48 BULLETIN 521, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Lesson 5. — Asiatic, Mediterranean, and Other Breeds. 
1. The Brahmas. 
2. The Langshans. 
3. The Leghorns. 
4. The Minorcas. 
5. Hamburgs, Anconas, Campines, Buttercups, and any other breeds of 
local importance. 
Special reference: Lessons on Poultry for Rural Schools, United States 
Department of Agriculture Bulletin 464. 
Practicums 1 and 2. — Judging Fowls. 
Practicums 3 and 4. — Study and Operation of Incubator, 
Practicum 5. — Testing and Grading Eggs. 
Practicum 6. — Preserving Eggs. 
Lesson 6. — Natural Incubation and Brooding. 
1. Comparison of the two systems. 
2. Setting the hen. 
3. Care of the setting hen. 
4. Management of hen and chicks. 
Lesson 7. — Artificial Incubation. 
1. Principles upon which incubator is constructed. 
2. Types of incubators. 
3. Incubator houses and cellars. 
4. Operation of the incubator. 
5. Development of the embryo. 
Lesson 8. — Artificial Brooding. Rearing Chicks. 
1. Removal from incubator. 
2. Construction and management of brooder. 
3. Feeding and care of chicks in brooder. 
4. Brooder houses. 
5. Care and feeding of young stock. 
Lesson 9. — Egg Production. 
1. The commercial egg farm. 
2. Selection for egg production. 
3. Feeding the layers. 
4. Eggs for market v. eggs for hatching. 
5. Securing eggs in winter. 
Lesson 10. — Poultry for Market 
1. Production of broilers. 
2. Production of roasters. 
3. Killing and dressing. 
Lesson 11. — Poultry Houses and Yards. 
1. Essentials to be secured. 
2. Relation of cost to economic production. 
3. Building plans. 
4. Equipment. 
5. Systems of yarding. 
