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THE AGGIE SPIRIT 7 ized, namely that they may devise and put forth a trac- tor that will be perfect. These men would know how to do this because the manufacturers would have years of experience in building tractors and the engineers would have the laws governing the mechanism of the tractor parts. He also showed the comparative cost of buying, running and keeping a tractor in repair to the cost of keeping and caring for teams. Dean Howe showed that the decrease in farm help or labor would necessitate the farmer buying tools and equipment so that he could keep up crop production. The talk was both interesting and instructive as it dealt with one of the biggest ques- tions of this decade. He closed by letting the people in attendance ask any questions they wished upon trac- tors and tractor problems. , * * # * POULTRY SHOW The second annual poultry show of the N. Y. S. S. 0. A., was held during Farmers' Week, January 21- 25. It was to be held in the new gymnasium, but due to the railroad conditions and various other reasons, not many birds were sent. Under these conditions, it was decided to put up the pens in the poultry house, and with those entries from people around town it consist- ed of about 35 pens. The following breeds were on show: White Leg- horns, White Wyandottes, Golden-laced Wyandottes, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Buff Orpingtons, and Rhode Island Reds. The premiums consisted of blue and red ribbons, representing 1st and 2nd prizes. The judging of birds was by Prof. W. Krum of the Poultry Department of Cornell University. He judged the birds from the utility standpoint. Many outsiders and students of the school attended the judging and learned quite a bit by listening to the judge's criti- cisms. An exhibition of poultry feeds, trap nests, and various poultry appliances were included in the show. The prize winners are as follows: Mr. Howard, Mr. Loucks, Mr. A. Storrs, James Spears, Jr., from Canton, N. Y.; and Mr. Greenly, from Hopkinton, N. Y. Quite a few of the visitors were attracted to the poultry house by the \Rooster's crow and the Biddy's cackle.\ They were escorted thru the house, and the way of running the plant was explained to them.
