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estimates and plans were prepared, calling for an appropriation of $20,000 

 for auxiliary buildings. This appropriation should be secured at the 

 earliest possible date. 



3. Buildings and equipments for the nezv poultry farm. — Special ap- 

 propriations should be made in the near future for laying houses, a water- 

 supply system, a large amount of tile draining, a cottage where the help 

 can room and board, and for a team, farm implements, and tools. 



4. A poultry census. (From 1909 report) "Among the many ave- 

 nues of effort for developing the poultry interests of the State, not yet 

 attempted by the department, and which should be undertaken when the 

 funds are available, is a poultry survey of various sections of the State. 

 The department should go to the farms and study the problem first- 

 hand and follow this up with specific help when needed in improving 

 rations, mating stock, preparing products for market, remodeling poultry 

 houses, preventing disease, and in many other ways for increasing the 

 efficiency of the farm." 



5. Farm laboratories. — (From 1909 report) "The natural result of 

 a careful study of poultry farm conditions is the discovery of problems 

 which demand careful investigation. Hence, the need for farm labora- 

 tories. Already the department is called on to send representatives to 

 conduct experiments on the spot. Many problems can best be solved, and 

 some can be solved only on the farm where the problems exist. Such 

 cooperative enterprises furnish the most convincing object lessons." 



6. Poultry breeding stations. (From 1909 report) "A poultry test- 

 ing and breeding station should be established in this State, where various 

 breeds, varieties, and strains of poultry can be trap-nested and compared 

 under the most favorable conditions and careful supervision. Such an 

 enterprise could be made wholly self-sustaining after the land and build- 

 ings were provided. The interest developed would focus attention on 

 the importance of good breeding and correct methods of handling poultry, 

 and would be the means of distributing, to the owners of the tested stock, 

 in every section of the State, the most productive and most vigorous 

 individuals to improve their breeding flocks. These and many other 

 opportunities await our attention. We are ready and anxious to under- 

 take these important educational enterprises. The returns would 

 abundantly justify the State in providing the way." 



JAMES E. RICE, 

 Professor of Poultry Husbandry. 



