DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



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While we have excellent foundation herd of Shorthorns, Herefords and 

 Aberdeen Angus, the limited area of land available for the livestock 

 equipment renders it difficult to retain many of the j^ounger animals and 

 increase the herds as much as would seem desirable. The scarcity of 

 pasture the last two years has made the maintainance of the herds and 

 flocks a difficult problem and I would earnestly recommend that the 

 College obtain more land as soon as conditions will permit. 



Both Mr. Edwards as instructor and Mr. Maekie in charge of livestock 

 have rendered loyal and efficient service. The teaching work for the 

 past year has been more than three men should be required to handle 

 and with a return to a normal enrollment next year more help will be 

 needed. 



Respectfully yours, 

 GEORGE A. BROWN, 

 Professor of Animal Husbandry. 

 East Lansing, June 30, 1919. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF POULTRY HUSBANDRY. 



President F. S. Kedzie, College. 



Dear President Kedzie — I have the honor to submit the following report 

 of the Department of Poultry Husbandry for the year ending June 30, 

 1919. 



BUILDINGS. 



We are occupying eighteen buildings, one house 18 feet by 184 feet, 

 one house 16 feet by 84 feet. Thsee houses each 16 feet by 24 feet, three 

 colony houses 6 feet by 8 feet, seven portable colony houses 10 feet by 12 

 feet, one open front house 20 feet by 20 feet, 1 open front house 14 feet by 

 28 feet and one house 10 feet by 14 feet. 



No construction work has been done upon the poultry plant during the 

 year, owing to war conditions. 



