-7- show at Kansas City. Seven White Leghorn hens in the poultry flock topped the 300-egg mark this last year. Boys from the School had the reserve grand champion pen of lambs and pen of market hogs at the Great Western Livestock show. The herd average in butterfat production is fifth high among all institutions in the United States and a cow which may make a world record this year is in her third month of lactation at the School. The object of keeping this livestock is not for experimental purposes, but to teach boys how to care for them, and to provide project animals both for the California Polytechnic School boys and for the high school agriculture students throughout the State. VI. PROJECT OPERATION The laboratory work at the California Polytechnic School is a combination of learning and earning. Since the objective of the courses is to train young men for productive vocations, the principle of commercial operation on all projects is emphasized from the start. Through the use of a cooperative loan fund, students borrow money to finance many of the projects, and receive a share of the profits from their labor. Where animals are exhibited in a livestock show and sold at auction, their returns may be quite high. The extent of these activities is shown below, by departments: Meat Animals Department Approximately 45 boys carried meat animals projects during the calendar year ending December 31, 1935. The production follows: 86 Beef cattle raised in projects, with a total value of $9,446.38. 323 Swine raised in projects, with a total value of $6,009.90. 137 Sheep raised in projects, with a total value of $1,305.50. Dairy Department Twenty—five to thirty dairy students did all routine work in connection with a pure-bred dairy herd of 110 animals. They were paid for this work partly on a share basis. The dairy unit paid all herd expenses last year. The herd produces products