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past year. Many useful lines of experiment have been conduct-ed by him, including 

 artificial and natural incubation. He has also compiled the tables relating to experi- 

 mental work to be found in the following pages. He has in addition carried on a large 

 French correspondence and has attended numerous meetings of farmers' institutes 

 and poultry shows in the province of Quebec, also being present at the Poultry 

 Institute held at Guelph last February. 



Mr. Summers was, as usual, careful and competent in recording results from the 

 trap-nest system, and from the hatching of chickens by hens and incubators as well 

 as in the feeding of different experimental rations. 



Mr. Deavey was faithful and energetic in the care of the poultry and poultry 

 houses, as well as in the other duties entrusted to him. 



Ill-health on the part of the writer prevented him from attending several meet- 

 ings during the winter season. He had, however, the pleasure of attending and speak- 

 ing at the meeting of the Farmers' and Dairymen's Association of New Brunswick, 

 held in Fredericton, N.B., during the month of March last. 



The appointment of Mr. Ronald Pelletier as stenographer and typewriter, of 

 English and French to this Division, has given greater opportunity for the quick 

 despatch of replies to a large and rapidly increasing correspondence. 



I have the honour to be, sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



A. G. GILBERT, 



Poultry Manager. 



