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tioned. As a rule, the Stations are under government 

 aid, and separate from the Colleges proper. A list of 

 Stations will be given in the back of this book, for the 

 help of those who may want to keep in touch with what 

 their states are doing with poultry. The strong under- 

 current making for poultry instruction and state aid to 



Sicilian Buttercups, Egg-Laying Contest, Storrs. Nova Scotian Birds. 

 Buttercups Claim a High Record. (Courtesy of Connecticut Agricultural 

 College) 



the industry will doubtless tend to increase continuously 

 the number of those giving full poultry instruction. 

 Connecticut was the first to offer a Summer School of 

 Poultry "especially planned to meet the need of teachers, 

 business and professional people." It reports that the 

 poultry class " has been considered the best class in the 

 Summer School since this feature was introduced " and 

 the students of the Summer and Winter Courses to- 



