FARM EQUIPMENT 
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Procedure: Follow the explanation given for making rope in 
the lesson. 
Results: 1. How is rope made? 
2. What does it cost to make a trunk rope? A lariat rope? 
3. Measure the length of the strands of binder twine at the 
start and compare the length with the length of the finished rope. 
What are the results? 
4. Compare the cost of making rope at home with the same 
grade of rope that may be purchased. 
5. Make a drawing of all the equipment needed in making rope. 
Exercise 2 
If any of the pupils are raising hogs, a small portable hog 
house may be made for use in caring for the hogs. 
Exercise 3 
Prepare some brood coops from old goods boxes and also 
permit the pupils to take them home. 
Exercise 4 
Construct a cold frame and hotbed on the school ground to 
raise plants, such as cabbage, tomatoes, egg plants, etc. 
Exercise 5 
Practice knot-tying and its uses. 
Exercise 6 
Mold some concrete drinking fountains for chickens. Build 
concrete borders for the flower beds. 
WORDS TO BE LEARNED 
Ballast. That which has stability, as coarse stone. 
Brood. Young animals cared for by the same mother. 
Concrete. A mixture of cement, water, sand, and gravel which 
hardens into stonelike substance. 
Creep. A small passage for animals to enter a pen. 
Economical. The least expensive method. 
Elaborate. Fancy or worded out with great care. 
Farrowing. Giving birth to young, applied to hogs. 
Grouting. Coarse stone and cement used for filling. 
Guide Board. A board to guide the strands in making rope. 
Mold. A hollow form for shaping objects. 
Portable. That which may be moved or taken apart. 
