POULTRY HUSBANDRY 



R. B. Thompson 



The following projects were formally approved for 

 the Poultry Department on June 28, 1921: 



Poultry Breeding 



Poultry Breeding Contest 



(Egg Laying Contest) 



Date of Hatching 



Chick Feeding and Brooding 



Broiler Production. 

 Of these projects some work has already been done on 

 the Poultry Breeding Project. Desirable pullets were se- 

 lected in the fall of 1920 and trapnesting has been done 

 since that time. All chicks hatched have been pedigreed. 

 All other projects will be inaugurated as soon as the Poultry 

 Department is established in a larger and more desirable 

 location. The mortality of the brooding stock has been above 

 normal during this year due to the use of crowded tempo- 

 rary quarters. 



In the Annual Report for the year ended June 30, 1920, 

 the 1800-egg incubator was reported as not having been, a 

 success on account of improper coal and poor conditions for 

 operation. The proper grade of coal was secured and the 

 incubator given a series of trials. By operating different 

 sections with different ventilation and moisture it was de- 

 termined that the incubator was entirely unsuited to this 

 climate. 



Francis R. Kenney, head of the Poultry Department, 

 resigned effective August 31, 1920. Although a new head 

 of the Department was secured to take the work on Septem- 

 ber 1, the change made readjustment in the work necessary 

 and. therefore, the advancement of Experiment Station work 

 was but slight during this year. The head of the Depart- 

 ment has done instruction work in the College of Agriculture 

 and has been Poultry Specialist in the Extension Service and, 

 accordingly, has not been able to devote more than part time 

 to any one branch of the work. Definite plans for the fu- 

 ture development of the Department, which will be effective 

 with the inauguration of the new poultry plant and with the 

 addition of instruction and extension help, have been for- 

 mulated. 



