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II. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 



1. FEDERAL EXPERIMENT STATION WORK. 

 During the past year no new lines of work have been undertaken, 

 but work has been continued along the same lines as formerly, 

 namely, experiments in meat production with cattle, sheep and 

 swine. Considerable data have been secured during the past year, 

 but no results have as yet been published. Our work in the breeding 

 and development of dairy cattle is continuous, and has progressed 

 satisfactorily during the past year. 



2. EXTENSION WORK. 



Extension w^ork in animal husbandry lines, with the exception of 

 some half dozen lectures delivered at various points in the state has, 

 been almost wholly devoted to the supervision of records of thorough- 

 bred cattle. During the past year the records of 700 Holstein cows 

 were supervised for various periods of time, mostly for seven days, 

 but in many cases for 30 days, and in a few cases for longer periods. 

 These 700 cows belong to 85 different owners in the state. 



Of records for Guernsey breeders, we have visited regularly once 

 each month and taken samples for fat determination, alx)ut 10 

 different herds, including between 40 and 50 different animals. The 

 expense of this work, except the necessary clerical work in the office, 

 has been borne by the different owners. 



H. H. WING, 

 Professor of Animal Industry. 



II-A. SUB-DEPARTMENT OF POULTRY HUSBANDRY. 



A report of the work done in the Poultry Department for the 

 fiscal year ending October 1, 1905, under the state appropriation is 

 here submitted : 



Instruction. — Two courses of lectures in Poultry Husbandry were 

 given to the students in the winter-courses. One of these consisted 

 of two lectures per week which was given to 30 students in the course 

 in general agricultm-e. The other was a course of 55 lectures deliv- 

 ered to the students in the Winter Poultry-Course. 



The Winter-Course in Poultry Husbandry, which was offered this 

 year for the first time, was satisfactory both from the point of attend- 

 ance and quality of the students. 



