18 BULLETIN 258, XT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Breeding pen. — Age, vigor, and relationship of the male; age, 
qualities, and number of hens. 
Class assignment. — Give pupils notes from Farmers' Buls. 287, pp. 
27-28, 36-38 ; 355, pp. 31-34. 
Practical exercises. — (1) Poultry-club members should select their 
breeding pens and prepare for the work of the new year. (1) Let 
each member of the class take charge of a few fowls at home for the 
purpose of fattening them for the Christmas market. Try the differ- 
ent methods of fattening and report the results. 
Correlations. — Language : Require club members to submit reports 
covering the results of the year's work with poultry. Have pupils 
write letters to poultry dealers asking for literature and prices. 
Arithmetic : Develop problems based on the reports of club members. 
See United States Department of Agriculture Bui. 132, p. 39, De- 
cember. 
LESSON SIX. 
SUBJECT : SOILS. TOPIC '. TEERACING AND DITCHING. 
Terracing. — As soon as crops are removed and before winter rains 
set in, the old terraces should be built up and new ones laid out and 
thrown up. 
Ditching. — Lands needing drainage, benefits from drainage, classes 
of drains. 
Class assignment. — Duggar's, pp. 71-81. Supplement the lesson 
with notes from United States Department of Agriculture Bui. 91 
and Farmers' Bui. 158. 
Practical exercises. — (1) Have pupils secure materials and con- 
struct a triangular terrace level as described in Farmers' Bui. 158, 
pp. 15-16. (2) Make a trip with the class to a farm where tile 
drains are being laid. Observe the need of draining and the method 
employed. Take notes on the kinds and cost of materials used. 
Correlations. — Language and drawing: Draw to scale and write 
an account of the materials used and the steps taken in constructing 
a terrace level. Arithmetic: Find the cost of the material used in 
constructing the terrace level. Develop problems on the cost of lay- 
ing tile drains at the farm visited. See United States Department 
of Agriculture Bui. 132, p. 41, May exercises. 
LESSON SEVEN. 
SUBJECT : FARM ANIMALS. TOPIC : SAVING MEAT. 
Dressing. — Killing, scalding, scraping, and cleaning. 
Keeping. — Cooling the carcass and cutting. 
Curing. — Vessels, preservatives, brine, and dry curing. 
