8 INTRODUCTION 



equipment will permit. He should submit monthly written 

 reports of the work accomplished, feed consumed, chicks 

 hatched, etc. Interest can best be obtained by offering 

 small prizes each month to the pupil who makes the best 

 showing. The teacher should visit the homes of the pupils, 

 and discuss their work. Sometimes the whole class can 

 make an inspection trip, visiting a few of the nearby and 

 best managed poultry plants. 



Trips of Inspection. — In correlating classroom and home 

 work, the pupils should be encouraged to become acquainted 

 with the poultry industry, as carried on in their vicinity, 

 and this is best accomplished by frequent visits to successful 

 poultry farms. This type of poultry culture should be studied 

 and the student taught to observe the difference between the 

 large specialized poultry plant and the farm flock, the latter 

 of which is usually being run as a side line to some other branch 

 of agriculture. The pupil should carefully note the methods 

 followed, and question the proprietor as to details. These 

 notes will form a valuable supplement to the text-books in 

 classroom work. After such inspection trips, reports should 

 be required, presenting in outline the student's observations 

 and information acquired. This will not only make the work 

 more interesting, but will impress the facts on his mind. 

 In addition, it will train him in the work of writing essays. 



BOYS' AND GIRLS' POULTRY CLUBS 



Teaching Througli Organization. — As with all other lines 

 of effort, whether educational or commercial, organized 

 effort is necessary to produce large results. This is especially 

 true in poultry instruction, and the success of student organi- 

 zations is proven by the present development and popularity 

 of boys' and girls' poultry clubs (Fig. 3) . Get the students 

 themselves to organize and choose their own officers and they 

 will take a more lively interest in the study; furthermore, the 

 co-operation of the parent is secured, and this is absoluteh' 



