DEPARTMENT REPORTS. r,i 



I)m-ing the fall and wiiilci- terms, we Aveie fortunate in having the 

 assistance of Mr. Donald AVilliams, who, with Mr. Edwards and the 

 writer, handled the above class work. You will note that during the fall 

 term we had an enrollment of 810 men in eleven classes, oi- about seventy- 

 live men i)er class, and that each member of the dei)ai'tment had twenty 

 lionrs of teaching work jier Aveek. In the winter term, we had an enroll- 

 ment of 572 men in eleven classes, or fifty students in eacli class, and 

 api)roximately twenty-fonr hours of teaching jter week for eacli mend)er 

 of the department. 



Mr. Williams joined the Extension staff March first, leaviug Mr. In- 

 wards and myself to liandle the work for the coming year. 



Aside from teaching, the (le])artment has a large amount oi' live stock 

 equipment to manage, a large number of inquii-ics for information, re- 

 quests to attend meetings throughout the State, and in addition are ex- 

 pected to conduct exi)erimental work. With the jucsent ])ersonnel, il is 

 extremely ditlicnlt to handle the teaching work as it sliould be done to 

 say nothing of the other activities in which tlie de]>ar(uKMU should l)e 

 engaged. If the departnu'ut is to fulfdl its duty to the students and lo 

 our constituents throughout the State, not less than two men should be 

 added to the personnel for the coming school year. 



Yerj' little change has been made in the live stock e<(uipment during 

 the past three years, the ap]>ortionme]it being o)ily suiticient to defray 

 the necessai^ expense of maintenance, leaving no funds to ])ureliase 

 better breeding animals for the herds and flocks. 1 would earneslly re- 

 quest that a separate fund be set aside each year for the purchase of 

 additional breeding animals with which to improve our heids and ilod-cs. 



Yours respectfully, 

 GEO. A. BROWN, 

 Professor of Animal rTusl)andry. 

 East Lansing, Michigan, June 30, 1920. 



KEPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF POT'LTRY TITTSRANDRY. 



President F. S. Kedzie, College. 



Dear Sir: I have the honor to submit the following rei)ort of the De- 

 jiartmcnt of Poultry llusl)andry for the year ending June JO, 1920. 



We are occupviiig twentv buildings; 1 house 18 feet x 184 feet, one 

 house 16 feet x si feet, J houses 10 feet x 24 feet, 1 house 10 feet x 84 feet, 

 I (Iranary 18 feet x 30 feet, I house 20 feet x 20 feet, I house 14 feet x 2S 

 feet, one "house 18 feet x 20 feet ami ten colony houses 10 feet x 12 feet. 

 One now house for experimental ])urposes has been built dnring the year 

 that has incorporated in it the latest ideas of lighting and ventilation. 

 The ten colonv houses for range work have been luiiJt during the yeai- 

 and are as nearh' as possible made thief proof. 



