
REPORT OF THE POULTRYMAN. 15 
Report of the Poultryman. 
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Zo the Director of the Storrs Agricultural /:xperiment Station: 
S1r:—The six months during which I have been connected 
with your Station has hardly been time enough to secure 
results in any research work, although considerable has been 
done. 
While investigations into the squab industry are taking a 
large portion of my time, still a number of other experiments 
are receiving attention. 
The hopper system of feeding, both with young chicks and 
laying hens, is being tested in all its branches; that is, by 
different feeds and with hens in confinement and on free range. 
The question of minimum cost of housing and feeding poultry 
is also being tested. 
There have been a great many inquiries from all parts of the 
state regarding sick fowls, and eighty-three birds have been 
sent to the department for examination. In a great many 
of these cases satisfactory information was furnished to the 
persons concerned, but in a few cases it was thought advisable 
to visit the *"plants.’” In every case but one where the plant 
was visited the trouble could be traced to improper care. The 
one exception was a case of poisoning. 
Respectfully submitted, 
C. K. GRAHAM. 
