﻿6 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULS. 1376-1400 



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 Department Bulletin No. 1384. — ^Thb Effectiveness of Extension 

 IN Reaching Rural People. A Study of 3,954 Farms in Iowa, 

 New York, Colorado, and California, 1923-24 — Continued 



Other factors affecting the adoption of practices 12 



Condition of land occupancy 12 



Size of farm 13 



Distance from county extension office 13 



Nature of roads 14 



Membership in extension associations 14 



Participation in extension activities 15 



Contact with extension agents 16 



Membership, participation, and contact 17 



Boys' and girls' club work 17 



Subject-matter specialists 18 



Attitude toward extension 19 



Summary 19 



Department Bulletin No. 1385. — The Poultry and Egg Industry 

 IN Europe: 



Acknowledgments ii 



Interest in foreign poultry production 1 



Production of poultry in Europe 3 



Effect of land tenure on poultry production 3 



Effect of European climate on poultry production and quality. _ 7 



Breeds of fowls 8 



Turkeys 10 



Government interest in raising poultry 11 



Egg-laying contests 13 



Commercial handling and marketing of poultry 13 



Village market days and auctions 14 



Transporting poultry 15 



Dressing of poultry 16 



The continental poultry plant 18 



Preparing the Surrey fowl 20 



French methods of dressing poultry 27 



Belgian method of dressing poultry 28 



A refrigerated poultry package 29 



Wholesale selling of poultry 29 



Retail selling of poultry 30 



Marketing of geese 32 



Preparing American poultry to meet foreign demand 35 



Sizes 35 



Fat and color 35 



Squatting 35 



Commercial handling and marketin g of eggs 36 



Gathering eggs from producers 36 



Quality of buying 37 



Payments to producers 38 



Purchase of eggs by weight 38 



Testing and grading of eggs 40 



Egg packages 43 



Packing materials 46 



Methods of packing for export 47 



Advantages of the European export case 48 



Disadvantages of the European case 48 



Transportation of eggs 49 



Preservation of eggs 50 



Wholesale selling of eggs 52 



Wholesale prices of eggs 53 



A noiseless auction 54 



Retail selling of eggs 55 



Consumption of eggs in Great Britain 55 



American eggs for export 68 



