. To identify the common breeds. 



9. To estimate the weights of fowls. 



10. To evaluate and identify the common feeds. 



11. To keep a correct egg' and feed account. 



