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gather are said to form the largest body of poultry stu- 

 dents in the country in one state for the year, although 

 Cornell closely disputes in numbers. Connecticut is 

 fortunate in having the immediate help of Professor 

 L. F. Rettger, Biologist of Sheffield Scientific School, 

 and Herbert K. Job, the State Entomologist, while Pro- 

 fessors W. H. Card and D. J. Lambert are near at 

 hand. Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Quebec gave 

 aid in 191 1, through their Professors, and other promi- 

 nent men gave lectures. Cornell is probably the best 

 organized and best equipped of all the Stations giving 

 poultry instruction. The students adore its open-hearted, 

 enthusiastic, capable Professor, James E. Rice, and I 

 heard the Acting Dean of Agriculture rate the poultry 

 work there as high as any in the entire College. 



Professor Rice's latest project is a " Poultry Testing 

 Station" to which any one in the state may send 12 

 birds to be tested for one, or two years, for vitality, egg 

 production, and prepotency. The layers will be officially 

 trap nested, and pedigree hatching and brooding will be 

 carried on as a beginning for " line breeding for vigor, 

 prolificacy, hatching power, market quality, and economy 

 of production of flesh and eggs." Several other aims are 

 mentioned in the Advance Bulletin ; but, in connection 

 with what is given in this book in the chapter on Line 

 Breeding it is thought that the item here given will be 

 the one to fix best in the Beginner's mind the value of 

 line breeding of the right sort, and of inherited power 

 in every desired direction. 



An enormous amount of poultry instruction is offered 

 in this country, entirely outside the poultry schools, al- 

 though the professors of these schools often have a 



