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The work will consist of twelve distinct courses grouped under the following general subjects:— 1. Poultry management which includes a study of poultry houses, the arrangement of buildings and yards, the planning of farms, feeds and feeding, breeding, judging of market types, killing and dressing, caponizing and sanitation.
2. Practice in Feeding and Manage ment. In this work the students are each given the entire care of a flock of birds and required to keep detailed accounts of feeds fed, gains made in weight, eggs produced and the calculation of profit or loss.
3. Incubator Practice. Each student is given charge of one or more incubators and required to make a careful record of the fuel consumed, variation, germs, chicks hatched and the cost of iucubation. A comparison is then made of all the different makes of machines used on the farm.
4. Brooder Practice is a continuation of work started in incubator practice. The chicks hatched are cared for in various types of brooders and results carefully recorded.
5. Poultry Judging. This work includes a study of the origin, history and classification of the various
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