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Show CHILDREN WILL RAISE POULTRY PROFESSOR M J . ABBEY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH WITH A MISSION TO PERFORM IN THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING OF THE STUDENTS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS A ROUSES INTEREST N HIS FIRST TALK TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF OGDEN For 'be purpose of encouraging Industrial In-dustrial education anions the students stu-dents of Ogden 8 public schools, Professor Pro-fessor M .1 Abbey, field expert of industrial training of ihe 1 niversity of Itah, was in Ogden today and Itvlked to ihe students of the Central 'Junior high school this morning on I the subject of poultry raising The proiessor L enthusiastic over indos-I indos-I trial training and has the ability of. (transferring his enthusiasm to the; students to whom he is talking Hurling Hur-ling his stay at the Sub-high school i ins morning, ne had the attentiou! and interest of the stu.lents from ! the beginning ot his talk to the end land, at the conclusion of the lecture.' 186 boys and girls decided that they J I would like nothlnc better than to join i a poultry club and raise a pen o( chickens in their back ardn Professor Abbey has other orcn I pntions for boys and girls in addition to that of poultry He advocates' home gardens and agricultural work of all kinds for out-of-door employment employ-ment and Is a strong lelieer in Industrial In-dustrial education for the develop- ment of useful citizens t the Central Junior high he me-t another enthusiast In the person of I Principal D H dams who has ad-; yocated Industrial training for years.; and the methods for the development : of youthful citizens as proposed by. Mr. Abbey met with the hearty in-doisenient in-doisenient of Mr Adams. s an Introduction to his rail; to the students this morning. Professor1 Abbe) told of the sacrifices that miisi be made b many parents In order that their children may tie sent to1 ; school and he asked of what use Is, (the sacrifice, if the bov or girl Is not lift i e i fitted 'or life after being graduated grad-uated from the school than If the pu-I pu-I pi! had been at work in place of at school He said that Industrial train-' ing Is intended to make useful citl-1 sens of boys and girls and enable them to make a hettei living when j they are grow n It is a mistaken idea, be said, that J cities offer better opportunities than the country districts Tie declared that the gnatest opportunities for. young men and women lie in the smaller towns throughout the state where land is cheap and abundant. 'Tic stated that in I'tah not more than 4 per cent of the available land is I being cultivated As a preliminary step toward i .greater acthiiv along agricultural lines, he urged students to begin on I I a small scale now and pointed out' i the benefits to be derived from poul-j ; try raising I Know of no better or-Cupatlon or-Cupatlon to take up at the present! time " said Professor bbey, but he ' maintained that the raising of poul-1 poul-1 1 rv requires Judgment and common sense As Illustrations of what has . been accomplished by boys and girls, the speaker named a number of students stu-dents who are clothing themseUes. j earning their own spending money and putting a surplus in the bank by (raising thickens during their school days As an evidence that the children yvere interested in what he was saying, say-ing, thev all stood and crowded one another to see a diagram of a model coop which the speaker drew for! them He explained how BUCD a; ioop could be made at what cost and what benefits it had over manv other oth-er styles, and. from th looks on the' laces of the bos assembled in the I hall. It was evident that they had caught some of the professor's spirit, i Tiie lnteic?t grew when the meth ods of managing the chickens was touched upon The speaker urged the raising ot only blooded stock, de- j clarlug that scrubs' in poultry were neer profit makers bee j use they do , not lay during the entire year and) will not bring as much on the market mar-ket As a beginning, he pointed out : that a pen of ten hens and one rooster, if they are of good stock,1 will well t repaj the time, spent in their care When he emphasized the point that the chlckeus are to be ket penned up. there yvas a stir among the students and one asked him if they were to be kept In the coop both summer and winter The idea Of keeping chickens locked lip In a pen all the time appeared to be a aea one with them In answer to the query, 'he speaker stated that when thickens are kept penned they lay 90 per cent more eggs than the would if allowed to run loose In a vard From actual r penenie he said that a certain number num-ber of chickens confined laid twice as many eggs during the summer months as i lie same number of hens permitted to run nt large. In the winter he said, the difference Is greater He ad v oca led the feed ing of a wirm meal In ihe morning during the cold months and 'he placing of aarrn water in the coop at least twice each day A change of feed: he impressed upon the students, is necessary nec-essary for the health of the pen. and he urged the feeding of green food and vegetables t the conclusloi of his talk. Pro-lessor Pro-lessor Abbey said thst one ol the greaust advantages of engaging in any line of Industrial work alter school hours is that it keeps 'be children chil-dren from the streets and discourages discour-ages idleness. He explained that w lien children are bus during the hours that they do not spend In school, there is no inclination to adopt bad habits and thev take on habits of industry that will stav with them through lne The poultry club will he organized in the school through the regular assembly as-sembly of the students In which th facultj forms the upper house and the student body the loyver house. A hill providing lor the organization of the club will be Introduced within a short time and, from all eidrnce vill be carried through both houses unanimously. |