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offer short courses in poultry husbandry of from six to twelve 

 weeks during the winter months, the time being devoted largely 

 to lectures, demonstrations, and practical work (Fig. 20). These 

 are of much value to the amateur who desires to become familiar 

 with the details and requirements of the business, as well as to 

 the practical poultryman who desires to become familiar with the 

 most modern ideas pertaining to his occupation. 



Poultry Organizations. Among the greatest factors which 

 are working for the improvement of the industry are the numer- 

 ous organizations being formed in all sections. The majority 

 were formerly organizations of fanciers, but the element of 

 utility has more recently been included. Associations working 



FIG. 20. A plant used for instruction and experimental work, New Jersey College of 



Agriculture. 



along both fancy and utility, lines should do a great good. 

 Organization for educational purposes alone is gaining ground 

 every day. New Jersey, for example, has an association in 

 each county and a State organization composed of delegates 

 from each county association. Its main purposes are education 

 and cooperation. 



Changes in Management. Great changes have been made in 

 the general management of the flocks themselves. The most 

 prominent of these is the general substitution of dry-mash feeding 

 for wet mash. Another change is the housing of birds in open or 

 curtain-front, well-ventilated houses, in contrast to the old types 

 of closed, warm houses. 



Publications. The value of systematic advertising has be- 

 come more fully recognized, as will be readily seen by an exami- 

 nation of the poultry press. This calls attention to another 

 great development, namely, that of poultry magazines and 



