UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 527 
Contribution from the States Relations Service 
A. C. TRUE, Director ' 
Washington, D. C. 
PROFESSIONAL PAPER 
July 26, 1917 
SOME EXERCISES IN FARM HANDI- 
CRAFT FOR RURAL SCHOOLS 
By 
H. O. SAMPSON, Assistant in Agricultural Education 
CONTENTS 
Introduction 1 
Tools and Their Uses 2 
Terms Used in Woodworking ....*. 6 
Use of Drawings 7 
Exercise I. Nail Box . 9 
II. Sawhorse 10 
m. Bird House 11 
IV. Seed Germinator .... 13 
V. Seed-Corn Drying Rack . . 17 
VI. Seed Sample Case .... 18 
VII. Hotbed and Cold Frame . . 19 
Vm. Flats 21 
IX. Forcing Box 22 
X. Sorting Table for Vegetables 
and Fruits 25 
XI. Planting Board 26 
Page 
Exercise XH. Stamper for Crushing 
Lumps of Fertilizer . . 27 
Xm. Feed Hopper for Poultry . 27 
XTV. Trap Nest 29 
XV. Brood Coop 30 
XVI. Poultry House 32 
XVH. Wooden Troughs for Swine 32 
XVin. Hurdles for Use in Stock 
Judging 33 
XLX. Hog Houses 33 
XX. Milking Stool 34 
XXI. Calf Stanchions .... 35 
XOI. Farm Gate 36 
XXDX Rope Work 37 
XXIV. Concrete Work .... 37 
XXV. The Painting of Woodwork 38 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1917 
