DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 55 



A coal stove brooder system is in full use in the poultry plant. There are 

 nearly 3,500 chicks upon range (June 6). 



U[nvartls of 800 head of fowls have been kept for commercial, educational, 

 and investigational purposes. The leading breeds that have been kept for 

 investigational and breeding purposes are as follows: Barred Rocks, 163; 

 White Leghorns, 496; and Rhode Island Reds, 53. The following breeds 

 have been kept for demonstration purposes: White WyandotteS; 13; Buff 

 Orphingtons, 14; Brown Leghorns, 25; Miscellaneous, 46. 



Ducks: 5 Pekin, 23 Muscovy (Colored) and MusCovy (White), 5 

 Mallard. 



Geese: 5 Toulouse, 2 Emden. 



Pigeons: Ten pairs of While Kings are being bred in order that informa- 

 tion can be given to the State upon the possibilities of squab raising for market 

 purposes. 



Turkeys: One pen (1 male, 4 females and 11 young) is being bred by 

 J. W. Hemans, Onondaga, for the College upon virgin soil. 



EDUCATIONAL. 



Poultry has been taught to college students during the entire year. Fed- 

 eral Aid men (40 in number) have been taught for two hours daily for twelve 

 weeks. 



Two short courses have been conducted during the year with good suc- 

 cess by way of numbers, and I Iwlieve followed with interest among our stu- 

 dents. A breed test of laying ability was staited on. November 1, 1920 and 

 will close on the evening of October 31, 1921. There are twenty-four pens 

 in the contest, each containing five hens. These were selected from flocks 

 found in sixteen counties. 



The 116 hens are trapped daily. Reports are mailed to each farmer whose 

 hens are in the contest, every Monday morning, along with descriptions of 

 methods of feeding and management. Monthly reports are sent to Agri- 

 cultin-al and Poultry Journals for pul)lication. Great interest is taken not 

 only in the weekly reports but tlie monthly ones as well. 



From November 1, 1920 to the evening of May 28, 1921 (thirty weeks) 

 116 hens (four having died) have laid 12,070 eggs, all of which have been 

 sold for market purposes. 



Amount received ; $582 . 90 



Amount paid for feed 181 . 10 



Profit, or Labor Income $401 . 80 



Average per hen $3.46 for the first thirty weeks. 



During the year a fine building 20 ft. by 80 ft. has been added to the de- 

 partment. This building will provide classrooms and laboratories, and will 

 fill a long time need. 



The laboratories are being equipped for next year's work and when com- 

 plete will afford opportunity for doing a much higher class of work which 

 will strengthen both classroom and research work for the College. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. H. BURGESS, 

 Professor of Poultry Husbandry. 

 East Lansing, Michigan, June 30, 1921. 



