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stormy days, (2) Pupils that have not baby beeves should assume 
the care of colts. Follow rations suggested the previous month. See 
that the colts are well housed at night and on stormy days. Begin 
handling the colts as much as possible. Get them accustomed to the 
halter so that they will lead and stand when tied. (3) Make a sur- 
vey of the community as to the horses and mules. Determine the 
different breeds of horses, the number of pure-bred animals and the 
number of grades of each breed, the number of scrubs, and the num- 
ber of mules. 
Correlations. — Language: Keeping records of projects provides 
written work. Make sheets for tabulating the facts obtained in 
making the animal survey. Arithmetic : Find the number and value 
of the mules and horses of the community. Find the cost of feeding 
baby beeves for the month and the cost per pound of increase in 
weight. Determine the number and the value of the horses and mules 
in the community. 
LESSON FOUR. 
SUBJECT : DAIEYING. TOPIC : BUTTEE MAKING. 
Subtopics. — Ripening cream, starters, determining the ripeness of 
cream, churning, washing butter, salting butter, working, printing, 
and packing butter, and dairy equipment. 
Class assignment. — Duggar's, pp. 326-329. Supplement the lesson 
with notes from Farmers' Buls. 349 and 541. 
Practical exercises. — (1) Eequire a report from each pupil with 
reference to the method of butter making at the home. (2) If there 
is a commercial dairy in the community, visit it with the class to 
observe the equipment and the method employed in making butter. 
Take notes. 
Correlations. — Language: Writing up reports and developing 
notes taken on the visit to the dairy furnish language work. Draw- 
ing : Vessels and equipment used in butter making provide materials 
for drawing exercises. Geography : In 1909 New York produced and 
sold $77,807,161 worth of dairy products; Wisconsin, $53,868,028; 
Iowa, $31,196,883 ; and Alabama, $6,396,198. Locate these States on 
the map. Compare the climatic and agricultural conditions of these 
States. Should Alabama buy dairy products from other States '£ 
Arithmetic : See " Problems," Duggar's, p. 329. 
LESSON FIVE. 
SUBJECT : POULTEY. TOPICS : ( 1 ) FATTENING AND MAEKETING, ( 2 ) SELECTING THE 
BEEEDING PENS. 
Fattening. — Pen fattening, crate fattening, cramming, and feeds 
for fattening. 
Marketing. — Killing, dressing, packing, and shipping live poultry. 
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