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(b) In case an old poultry house was remodeled for your chickens, 



describe the alterations you have made. 



(c) In either instance, give a little drawing of the house, show- 



ing the floor plan and front view. 

 Feeding: 



(a) Give a general discussion of the way you feed and the 



grains the chickens have been fed since they were weaned, 



(b) Tell how often you give the chickens water. 

 General management: 



(a) Tell how often you clean the house, and any other thing which 

 may be of interest concerning the methods which you use. 

 Conclusion: 



(a) Give an account of how the poultry-club work has benefited you. 



(b) State what benefit, if any, you have received from the poultry- 



club work, and tell why the boys and girls of your state 

 should join the poultry clubs. 



OUTLINE FOR A COMPOSITION ON "MARKETING AND EX- 

 HIBITING POULTRY AND EGGS" 



To Be Written by Third- Year Poultry Club Members 



Subject "A": 



"How I marketed my poultry products." 

 Discussion: 



What the markets require in order to grade an egg as a first. 

 Infertile eggs for market: 



(a) Give a general discussion of infertile eggs. 

 Gathering eggs: 



(a) Tell about the attention you give to the hens' nests. 



(b) How often you gather your eggs in summer and in winter. 



(c) How and where you store your eggs. 

 Grading and packing eggs: 



(a) Tell how many grades of eggs you get from your flock and 



how you grade them. 



(b) Tell how you pack them for shipment. 



(c) Why should eggs for market not be washed? 

 Marketing eggs: 



(a) Tell how and where you sold your eggs, how you found a cus- 



tomer, and how often you market them. 



(b) Give the largest and the smallest price per dozen that you 



received for eggs for table use. 

 Marketing live and dressed poultry: 



(a) Give a general discussion of the manner in which you marketed 

 your surplus cockerels and old hens, and tell the results 

 obtained. 

 Subject "B": 

 "Exhibiting poultry." 



(a) Tell what you think of the advantages of exhibiting poultry 



