REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION, 

 AUGUST, 1909 



PRESENTED BY PHILIP B. HADLEY 

 READ BY WM. F. KIRKPATRICK 



The Committee of Investigation has attempted to ascertain the nature 

 and distribution of poultry investigation throughout the United States, 

 chiefly with reference to the work of the Agricultural Colleges and Experi- 

 ment Stations. Reports were not received from five stations. The details 

 ascertained from the others are as follows 1 : 



Respectfully submitted, 



PHILIP B. HADLEY, 

 JAMES G. HALPIN, 

 J. P. LANDRY. 



*June 30, 1909, 25 of the 49 Experiment Stations were investigating poultry problems; 

 of the remaining 24, 9 signified their intention of taking up such work the following year. 

 "Under this heading comes the following problems each of which is being studied by 

 a single station: 



i) The value of the male in the (scrub) flock. 

 Moulting of poultry, rate of feathering, etc. 

 A study of vitality in stock. 

 Influence of feeding upon color of stock. 

 (5) Influence of light upon (a) laying; (b) development of chickens, 



