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Fifteen acres have been well fenced for rearing chickens ; old fences 

 and hedgeways have been removed ; wet places have been surface-drained ; 

 worn-out sod land has been broken up, fertilized, and sown to buckwheat ; 

 land too poor to grow corn has yielded a fair crop of sunflowers ; one 

 acre of the best land has been given special treatment and a good stand of 

 alfalfa secured. 



Owing to our being able, this year, to rear our stock on free range, we 

 have greatly economized labor, reduced mortality, and improved the 

 quality of our stock. 



Some of the more important items from the last inventory, taken July 

 I, 1910, are as follows : 



Approximately fifty-five acres of land (rented) $3, 500 00 



Buildings . . . . » . 6,416 25 



Stock 3,400 55 



General equipments and supplies 6,496 46 



Total $19,813 26 



The amount of stock on hand September 30, 1910, is as follows: 



Young stock 2,803 



Old stock 1,045 



Total 3^48 



TEACHING. 



Owing to a lack of laboratory room to accommodate large numbers 

 of students in a single class, the courses have been arranged to meet the 

 needs only of persons specializing in poultry husbandry — in other words, 

 for those who could give eight or ten credit hours per year to the subject. 

 This resulted in debarring many students who desired to elect a short, 

 elementary course. As a compromise between these extremes, this year 

 the subject has been subdivided and specialized into two or three hour 

 courses. This has resulted in largely increasing the number of students 

 electing poultry husbandry and also the total number of credit hours 

 taught. It has also nearly doubled the size of the laboratory sections, 

 making it impossible to give satisfactory instruction in this course until 

 we can occupy our new building. 



There is an unprecedented demand this year for instruction in the 

 Winter Poultry Course. Last year, on September 30th, thirteen appli- 

 cations had been accepted. On the same date this year, fifty-five applica- 



