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credits for all. In the second semester, they may take 

 Elementary Poultry Raising, Incubation and Brooding, 

 and an " advanced course " under the head of " Poultry 

 Management " ; and gain seven to nine credits for all. 

 " Poultry Practice," taken throughout the year, aims "to 

 familiarize the student with the ordinary work about a 

 poultry farm." Under this come carpentry, caponizing, 

 etc. Assistant Professor of Poultry Husbandry, J. G. 

 Hal pin, instructs in all these courses. 



The New Jersey appropriation was passed in 1911. 

 Under date of January 2, 1912, Professor A. R. Lewis 

 wrote me that a class of 28 was at work, 1 1 of whom 

 were women. In other states, the proportion of women 

 has held very low, as a rule. The new buildings at New 

 Brunswick are in themselves an experiment in construc- 

 tion, life of various brands of roofing, etc. 



New Jersey put out an " Organization Circular for 

 Educational Work," with poultry. This plans for 

 County Associations, and a State Board of Poultry 

 Husbandry, to be composed of two members from each 

 County Association. The Constitutions are practical, a 

 provision of that for the County Associations being for 

 a library with a librarian, a part of whose duties is to 

 make a summarized report both of the condition and 

 the use of the books. It also provides a means of in- 

 creasing the library. 



The plan provides also for a Reading Course, outlines 

 such a course for a full year, and offers a list of refer- 

 ence books for the library. This list at first consisted 

 of ten books. I am glad to know that my " How to 

 Keep Hens for Profit " was found worthy to rank 

 among this first ten books of reference, concerning 



