I06 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



by Mr. T. C. Tilling-hast, of Vernon, Conn. You know last 

 ^ night some one was saying that while there were a great many 

 things that the farmers do not have, yet almost every farmer 

 has some chickens. Every man, woman, and child is, to some 

 extent, interested in poultry. Now we are today a good deal 

 interested in poultry, and I am glad that we are to have a man 

 talk to us who has taken a great deal of interest in it, and I 

 am happy to introduce him to you at this time. 



" POULTRY MANAGEMENT." 

 By Mr. T. C. Tillinghast, Vernon, Conn. 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen : 



It is very doubtful if there is any industry in our country 

 in whkh so many people are engaged or interested as in poul- 

 try culture. Most every one keeps a few hens, or at least 

 wants to. They often, if they are not themselves the owners 

 of a plot of ground, find their chickens thriving fully as well 

 on their neighbor's ground or garden. When we consider that 

 the poultry industry is one of the largest in the United States, 

 we certainly believe that it merits the recognition it is receiv- 

 ing here today by the Connecticut Board of Agriculture, and 

 we hope the time is not far distant when its claims will be 

 recognized by our legislature, and that the Connecticut Ex- 

 periment Station at Storrs will receive an appropriation com- 

 mensurate with its importance. 



I see by the program that I am to speak to you on poultry 

 management. That gives me a very elastic text. I presume 

 anything that I m.ay say on poultry might come under that 

 head. I am very glad to see so many young men present this 

 morning. I think it is evidence, Mr. Chairman, that more 

 than a few are interested in this subject of poultry, and per- 

 haps I could not better use the limited time that I have than 

 by telling you what I think I would do were I a young man 

 and had to start life over again, or, in other words, if I were 

 permitted to return and begin life again. Assuming, however, 

 that I could carry back with me all the information that I may 

 have gained by my experience and observation, I of course 

 would choose the occupation of a farmer, believing that it would 

 give me the largest measure of all the good things that really 



