236 Report or THE First ASSISTANT OF THE 
Observations on the few varieties of sorghum found suitable for 
this State, and on some new varieties, were continued. 

- Records of results from the several strips in the field treated 
with different crude chemicals were made. 
Poultry. 
In the line of poultry work quite a number of feeding experi- 
ments with capons have been made, and as enough experiments 
have been finished to justify some conclusions the results have 
been arranged in bulletin form. The bulletin includes data 
obtained during the first month or more of the year following 
that for which this report is made, but this report not being called 
to press until these additional data are prepared, they are here 
included, making the results more complete. 
The much higher prices at which capons are quoted compared 
with those of the average of poultry have led to many inquiries — 
being made during the past few years in regard to the profit in — 
growing them for the market. When we remember that beef 
cattle have been fed in this State during recent years at very small 
profit and that often to find any profit in producing pork it has 
been necessary to take into account the advantage of using skim 
milk, etc., and to consider the manurial value of the grain fed, we 
may find it well worth while to learn the cost of any possible ani-— 
mal product of the farm that will command a good price in the 
market. 
Not many data are available in regard to the subject. But a 
small proportion of the recent information contained in the poul- 
try and agricultural papers seems to have come from disinterested 
sources and the larger part therefore whether exaggerated or not — 
is naturally received by many with suspicion. In order to obtain 
information in regard to the probable advantage of growing capons 
several experiments have been made at this Station during the oe 
past two years. 
In this bulletin are recorded the results obtained in feeding 
several lois of capons for the months during which they are 
usually grown, beginning in August and September when young 
cockerels are old enough for caponizing and continuing until 7 & 



