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5 cents apiece for oranges and apples, or buy plums at the rate 

 of 2 or 3 for a nickel, and at the same time make a tremendous 

 kick and talk about combines or trusts when good wholesome 

 eggs sell at 4 or 5 cents each. This same egg-eating habit has 

 taken possession of Europeans also. About four years ago a 

 commission was appointed in England to investigate the high 

 price of eggs. In their report it was stated that one of the most 

 important causes for their scarcity and high price was the de- 

 velopment of the egg-eating habit among the peasants of west- 

 ern Europe, in southern Russia and certain parts of Germany 

 and Austria. All these facts are evidence of the increasing 

 demand for poultry and eggs, and the opportunities in poultry 

 culture in Massachusetts will not be confined to the next few 

 years, but will continue for many years to come. 



Poultry Instructors. 



There never has been a time in the history of education when 

 there was such a demand for a particular class of people, and at 

 the same time so few qualified to meet this demand, as we have 

 in our instructional work in poultry culture at the present time. 



During the last twelve or fifteen years poultry departments 

 have been established in nearly all of our agricultural colleges. 

 A large number of county agricultural schools have been or- 

 ganized in various parts of the United States, and agricultural 

 departments have been established in high schools. Further- 

 more, there have been instituted in the country quite a num- 

 ber of what are termed agricultural high schools. In nearly all 

 of these institutions poultry instruction has been demanded, and 

 to meet this demand a great many people have taken these posi- 

 tions who have not been trained professionally for that kind of 

 work. Such positions require men with, as one can readily see, 

 a particular kind of training, one covering all three phases of 

 the work, — scientific, practical and professional or pedagogical. 



I believe there are no greater teaching opportunities in the 

 country to-day than those offered to young men who will fit 

 themselves for teaching poultry culture in these various schools. 

 In addition to teaching there has come a great demand from 

 our agricultural experiment stations within the last five years 

 for trained men to carry on experimental work in poultry 



