ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE FOR ALABAMA SCHOOLS. 27 
LESSON EIGHT. 
SUBJECT : POULTRY. TOPIC : INCUBATION. 
Natural incubation. — The hen, how to set the hen, care of the 
sitting hen. 
Artificial incubation. — Types of incubators, selecting the incubator, 
locating the incubator, the temperature to maintain, care of the lamp, 
turning and cooling the eggs, care of machine at hatching time. 
Class assignment. — The foregoing outline is based largely on 
Farmers' Bui. 585. Let the teacher secure a copy of this bulletin and 
give the class notes on the foregoing phases of the subject. Supple- 
ment these notes with reading exercises from farm papers. See also 
Farmers' Bui. 287. 
Practical exercises. — (1) Club members or pupils that have 
projects with poultry should make plans and set one or more hens 
this month. If the pupil has charge of a large flock of hens it might 
be advisable to invest in an incubator. Get the work of incubation 
started this month. Keep exact records as to dates, eggs used, and 
other features of incubation. (2) Require pupils that have no 
projects with poultry to make observations at their homes and sub- 
mit written reports covering such points as the number of hens being 
set, the number of eggs under each, the kind of nests used, and the care 
of the hens. If incubators are used at any of these pupils' homes, 
have the pupils report on the following points : The kind, capacity, 
and location of the incubator; the temperature maintained, and the 
attention given the eggs. 
Correlations. — Language: Club members and others having 
projects with poultry should prepare tables for keeping records in 
connection with this incubating work. Written reports provide addi- 
tional language work. 
MARCH. 
LESSON ONE. 
SUBJECT I SOIL. TOPIC : PREPARING SEED BED. 
Subtopics. — Breaking, harrowing, dragging, or rolling. 
Class assignment. — Duggar's, pp. 70-72. Supplement the lesson 
with notes from Farmers' Buls. 81, 537, and 601. 
Practical exercises. — (1) Have members of the class submit a list 
of implements used in plowing, harrowing, dragging, or rolling the 
land at their homes. Also have them report whether the land was 
plowed in the fall or winter, whether it grew a cover crop, or whether 
it is unplowed stubble or stalk land. (2) If practicable accompany 
the pupils of the class to a near-by field where good work is being 
done in the way of preparing the seed bed. Take notes on the imple- 
ments used in plowing, harrowing, rolling, or dragging. 
