1912.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 43 



The average yields to date iiiuler IIk; diU'ereut systems of top- 

 dressing have been at the following rates per aere : — 



Pounds. 



Barnyard inamire, 6,211 



Wood ashes, 5,681 



Fine-ground bone and muriate of i^otasb, 6,061 



Poultry Work. 

 For a consideral)le number of years experiments on the best 

 methods of feeding poultry for egg production have been con- 

 ducted in this department. In the spring of 1911 all poultry 

 work was transferred to the head of the poultry department of 

 the college. There has been so much construction work in this 

 department during the past year, however, in the effort to get 

 it properly established and equipped, that the poultryman has 

 no report to offer at this time. 



