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services of about forty assistants for about eight months in the year. In 

 the year ended May 15, 1910, records of this sort were supervised for 190 

 owners of liolstein cattle and in all the records of 1,836 cows were super- 

 vised for continuous periods ranging from seven to sixty days. In addi- 

 tion to this, continual supervision for a period of two days in each month 

 is carried on, not only for the Holstein but also for the Jersey, Guernsey, 

 and Ayrshire breeds as well. The number of cows under supervision has 

 varied during the year, but at the present time there are under super- 

 vision the records of 180 Jersey cows belonging to 11 owners, 66 Guernsey 

 cows belonging to 13 owners, 52 Ayrshire cows belonging to 5 owners, and 

 28 Holstein cows belonging to 8 owners, or in all 326 cows belonging to 

 37 owners. This work, while laborious and exacting, seems to be justified 

 on the part of the College by the confidence with which it is accepted not 

 only by the owners of the animals concerned but by the general dairy 

 public as well. 



equipment. 

 The Department of Animal Husbandry has now completely outgrown 

 its accommodations, and the removal of animals to the new barn makes it 

 difficult to use the animals for class-room purposes to the extent that 

 they have hitherto been used and that seems desirable for efficient instruc- 

 tion. The pressing needs of the department are larger class-rooms, larger 

 offices, and additions to the teaching force. It is also desirable that the 

 live-stock equipment should be increased, particularly in sheep and swine 

 and one or two breeds of cattle. 



H. H. WING, 

 Professor of Animal Husbandry. 



