58 IIa. Sub-Dei'artmknt uf Poultry Husbaxdrv. 



requests for infonnalion or i)uI)licalioiis are from outside New 

 York State. Tliis, like the laro-e proportion of students from other 

 states coming- to us for instruction, is (kie to the dearth of infor- 

 mation on poukry husbandry avaiUd^le in otlier state agricuRural 

 colleges. With tlu ])ui)lication of several jioultry bulletins which 

 will soon lie ready for the i)rcss, the correspondencL' will neces- 

 sarily be materially increased. It is interesting to note the nature 

 of the corres]Jondence. Of the 2(jS letters above mentioned, 97 

 asked for specific information, 46 were in regard to jiositions, 21 

 were of a business nature, 21 requested poultry jxiblications, 18 had 

 to do with co-operative experiiuents in poultry husbandry, 16 sought 

 information about the poultry courses, 79 were of a general mis- 

 cellaneous nature on a large variety of subjects, difficult to classify. 



I\^ EXTENSION WORK. 



The extension w^ork is carried on through several avenues of 

 reaching the people as follows : 



(a) The reading courses, althougii imder the direct charge of- 

 the extension department, calls for frequent and sohietimes lengthy 

 interviews from that officer in order that he mav meet the inquiries 

 for technical information. 



(b) Co-operative experiments. 152 persons in New York State 

 have kept some form of record of th^ir " incubators " or " feed and 

 production " records of their flocks or " mortality records " of their 

 chickens. This work is capable of indefinite extension and should 

 result in much good, but with tlie present force it has been impos- 

 sible to do justice to the persons who have co-ooerated with us. 



(c) Bv lectures at poultrv institutes, far)uers' institutes, meetings 

 of poultrv associations, granges, etc. The demand for this outside 

 teaching is increasing far more rapidly than.w'C are able to meet it. 

 Eight requests from outside this State, several from within the 

 State, for the months of November and December, 1906, have had 

 to be declined owing to ])ress of work at the College. Fifteen meet- 

 ings were attended last year in this State. We should not only be 

 able to send a speaker to meet all these requests from within the 

 State, hut should arrange a definite schedide of lectures providing at 

 least one lecture each year before every poultry association within 

 the State. 



(d) r.v educational exhibits at the Stitc and county fairs. The 

 first attempt was made last year and repeated this year at the Tomp- 

 kins county fair and last year at the New York State r.'-ecders' 

 Association, and also this vear at the New York State fair. The 



