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An effective contest can be based on the care and man- 

 agement by the child of the flock at home. The pupil should 

 keep a definite and accurate record of all feed used and of 

 the cost of houses, coops, and egg cases. He should also keep 

 a record of all eggs used, sold, or incubated. These records, 

 together with a three-page essay on some problem con- 

 nected with poultry raising, will serve as the basis of the 

 contest. The parents should co-operate with the teacher 

 hj seeing that the pujDil does the work, and by furnishing 

 written statements of the amount of work done by the child. 

 The teacher should give the pupil school credit for the work 

 done at home. 



THE SCHOOL FAIR 

 Dueinct the fall season, the pupils should arrange for a 

 one-day fair. On that day, they should bring to school 

 many products of the farm, with poultry chief among them 

 (Fig. 54). The parents should be invited to be present. It 

 will not be hard to find competent men wlio will be willing 

 to assist in judging the poultry and other products. The 

 American Poultry Association has members in every school 

 district, who will be glad to co-operate in this work and to 

 help in every way possible. The prizes need not be elab- 

 orate. A ribbon often means just as much to a child as an 

 expensive prize, and proves just as successful in stimulating 

 the pupil to greater efforts. 



