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state which order of investigation is represented by the work in question, 

 although it is apparent that at present more belong to the purely 

 experimental than to the research group. 



With this brief introduction we may then, turn our attention to the 

 various branches of investigational work in poultry husbandry that are 

 being conducted by the experiment stations at the present time. First it 

 should be said that notwithstanding persistent effort, no replies regarding 

 the position of poultry investigations have been received from several states. 

 All the others have responded promptly, though in many instances too 

 briefly. 



In the survey of these replies, the first point of interest lies in the number 

 of institutions in the United States, that are carrying on any definite 

 investigation of poultry problems. It here appears that slightly more than 

 half or twenty-five of the forty -eight stations are at the time of writing 

 actively engaged in work along these lines. The states that are, so far as 

 can be ascertained, carrying on no work with regard to poultry include 

 the following : Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, 

 Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, 

 New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, 

 Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and W r yoming. 



In connection with this point, it is gratifying to note that of these 

 twenty-four stations, in which at the present time, no poultry investiga- 

 tions are being conducted, nine, including Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, 

 Montana, New Jersey, Mew Mexico, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Wyoming, 

 have expressed an intention of taking up such work either as soon as funds 

 are available for the purpose, or a suitable man can be found. In most 

 cases it appears, however, that it is funds, not men, that are not available. 

 The fact that these nine institutions thus signify their intention of under- 

 taking the study of poultry problems in the near future is surely suggestive 

 of the increasing interest that is now being taken in poultry husbandry; 

 and of the weighty significance of many of the problems included 

 therein. 



Omitting for the present, the work of the five stations, from which it 

 has been impossible to secure data regarding the poultry work, attention 

 may be turned to a review of what is being done in other institutions. 



Of course most of the work which is now being done centers about the 

 subjects of breeding, feeding and housing. In most instances, however, 

 there is some definitely ulterior aim in the work; and this is usually to 

 observe the influence of these factors upon vitality, egg-production, meat 

 production or type. 



