Mattawan High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mattawan, MI)

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AGRICULTURE IN MATTAWAN HIGH SCHOOL THE MATTAW..N HIGH SCHOOL IS ORGANIZED UNDER THE SMITH HUGHES ' FEDERAL LAW A3 REGARDS .'.GRI CULTURE AND HCME ECONOMICS- IN AGRICULTURE BIOLOGY, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY mND POULTRY CLASSES ARE $:» BEING T'.UGHT THIS SCHOOL YEAR. IN THE 31 uLOGY THE CLASSES HAVE BEEN DEVOTING THEIR TIME TO THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS. MOSTLY... HOW LIVING THINGS OBTAIN THEIR FOOD. THE VARIOUS METHODS 3Y WHICH AN I HALS SECURE THEIR FOOD. | 'PORTENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STRUCTURE OF VAN ANO OF THE LOWER FORT'S OF ANIMALS. HO” VARIOUS ORGANS ARE ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THE GETTING OF FOOD. HOW PLANTS 03TAIM THEIR FOOD REQUIREMENTS. the manufacture of f.oos from raw materials by the plant. THE ELEMENTS WHICH ‘'AKE UP PROTEINS. FATS. CAR30HYDRATES. HOW LIVING THINGS USE THEIR FOOD. THE CHARACTERISTICS POSSESSED 3Y ANIMALS AND PLANTS BUT NOT HELD BY NON LIVING TH|”GS. SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT DETER”I ME THE KINDS OF FOOD NEEDED. A CONSIDERABLE STUDY OF THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF FOODS. THE CLASS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HAVE SPENT MC3T OF THEIR TIME FOR THE FIRST MONTH ON THE VARIOUS TYPES AND BREEDS OF CATTLE, EMPHASIZING ThE DAIRY TYPE. A RATHER COMPLETE STUDY OF THE.VARIOUS BREEDS OF DAIRY CATTLE HAS 3EEN MhDE. TOGETHER WITH COMPARISONS OF THE RELATIVE 'FRITS OF THE BREEDS. THE CLASS HAS «LSO SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME 3C FAR IN LEARNING TO BALANCE RATIONS FOR A DAIRY COW, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE EIGHT OF THE COW, AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT AMD THE BUTTER FmT TEST OF THE MILK,--------TO DETERMINE JUST WHAT AMOUNT OF FEEL SHOULD BE GIVEN TO MAINTAIN THE ANIMAL BODILY. AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE THE EXPECTED MILK SUPPLY OF THE RECUIREO TEST. THE CLASS IN POULTRY HUSBANDRY HAVE TAKEN UP THE VARIOUS TYPES CF POULTRY, TOGETHER WITH THE VARIOUS BRCFJS OF EACH TYPE. WITH CONSIDERABLE STUDY ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 3IRDS OF THE THREE MAIM TYPES. CONSIDERABLE TI'E HAS ALSO BEEN PUT ON THE ORIGIN ANO DEVELOPMENT OF THE-F BREEDS FROM THE ORIGINAL JUNGLE FOWL OF ASIA AND MALAY PENINSULA. THE CLASS aT THE PRESENT WRITING ARE MAKING A STOGY OF THE CULLING PROCESS, AND THE RELATIVE MERITS CF T'-F HOGAN TEST AMD THE POTTER TEST TO DETERMINE WHICH 31 RuS' I GHT BE PRCFITABLE LAYERS,----HAVE RECEIVED SOME ATTENTION, SUPERVISED PROJECTS BY 30Y3. DURING THE PAST SU,,: ER A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER CF BOYS TOOK UP SUMMER PROJECTS UNDER THE SUPERVISION CF MR. COTTER. AGRICULTURE INSTRUCTOR. THESE WILL BE LISTED NOW AMD TFE RESULTS CF THEIR PROJECTS GIVEN LATER CN IN THr YEAR. EARL HOCDEMAKER...CRCHaRO......JACK BELL----CLOBBERS JOSEPH PI PEAR----BEANS .......SIDNEY BRYANT CUCUMBERS HENRY A ME Y -----CUCUMBERS. .. W?,1. GREGURI CH— -ON IONS TONY DELACH ------CUCL”BERS...CHARLES DRAKE CORN HERBERT JEFFRI ES—BEES ...GILES WRIGHT— DRAPES PHILLIP HANNA R---TURKEYS ...DONALD PHELPS,-.. POTATOES KENSIL Cl DO I NGS---CUCU‘‘3ERS.. .JOHN P03UDA CUCUMBERS

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girls sports ERMA REINOEHL HELEN BECKER JUNE WELCH ERMA WOOD MARIAN LULL FRANCES GRGURICH LABERTA HE ID JACQUELINE BUCK HELEN GCAfcil.£K JEAN -ULLER OENA GROVER PAUL I NE MYE IS CONSTANCE POWERS LEONA MANN OORCTHY BAR3ER EVELYN KGWALCZYK VIRGINIA BU1SCN EL IZABETH VAN MAAREN VEr:A WILSON MAXINE PHILLIPS NORMA JEAN GLIQDEN RAMONA MURRAY JOYCE GJDJJNGS DIXft'HEPPINGER BETTY BARNES VERLADYN SAUNDERS BARBARA STRATTON EDITH MAE FORSYTHE BOBBY BEATTIE HARRIET BEATTIE KATHRYN KELLY NO TEAM HAS BEEN SELECTED YET, BUT THE GIRLS ARE PRACTISING EVERY FREE MOMENT SO THAT THEY WILL BE AMONG THOSE PRESENT AFTER ELIMINATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE SEVENTH AND EIGHT GRADE GIRLS ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH SOCCER BALL. THEY ARE DEVELOPING SKILL IN THE VARIOUS METHODS OF KICKING. BUT ARE MAINTAINING AM INTEREST IN BASKETBALL ALSO. THE OLDER GIRLS WHO ARE MOT COMPETING FOR A PLACE IN THE BASKETBALL TEA . ARE NOW SPENDING THEIR TIME LEARNING THE VARIOUS TECHNIO ES OF SOCCER. LATER IN THE YEAR THEY ILL TAKE UP SEVERAL CONSTRUCTIVE FORMS OF ACROBATICS AND DANCING.