Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-04-03

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Poultry at the Stations.

ment Station in. the United States the
following inquiries:
]. What Is your station doing at the
| experiment?
2. To what extent Is the agricul.
tural college OF your state giving nt'
tention to instruction In poultry cul'
ture?
3. What sum OF money Is Invested
at your station In poultry houses.
stock and equipment?
I. Does your station intend any
further development along this line
In tho near future?
The following replies have been -
ceIyed:
Prof. z. A. Bryan. Washington: We
are doing nothing with poultry Mt the
station. and the college pays Eo at
,entlon to that subject.
Prof. II. A. Huston. Indiana: u
At the present time. this station Is
not conducting any work on poultry.
t.) According to our present course
OF study. II Is possible for students
TO work three years out Of four upon
the subject OF poultry. In tho special
short courses. We have employed spe'
ciai lecturers on tho subject. CD Al
the present time. the station has prob
ably not to exceed 500 Invested In
poultry and equipment. since tho
houses are no old as to bc considered
practically valucicSs. 90 Undor tho
present condition Of Affairs here II Is
probable that most OF tho work on
poultry will be done by tho college
rather than by tho experiment sta.
tioa.
| Prof L. II. Voorhees,. New Jersey:
We arc not conducting any expert.
mcnts with poultry. and Il In not like
iy that We shall be abie 10 do no In
the near future.
Prof. NJ. A. Seovcii. Kentucky: This
station Is not making any expert.
mcntA In poultry. We have made
some experiments aion. this line. but
not very extensive.
Prof r. J. Rcdding. Georgia: We
have inauEuratcd no effort In that
line. though wc believe u In dcsir.
able. Tho agricultural college OF the
state Ia giving no instruction at all In
that line. We have no money Invest.
cd In poultry. except that In private
iiocks belonging to members of tho
station stan. No move IL at present
contemplated along this line.
Il ~ M
kota: We arc doing nothing In the
line OF poultry experimentation. hnv-
Ing no poultry at this institution.
There II some little talk In regard to
taking up the poultry feature here.
but Il is probable that nothing will
be done for Somc time.
| Prof. Chas. d. Woods. Maize: We
regard poultry investigation IS m
important line Of work here. In our
regular college work poultry instruc.
ton forms n part OF tho agricultural
work. We also have short winter
courses In poultry management for
young farmers. Our poultry plant
cost US about $1,000. We probably
shall not develop our work great
deal beyond its present limits. as at
present II occupies the attention of
two men.
| Prof. II. J. Patterson. Maryland:
We have done nothing here in
connection with poultry experiments
and have nothing whatever in.
vested in such an equipment. While
We realize the great value OF the poul.
try industry OF the country. and par
ticularly the great opportunities
which this state presents for this de-
par,ment of agriculture, yet We have
never seen our way clear to equip our
station for this line Of work.
Prof ]. NJ. McBryde. Virginia: We
are at present doing nothing in the
way OF poultry experiments. and no
teaching in that line is being done at
the agricultural college. I cannot say
definitely when this subject will be
taken UP.
Prof. James withycomhc. Oregon:
At this station we have done no work
with poultry other than Investigation
Of diseases.
Prof. L. II. Jenkins, Connecticut
New Haven): We have In this state
two stations and the one at Storrs.
! Conn, makes a specially OF this
work. We, therefore. do nothing with
| IL, to avoid duplication of work.
Prof. p. II. Neil. South Carolina:
We are experimenting with breeds of
fowls, and at the agricultural college
two classes are receiving instruction
in poultry culture. We have about
s7c0 invested in poultry houses. stock
and equipment.
Prof. ID. n. Barrow. louisiana: We
. are doing nothing in the way OF poul.
, try except testing about ten breeds.
the one with the other. Our agricul.
tural college is giving very little. II
any attention to instruction in poul.
try. We have about five hundred dol.
lars invested in poultry and poultry
equipment. We are now making prep.
arations to give good deal more at.
;cntion to this subject.