54 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FARM MANAGEMENT. 



President F. S. Kedzie, 

 East Lansing, Michigan. 



Dear President Kedzie : 



During the year the Farm Management department was organized and 

 certain courses where taken over from other dei)artments. Agriculture 2 

 given in the Dean's department and Agricultural Economics 3a given in 

 the Economics department were combined, and given under two courses 

 in the new department. One of these courses taking up the question of faim 

 organization and farm accounts, and the other couise has for its objective 

 the study of such other business problems as farm contracts, farm credits, 

 insurance and other related subjects. 



One course in Mai'keting was also taken over. It deals with the general 

 theory of marketing as applied to and effecting farm management problems. 



A new group of studies in the short course was also arranged' for and is 

 called the Farm Business Course. In this course the following sul:)iects 

 are given: farm management, farm accounts, rural credit, agricultural 

 arithmetic, farm insurance and farm business problems. 



Verv truly yours, 



H. M. ELIOT, 

 Professor of Farm Management. 

 East Lansing, Michigan, Juno 30, 192 L 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF POULTRY HUSBANDRY. 



To the President: 



Dear Sir: 



I have the honor to submit the following report of the Department of 

 Poultry Husbandry for the year ending June 30, 1921. 



BUILDINGS. 



At present we are making use of twenty-four buildings for poultry work. 

 One house 18 ft. by 184 ft., one house 16 ft. by 84 ft. with two stories and 

 basement, three houses each 16 ft. by 24 ft., three colony houses each 6 ft. 

 by 8 ft., ten portable colony houses each 10 ft. by 12 ft., one house 20 ft. by 

 20 ft., one house 14ft. by 28 ft., one house 10 ft. by 14 ft., one house 12 ft. 

 by 24 ft., and one house 20 ft. by 80 ft. with basement and one house 18 ft. 

 by 20 ft. 



Our laying quarters cover 6,182 square feet of floor space and will ac- 

 conmiodate 1,550 hens. We have 1,484 square feet of brooder space that 

 will accommodate 5,000 chicks. 



EQUIPMENT. 



The department has operated twenty-five incubators during the year. 

 Both the hot water and hot air types are to be found in our laboratories. 



