2 INTRODUCTION 



ble revenue. Beginning in a small way, one can develop 

 quite an extensive business and arouse a keen interest in 

 agricultural problems. 



Present Status of Poultry Instruction. — Poultry instruction 

 in colleges has advanced rapidly in the last ten years, but 

 it is only within the last two or three years that elementary 

 instruction has been seriously considered. The success of 

 endeavors in this line and the increasing interest of the pupils, 

 insure progress in the future, and this popularity will result 



Fig. 1. — The farm lad and the farm flock. The country boy takes naturally 

 to the care of poultry. This interest is increased and developed by suitable instruc- 

 tion and guidance in school. 



in the general acceptance of poultry husbandry as one of 

 the prominent branches of agriculture to be taught in our 

 elementary schools. 



In certain sections of the United States remarkable en- 

 thusiasm has been aroused in poultry farming, and larger 

 profits secured from the birds through the work in the lower 

 grades of the schools. 



Instruction Should Be Systematic and Progressive. — In 

 order to make the teaching of poultry keeping of any value, 

 and to hold the student's interest year after year, the work 



