270 THE BEGINNER IN POULTRY 



cases, if a deserving student needs a lift, he is likely to 

 get it, and in a way that will preserve his self-respect 

 and independence. 



The colleges which offer short poultry courses usually 

 put out a circular describing briefly and clearly just 

 what they purpose to give the student. Some of them 

 offer courses of different lengths, or a shorter course in 

 the summer season — or, at the shortest, a " Farmers' 

 Week" is given, in which the student, be he lad of four- 

 teen or white-haired head of a family, may specialize — 

 attractive word! — just by choosing from the almost 

 numberless lectures and demonstrations those which have 

 to do with poultry. " Poultry Husbandry" is a finely 

 rounded new term which came up when it was needed. 

 The professors who cover this work at the colleges are pro- 

 fessors of Poultry Husbandry, and this word covers all that 

 is included, the best, I believe, of any term available to us. 



Cornell University's circular, for instance, offers a sched- 

 ule of the " Winter Course in Poultry Husbandry." The 

 one which lies before me was put out in November, 191 1, 

 for the course beginning November 28 of that year, cov- 

 eringtwelve weeks, and ending February 23, 1912. This 

 course was oneof fiveof these specials, the others being on 

 General Agriculture, Dairy Industry, Horticulture, and 

 Home Economics. It was '93 when the first course in 

 General Agriculture was given, but 1906 before Cornell 

 was fully awake and ready to offer the Home Economics 

 Course for the girls. The year previous, the boys and 

 girls were both provided for in the Short Course in 

 Poultry Husbandry. 



Expenses are greater at Cornell than at some of the 

 institutions ; beingstatedasnowprobablyaveragingabout 



