Coups and Degrees 421 . Milk a cow twice a day for one month. . Tell the eflFect of sunlight and good air on cows. . Understand the sterilization of milk. . Understand the care of dairy vessels, etc. . Test five cows for ten days each with the Babcock test and make exact reports. . Know how to treat a cow for indigestion. . Explain the use and advantage of a separator.
1 . Make two pounds of butter a week for two months. 2. Explain pasteurizing and its value.
. Keep a flock of sheep. . Raise at least four beeves for market or home consumption. . Raise hogs for market or home consumption. . Cure beef and pork for home use or for sale. . Know how to butcher beeves, hogs, and sheep. Star ^seman (Gijiged) /V The Degree of Star Wiseman, may be conferred ^ ^> on any one who takes seven of these tests: ^f^ I. Have a general knowledge of the nature and I ■■ .J movements of the stars. . Point out and name ten principal constellations. . Find the north by means of other stars than the Pole Star in case of that star being obscured by clouds. . Tell the hour of the night by the stars and moon. . Know and name twenty of the chief stars, . Know, name, and can point out three of the planets. . Have a general knowledge of the positions and move- ments of the earth, sun, and moon. . Have a general knowledge of tides, eclipses, meteors, comets, sun-spots, and planets. . Take the latitude from the stars with homemade instru- ments, within one degree of error. . Make a sundial that works. Swimmer (Shingebis) The Degree of Swimmer may be conferred on any one who takes eight of these tests: . Swim 100 yards:. . Swim on the back fiftv feet.
