LESSONS ON POULTRY FOR RURAL SCHOOLS. 23 
winter, and among those which may be raised are cabbages and 
mangel beets. Potatoes, turnips, and carrots are suitable food but 
are used in a more restricted way, usually the unmarketable culls. 
References.— Farmers' Bulletins 22, 164, 278, 339, 424, 433, 485, 
and 537. 
Home projects. — With two or more yards to be used in rotation 
have pupils raise crops for forage for the hens giving the hens the 
range of each yard in turn as the crops reach the proper stage. 
Whenever it is possible, have the pupils plan to cultivate crops in 
fields or garden to provide feed for the poultry, especially succulent 
foods for winter use. 
Correlations. — Have pupils draw maps or ground plans of their 
poultry }^ards and buildings. Have them study how to arrange for 
alternate yards or some system of furnishing green food. In arith- 
metic have them compute the average cost of raising crops for poultry 
and decide which they can afford to raise in view of the local prices 
paid for feed. 
It is profitable for a pupil to take up some study and projects in 
plant production which may be correlated with the animal project. 
Corn clubs or alfalfa-club work may be suitable. 
LESSON THIRTEEN. 
SUBJECT: SUMMER MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY. 
MAY OR JUNE. 
Topics for study. — (Omit such topics as have no local bearing.) 
Summer range. Shade and shelter. Constant supply of green food. 
Infertile eggs after hatching season. Keep chickens growing fast. 
Dispose of surplus cockerels as early as possible. Look up market for 
broilers. Continue preserving eggs while price remains low. Cleanse 
and sterilize drinking fountains frequently. Watch for evidence of 
vermin and diseases. 
References.— Farmers' Bulletins 287, 355, 528, 530, 562, 594, 624, 
and 682. State agricultural college bulletins and club literature, 
also textbook chapters on summer management should be used and 
should be available to the pupils during the summer. 
Home projects. — The teacher should have personal conferences with 
the pupils on the matter of summer poultry management. 
Have each pupil plan to carry out in the vacation months those 
practices in relation to feeding, care, marketing, etc., which best fit 
his circumstances. Summer supervision is a serious problem. Club 
leaders in cooperation with the State agent in charge of such work 
often solve this problem. A teacher retained for summer months 
supervises such work in some communities. Committees of parent- 
teacher associations or granges often assist. Wherever parents will 
