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THE QUESTION OF SUPPLIES 



Many Questions about Supplies — Cornell Manufactures 

 Some Specialties — Stock of a Big Supply House — 

 Supplies Valuable to Many — The Supply Habit — 

 Seasonal Trade Means Early Orders — Descriptions 

 of Various Supplies — Testing Eggs — A Home-made 

 Tester — Mortar and Pestle 



Since it has more than once been my lot to answer 

 letters asking how to mark chicks for identification, how 

 to test eggs, where to get portable houses, etc., I feel full 

 warrant for giving some detail about poultry supplies. 

 A large part of the work of Cornell Experiment Station 

 in giving direct aid to poultry farmers consists in making 

 them acquainted with the best poultry supplies. Many 

 such have been devised by the Cornell workers and are 

 described in bulletins. Some of these may be dupHcated 

 by any handy man, and dimensions are given in order 

 to facihtate this. 



It would be a great thing for poultry farming in New 

 York State if all the farmers and poulterers could appre- 

 hend the eagerness with which Cornell works to get into 

 touch with them. It may be expected that the advertis- 

 ing and the increased facilities which the 1910 legislative 

 grant of ninety thousand dollars to strengthen poultry 

 work at Cornell for the farm benefit will give, will aid 

 greatly in bringing Cornell and its poultry farming con- 

 tingent together. The Farmers' Week, now an estab- 

 lished function, has its very liberal and full share of 



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