756 Education in Poultry Keeping. [Nov., 



council which is charged with the supervision of the county 

 poultry schemes. 



There is no reason why representation for -local poultry 

 keepers' interests should not be obtained in this way, and 

 societies and clubs would then have a direct voice in the 

 administration of county council poultry schemes, and much 

 more efficient co-operation between State-aided and voluntary 

 effort would be possible. In too many instances in the past 

 the county poultry instructor has been doing isolated and com- 

 paratively unknown w^ork with little public support. Let the 

 societies and clubs see that this is changed; that the county 

 councils, colleges, and their instructors are given the fullest 

 measure of support and assistance, and that thereby the 

 greatest possible efficiency is obtained in carrying out the 

 schemes for which only a very limited amount of public money 

 is available. 



The societies and clubs can help in so many ways — by sug- 

 gesting centres for lectures, classes, and the establishment of 

 egg-and-chick-distributing centres; by keeping their members 

 informed as to lectures, &c., and the dates when the county 

 instructor is expected to visit the various districts; by distribut- 

 ing leaflets and bulletins; and by generally assisting the 

 instructor to perform his many duties efficiently and without 

 undue delay. 



Various Needs to be Met. — The problem of providing suitable 

 forms of education in poultry keeping to meet the needs of all 

 is not an easy one. There are those who cannot spare more 

 time from their work than' is occupied in attending an 

 occasional public lecture, and persons of this type may be 

 country, urban, or city dwellers. There are the sons and 

 daughters of farmers and small holders who will be occupied 

 ultimately, as a rule, in poultry keeping as a branch of agri- 

 culture or horticulture. Others may desire instruction to enable 

 them to make poultry keeping their main source of livelihood; 

 and, finally, there are those who desire a complete scientific 

 and practical training to equip them as qualified teachers of 

 poultry keeping. 



Itinerant Instruction. — For the mass of poultry keepers all 

 the evidence available in this and other countries goes to 

 show that itinerant instruction by competent instructors is by 

 far the most effective form of education. This includes 

 lectures, visits to poultry keepers in their homes, and 

 peripatetic classes. 



