DITISIOX OF POULTRY 679 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. -16 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, LACOMBE, ALTA. 



A beginning has been made toward the establishment of a poultry plant, A 

 number of colony houses were erected in March. Breeding pens have been mated of 

 the following breeds of chickens: Barred Rock, White Wyandotte, Buff Orpington 

 and Rhode Island Red. 



Small flocks of Bronze turkeys and Toulouse geese have been purchased. The 

 coming year should witness rapid development in the poultry department. 



