ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 



I. Teaching Work. 



The instruction in this department is comprised in the list of 

 courses appended herewith: 31. Animal Husbandry; 32. Advanced 

 and Seminary Work in Animal Technology ; 33. Practice in Feeding 

 and Stable Management ; 34. The Horse ; 35. Animal Mechanics 

 and Exterior; 36. Animal Husbandry. 



During the year 1906-7 instruction was given in 



Course 31 to 87 students, 

 Course 32 to 9 students, 

 Course ^^ to 3 students. 

 Course 34 to 22 students, 

 Course 35 to 12 students, 

 Course 36 to 31 students. 



In addition to these, there w'ere 155 winter-course students in a 

 three-hour course in " Feeds and Feeding," and 52 winter-course 

 students in a three-hour course in " Breeds and Breeding." 



Notwithstanding the work in all these courses was seriously 

 handicapped by the necessity of occupying temporary quarters, and 

 the impossibility of using part of the equipment, the general stand- 

 ing maintained by the students in this department was above the 

 average, and the work may be said to have progressed satisfac- 

 torily so far as the progress of the students is concerned. 



H. Experimental Work. 



The experimental work in the Department of Animal Husbandry 

 has been conducted in the usual way for the past year. Several 

 investigations are in progress, the most notable of which are 



(a) Experiments as to the profitable production of beef in New 

 York State. 



(b) The development of winter lamb raising. 



(c) The utilization of skimmed milk in the production of pork. 



(d) Experiments in the breeding and development of dairy cows. 



This work is all continuous, and has now been in j)njgress for 

 several years, l)ut it seems desirable that it should be continued for 

 some time longer before publishing results. Additions to the force 



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