420 Woodcraft Manual for Boys Small Stock Fanner (Maniknveish) HThe Degree of Small Stock Farmer may be conferred on any one who takes twelve of these tests: I. Hatch and raise a brood of a dozen chickens till feathered. . Distinguish six leading breeds of hens, giving their good and bad points. State briefly Mendelian law as applied to chickens. . Describe one of the best incubators; show how it works, and say why it should repkce the hen. . Describe the brooder. Have made a practical one. . Describe the most approved hen house and run. . Describe the dangerous diseases of hens. . Tell how to combat them. By foods, medicine, cleanli- ness, and good arrangement in housing, roosts, etc. . Describe the feeding and rearing of chicks, for food and for egg laying. . Also the killing and dressing for home and for market. . Pick, dress, and cook a fowl.
1. Be able to candle-test eggs, and crate them for market.
. State advantage and disadvantage of keeping turkeys, ducks, and geese. . State what is known of the profits of poultry keeping from own experience. . State the advantage of squab raising. . Handle successfully, for one year, a hive of bees. De- scribe how it was done. . Give an outline of how to run a fur farm. . Take prize at National, State, or county fair for any of the following: chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, guineas, squabs, bees, silkworms, or fur animals. Stock Fanner (KUigewin) The Degree of Stock Farmer may be conferred on any one who takes eight of these tests: I. Identify six different kinds of cattle and tell their good and bad points. . Know how to treat for caked bag. . Understand feeding for milk.
