POULTRY EXPERIMENTS, 1906-7. 

 G. M. Goweu,. 



[The poultry work of the Experiment Station was undertaken primarily 

 to study breeding for egg production and has been in progress for several 

 years. Three years ago the Bureau of Animal Industry of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture desired to cooperate in the work and is now 

 contributing $1,000 per year to assist in the carrying forward of the 

 breeding and housing experiments. Considerable unpublished data from 

 these experiments have accumulated, but it has been decided to hold this 

 matter until the experiments shall be so far advanced that the results 

 shall be conclusive. 



The following papers on poultry experiments have been published. 

 These are no longer available for distribution. A summary bulletin 

 bringing the work up to 1906 has been issued by the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. This can be obtained 

 by addressing the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



Number of Laying Hens that can be profitably kept in one Pen, 

 Annual Report for 1898. 



Feeding Chickens for Growth, Bulletin 64. 



Breeding for Egg Production, Bulletin 64. 



Feeding Chickens for Growth, Bulletin 79. 



Experiments in Incubation, Bulletin 79. 



Breeding for Egg Production, Bulletin 79. 



Breeding for Egg Production, Bulletin 93. 



Floor Space, etc., in relation to Egg Production, Bulletin 93. 



Poultry Management as practiced at the Maine Station, Bulle- 

 tin 100. 



Poultry Experiments, 1903-5, Bulletin 117. 



Poultry Experiments, 1905-6, Bulletin 130. 

 This bulletin (144) in addition to containing accounts of experimental 

 work, supplements bulletins 100, 117 and 130 by outlining the methods 

 of housing and handling the stock that have been adopted since those 

 bulletins were issued. — C. D. W.] 



POULTRY HUSBANDRY. 



Poultry husbandry is a legitimate agricultural industry. It 

 is as well grounded as dairying, animal raising, fruit or crop 

 growing. It occupies a special place in agriculture, and it will 

 never displace other work except on limited areas. It requires 

 large quantities of grains and concentrated feeding material and 

 but small quantities of bulky foods. Larger animals must 



