CATALOG 1952-1953


 PE. 304.-Survey of Portuguese and Brazilian Literature. 3 hours. 3 cred-
its. The second half of the course PE. 303-304. Conducted in Portuguese.
Not offered 1952-53.

 POULTRY HUSBANDRY

 Instructional Staff 1951-52
 Mehrhof, N. R., Head; Driggers, J. C.
 PY. 201.-Fundamentals in Poultry Production. 2 hours, and 2 hours lab-
oratory. 3 credits. Offered 1.
 Economic importance of the industry; breeds and varieties; principles of produc-
tion and exhibition judging; location and construction of buildings; breeding; hatching;
brooding; rearing pullets; managing layers; feeding; marketing; diseases. One or more
field trips to commercial poultry farms required.
 PY. 312.-Incubation, Brooding and Rearing. 2 hours, and 2 hours labo-
ratory. 3 credits. Offered 2.
 A study of the embryology of the chick, different types of hatchery equipment; in-
cubation principles and practices; brooding equipment; methods of brooding chicks;
rearing pullets; and caponizing. Chick sexing and judging. One or more field trips to
hatcheries, broiler plants and poultry farms required.
 PY. 317.-Marketing Poultry Products. 2 hours and 2 hours laboratory.
3 credits. Offered 1.
 Preparation of eggs and poultry for market; grading, packing, and storing of eggs
and poultry. Study of egg and meat quality, judging eggs. One or more field trips
to poultry markets required.
 PY. 414.-Feeding Poultry. 2 hours. 2 credits. Prerequisite: AL. 312. Of-
fered 2.
 Nutritive requirements, ration calculation, feed formulation, economics, and systems
of feeding poultry.
 PY. 415.-Poultry Management. 2 hours, and 2 hours laboratory. 3
credits. Prerequisite: PY. 201 or 3 hours in any other poultry husbandry
course. Offered 1.
 Systematic study of poultry farming; types, farm layouts, successful poultry farms,
 cost and returns in egg production, factors relating to costs and returns in egg produc-
 tion and investment. Pullet production, layout of pullet ranges, costs and returns in
 rearing pullets, and factors affecting costs. One or more field trips to commercial poultry
 farms.
 PY. 416.-Poultry Management. 2 hours, and 2 hours laboratory. 3
credits. Prerequisite: PY. 201 or 3 hours in any other poultry husbandry
course. Offered 2.
 Hatchery management: location, plans, investment, cost of producing chicks, factors
 affecting cost of baby chicks. Broiler production: equipment and designs of broiler
 plants, management of broilers, costs and returns of broiler production; factors affecting
 costs and investments. One or more field trips to hatcheries, broiler plants and com-
 mercial poultry farms.
 PY. 421.-Seminar. 1 hour. 1 credit. Offered 1.
 Selected readings, reports and discussions of current developments in the field of
poultry husbandry.

The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2, second semester; 3, summer session.