TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AWARDED 

 FOR POULTRY STUDY 



With more than $300,000,000 tied up in the Northeastern 

 States broiler industry, $40,000,000 worth in Massachusetts alone, 

 the problems of the poultry industry become more acute and the 

 need for improvement more urgent. 



Recognizing the economic importance of such an industry, 

 the directors of the Experiment Stations of the twelve Northeastern 

 States have allocated $20,000 for a regional project to study several 

 aspects of the poultry problem. 



One of the problems, poultry house ventilation, has become 

 the subject of countless articles and research studies. It is an 

 established fact that litter moisture and the composition of the air 

 within a poultry house seriously affect the quality of the product 

 as well as the efficiency and health of the birds. High temperature 

 litter and inadequate ventilation are directly responsible for blind- 

 ness in young birds. Control of respiratory disease, which is be- 

 coming increasingly prevalent, may also depend upon proper en- 

 vironment. 



Eight thousand dollars of this government grant has been ear- 

 marked for the Department of Agricultural Engineering of the 

 University. Under the leadership of Professor Herbert N. Staple- 

 ton, the engineering staff hopes to construct a suitable low-cost high- 

 strength poultry house, convenient for poultry workers and useful 

 as a hurricane and ran shelter. 



