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than all of those in England combined. Cornell University, 

 of New York State, possesses a larger staff than is to be found 

 in all the agricultural colleges of this country." As for our 

 own colleges, evidence given to the Reay Committee showed 

 that out of eighteen colleges and schools of agriculture ten 

 have no provision at all for poultry teaching ; eight make 

 provision of some kind for practical instruction, but only 

 five give courses of lectures, and of these five there are three 

 which do not provide specialist instructors, the final result 

 being that in only two or three of the colleges does the 

 subject receive adequate attention. 



A certain advance is being made, however. A proposal 

 has been mooted for the formation of a National Poultry 

 Institute which would be a centre for training teachers and 

 others, and for the conduct of experimental work and research 

 in the many problems which present themselves for solution. 

 The Development Commissioners and the Board of Agricul- 

 ture have approved the scheme, and the former have stated 

 that they are prepared to recommend the Treasury to make 

 a grant of 8,500 for establishment and equipment and of 

 2,000 a year for maintenance, conditionally upon equal 

 amounts being obtained from other sources. The Committee 

 of the National Poultry Institute are endeavouring to obtain 

 the sums requisite to placing them in a position to obtain 

 these grants. 



In the next place, as the result of a conference held in 

 London in July, 1912, there was formally established, with 

 Mr. Edward Brown as its president, an International 

 Association of Poultry Instructors and Investigators which, 

 in reflecting the " world-movement " now proceeding in 

 the investigation of many problems of poultry production 

 awaiting solution, should have some effect in helping to 

 raise English conditions to a better state of efficiency. 



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All this educational work is, of course, far beyond the 

 range of A. O. S. activities; yet in the organisation for sale 

 which is the logical outcome of teaching for production there 



