6o IIa. Sui5-Di-:partment of Poultry Husbandry. 



Iiouse should be built primarily for instructional purposes. It could 

 be built, including fences, for approximately $2,000, including labor. 

 This would accommodate 30 students at one time. Another build- 

 ing similar to this and extending parallel to it should be located at 

 the north end of the present poultry yards. 



4. A large winter brooder house should be built. At present we 

 have no means for giving the winter-course students instruction in 

 brooding. The New York State gasoline type of colony brooder 

 house with which we now rear our chickens is not adapted to mid- 

 winter use, therefore there should be built a modern brooder house, 

 heated by hot water and fitted with not less than 50 individual 

 brooders. This would cost in the neighborhood of $2,000. The 

 need for this building is made more urgent on account of the earlier 

 opening of the winter-course which makes it necessary to rear 

 chickens under mid-winter conditions. 



5. All of the poultry buildings should be painted to match and 

 harmonize with the new College of Agriculture, and plantings made 

 to harmonize artistically with the surroundings. 



6. We have outgrown every room in the poultry building. 



A lecture room large enough to seat at least 100 students, and a 

 laboratory room large enough to accommodate from 50 to 60 stu- 

 dents, should be provided in some of the buildings in the New York 

 State College of Agriculture or elsewhere. The old judging pavil- 

 ion, if properly fitted, could be used for the above purpose tempo- 

 rarily, by putting in a floor and heating by steam from the college 

 heating plant and also lighting bv electricity. 



The poultry building should be fitted with electric lights and also 

 steam heat from the college system. The present method of light- 

 ing by many lamps and heating by five stoves, increases fire risks, 

 causes dirt, extra expense, and inconvenience. An entrance with 

 porch should be built on the west end of this building, permitting 

 entrance to the basement and to the first floor in order to relieve 

 congestion at the south entrance. 



Tt would take approximately $10,000 to construct the buildings 

 and make the other improvements to meet the immediate needs of 

 the sub-department of poultrv husbandrv. 



Hearty appreciation is felt bv all who are connected with the sub- 

 department of poultry husbandry and poultrymen generally, for the 

 personal interest shown and cordial support given bv the Dean of 

 the College of Agriculture and others who are in authority. 



JAMES E. RTCE. 

 Assistant Professor of Poultry llushaiidry. 



