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and Girls' Poultry Clubs." The nature of the organization 

 can be similar to that outlined on page two of Farmers' 

 Bulletin 562. 



RULES FOR POULTRY RAISING CONTEST 



(1) Any boy or girl wishing to enter the contest must 

 make proper entry on blanks provided for the purpose, the 

 same being properly filled out and filed with the super- 

 vising principal or teacher in charge, before the work is 

 started. This entry will aid in properly following up each 

 contestant and will be necessary to properly make the 

 awards in the fall. Each contestant will file an affidavit, 

 previous to making the awards, stating that the birds are 

 his and that they came from the original twenty-five eggs 

 set and that he or she has performed all the work per- 

 sonally. 



(2) The supervising principal or teacher shall be the one 

 to whom the student shall apply for registration blank and 

 from whom detailed instructions shall be taken. Any stu- 

 dent regularly enrolled in the schools of County 



between the ages of ten and sixteen years is eligible to enter. 



(3) Twenty-five eggs from any standard breed shall be 

 hatched under two hens. The eggs must be set prior to 

 May 10th and as much earlier than this date as possible. 



(4) A record must be kept of the following facts : Number 

 of eggs set, breed, weight of eggs when set, infertile eggs 

 and dead germs when tested on both the seventh and four- 

 teenth days of incubation, number of vigorous chicks hatched, 

 weight of chicks hatched, percentage of vigorous chicks 

 hatched to total eggs set. (For management of sitting hen 

 and maimer of testing the eggs see Farmers' Bulletin, No. 

 562, pages 8 and 9.) 



(5) The chicks hatched should be brooded imder hens and 

 fed and cared for according to instructions given in the 

 previous pages of this book. 



