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the first thing this afternoon instead of this morning. Mr. 

 McGrew is from Washington, D. C, and is to continue right 

 along on this same subject. 



The meeting will now stand adjourned until 2 p. m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



December 13, 1905. 

 Music. 



Convention called to order at 2 p. m., Vice-President Seeley 

 in the chair. 



The President. The address given on the program for 

 1 1 :30 this morning we are to have now. We had chicken this 

 morning, some of us had chicken for dinner and we are going 

 to have more chicken this afternoon, and we are going to have 

 it by a man who understands it, Mr, McGrew, of Washington, 

 D. C. 



THE REAL ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF 

 POULTRY IN MODERN TIMES. 



By Mr. T. F. McGrew, Washington, D. C. 



Mr. President, and Ladies and Gentlemen: 



We were told this morning that the hen comes home to 

 roost. I love to come back to Connecticut. I was born in 

 Ohio, and, as you know, the people of Connecticut had much 

 to do with the early settlement of the State of Ohio. When 

 but a lad, I was fond of poultry, and had a few chickens in a 

 shoe box in the corner of the lot. 



In 1879, with a friend, I visited the Board of Trade in the 

 city of Indianapolis, and while there made the statement that 

 we expected to see the poultry products of the State of Indiana 

 ultimately far exceed the pork product of the State. The 

 President of the Board of Trade replied that he loved to see 

 people stand by their oars, but he said he would as much ex- 

 pect to see the clouds fall as to see that statement come true. 

 Be it said, however, to the honor of the State of Indiana, that 



