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For instruction in poultry husbandry there are several poultry 

 houses, having a capacity of 500 hens and 20 ducks; 11 styles of 

 incubators; various types of brooders; several kinds of bone cutters; 

 various charts and models; stereopticon slides for illustrating lec- 

 tures ; a collection of eggs, containing from two to four eggs of nearly 

 all the varieties of domestic poultry. There is an incubator cellar 

 30 feet square; a slaughter house and packing room 16 by 20; a 

 judging pavilion, feed room, root cellar and carpenter shop. All 

 the standard poultry papers are on file in the dairy building, and the 

 poultry library is one of the largest in the country. 



A valuable feature of the Poultry-(^ourse is the annual poultry show 

 which is conducted by the students in this course. They carry on 

 the correspondence, keep the records, prepare the fowls for exhibition, 

 score them, award and receive prizes. Many poultrymen from else- 

 where send their stock here for exhibition, to which, if deserving, the 

 Cornell University Poultry Association ribbons are awarded. The 

 show is judged by a well-known expert, whose score is used for 

 comparison with the score of the students. 



Those who qualify are given a limited certificate of proficiency, 

 according to their ability to judge the various breeds. 



Those who satisfactorily complete the Short Winter Poultry -Course 

 receive a certificate to that effect, signed by the director of the Col- 

 lege of Agriculture and the assistant professor of poultry husbandry. 



ROSTER OF THE WINTER-COURSES, 1905. 



Poultry Course. 



Britten, O. E Syracuse, N. Y. 



Buchanan, (Miss) S Cohoes, N. Y. 



Hodges (Mrs.), L. R Flushing, N. Y. 



Howell, C. W Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



Hunt, W. J Thomdike, Me. 



Lam, C. H Westtown, N. Y. 



Nixon (Miss), C Trumansburg, N, Y. 



Opperman, C. L Burlingham, N. Y. 



Phillips, E Oriskany Falls, N. Y. 



Ra3mor, C. L Manorville, N. Y. 



Robbins, E Burlington, Wis. 



Seaman, George A Buffalo, N. Y. 



Van Vleet, W Unionville, N. Y. 



Walters, G Groton, N. Y. 



Wilkins, S. D Minneapolis, Minn. 



Wicker, W. G Ticonderoga, N. Y. 



Wheelock, W. D Kennedy, N. Y. 



