6 BULLETIN 258, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
Study the origin, spread, and extent of damage of the boll weevil. 
Arithmetic: Secure data from the homes of the pupils and develop 
problems as to the damage done to crops by insects studied in this 
lesson. 
LESSON EIGHT. 
subject: farm animals, topics: (i) poultry management; (2) diseases — 
diarrhea, scaly legs. 
Class assignment. — Duggar's, pp. 306-309. The teacher should sup- 
plement the lesson with notes from Farmers' Buls. 287 and 530. 
Practical exercises. — Have pupils report to the class any diseases 
or insect pests of poultry in the community. Compare symptoms with 
those found under the different diseases in Farmers' Bui. 530. Study 
remedies and apply them. Have each member, of the class make 
drinking fountain for poultry. 
Correlations. — Language: Have each pupil describe the poultry 
watering device used at his home. Drawing: Sketch a drinking 
fountain. History: Organize a poultry club. Read Farmers* BuL 
562. Arithmetic: Have members of class report the loss of poultry 
at their homes during the year due to disease. Develop problems 
on the value of the poultry lost. 
OCTOBER. 
LESSON ONE. 
SUBJECT : POULTRY. TOPIC : HOUSES. 
The site should be convenient to the attendant, well drained, and 
protected from exposure. 
The house should be so constructed as to be convenient, cheerful, 
dry, well ventilated, free from drafts, and economical. 
The styles are colony, continuous, and double- decked. 
The parts. — The floor may be cement, board, or earth ; walls, single 
with outside coat of paper or double ; the roof, shed, gable, combina- 
tion, A-shaped, or sloping front. There should be 4 to 6 square feet 
for each bird. For ventilation have an open front facing the south. 
Fixtures. — These consist of droppings board, roosts, nests, feed 
hoppers, water pans, and dust baths. 
Class assignment. — Farmers' Buls. 287, pp. 7-11, and 528, p. 9; 
Duggar's, p. 309. 
Practical exercises. — (1) Have pupils make drinking fountains. 
See Duggar's, p. 309. (2) Eequire pupils to report on the poultry 
houses at their homes. If possible have pupils visit a modern poultry 
house in the community. 
Correlations. — Language: A written description of the poultry 
house at each pupil's home. Drawing: Sketch drinking fountains 
