Department of Poultry Husbandry 



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The number of varieties in each branch of the potiltry stock is as follows : 

 fowls, 39; geese, 3; ducks, 6; pigeons, 4; pheasants, 2; grouse, i; quail, i; 

 birds on game farm, 250. 



Of the total number of fowls, 329 were used for teaching purposes and 

 1598 for research. 



Teaching. — The decrease in teaching activities is shown in the following 

 summary for the years 191 6 and 191 7. It is seen that there has been a 

 reduction of approximately fifty per cent. 



Extension. — All the members of the staff, except those whose work 

 made it impossible for them to leave town, participated in some form of 

 extension activity. As a result a very much larger amount of extension 

 work was accomplished than in the preceding year. There were 357 

 extension engagements filled, at which 19,140 persons were present. 

 Particular stress was placed on farm visits and especially on the selection 

 of stock in an attempt to save the poultry industry. The selection 

 campaign, it is estimated, resulted in the discarding of over 300,000 

 unprofitable fowls, thus saving not less than 936 tons of feed (amount- 

 ing to $56,160) which was thus released for profitable production 

 purposes. 



More and more each year it is significant and encouraging to note the 

 willingness on the part of the poultrymen and farmers to assume a large 

 part of the entire expense of financing the extension engagements. This 

 enables the Department to do a very much larger amount of work at 

 a comparatively small cost to the College, or, in other words, to do a 

 vastly larger amount of work in the State with the amount of money 

 available for this purpose. The entire cost to the College for traveling 

 expenses during the year was $1787.59, which is $30.39 less than last 

 year notwithstanding the fact that there was an increase in the number 

 of extension engagements. 



