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  of 
  my 
  friends, 
  an 
  old 
  Frenchman, 
  became 
  very 
  enthusiastic 
  

   about 
  raising 
  poultry. 
  He 
  sent 
  out 
  requests 
  for 
  circulars 
  to 
  

   every 
  poultry 
  fancier 
  who 
  published 
  circulars, 
  and 
  I 
  will 
  wager 
  

   that 
  he 
  got 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  answers 
  to 
  his 
  requests 
  for 
  circulars 
  

   about 
  fancy 
  poultry. 
  He 
  began 
  to 
  raise 
  chickens, 
  and 
  my 
  father- 
  

   in-law 
  met 
  him 
  on 
  the 
  street 
  one 
  day 
  and 
  asked 
  how 
  he 
  was 
  

   getting 
  on 
  with 
  his 
  pullets 
  that 
  were 
  going 
  to 
  lay 
  so 
  many 
  eggs. 
  

   "Oh," 
  he 
  said, 
  "Ze 
  trouble 
  is 
  with 
  ze 
  pullet; 
  she 
  no 
  understand 
  

   mathematique 
  like 
  ze 
  fancier. 
  If 
  I 
  have 
  one 
  pullet, 
  she 
  lay 
  one 
  

   egg 
  every 
  day; 
  if 
  I 
  have 
  two 
  pullet, 
  perhaps 
  she 
  lay 
  two 
  egg 
  

   every 
  day, 
  and 
  if 
  I 
  have 
  three 
  pullet, 
  she 
  nevaire 
  lay 
  three 
  egg 
  

   every 
  day." 
  (Laughter.) 
  Now 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  the 
  remaining 
  time 
  

   this 
  morning 
  we 
  had 
  better 
  devote 
  to 
  the 
  executive 
  session, 
  

   then 
  we 
  had 
  better 
  meet 
  at 
  two 
  o'clock 
  for 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  our 
  

   committee. 
  The 
  meeting 
  then 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  adjourned, 
  with 
  the 
  

   exception 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  will 
  take 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  executive 
  session, 
  

   and 
  we 
  will 
  meet 
  again 
  at 
  two 
  p. 
  m. 
  There 
  is 
  one 
  point 
  I 
  wanted 
  

   to 
  make 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  Col. 
  Van 
  Duzee's 
  remarks 
  that 
  a 
  

   certain 
  number 
  of 
  really 
  honest 
  men 
  have 
  allowed 
  their 
  names 
  

   to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  promotion 
  propositions. 
  Men 
  

   who 
  are 
  quite 
  skillful 
  at 
  learning 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  names, 
  have 
  gotten 
  

   men 
  of 
  good 
  intentions 
  and 
  kindly 
  interest, 
  I 
  know, 
  to 
  lend 
  their 
  

   names 
  as 
  even 
  officials 
  of 
  nut 
  promotion 
  companies. 
  Besides 
  

   that, 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  garbled 
  literature 
  of 
  recommendation 
  has 
  

   gone 
  out 
  in 
  their 
  circulars. 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  circulars 
  

   sent 
  to 
  me 
  quoting 
  abstract 
  remarks 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  made 
  relative 
  

   to 
  nut 
  culture 
  in 
  general, 
  and 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  applied 
  concretely 
  

   in 
  circulars; 
  the 
  context 
  did 
  not 
  go 
  with 
  it. 
  I 
  asked 
  a 
  lawyer 
  

   what 
  I 
  could 
  do 
  about 
  it, 
  and 
  after 
  going 
  over 
  the 
  question 
  he 
  

   said 
  that 
  I 
  probably 
  was 
  powerless. 
  

  

  After 
  announcements 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary, 
  the 
  convention 
  took 
  

   a 
  recess 
  until 
  2 
  p. 
  M., 
  at 
  which 
  time 
  it 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  order 
  by 
  

   President 
  Morris 
  and 
  the 
  regular 
  program 
  was 
  resumed 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  The 
  executive 
  session 
  will 
  be 
  held 
  after 
  the 
  

   meeting, 
  as 
  many 
  are 
  here 
  to 
  hear 
  the 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  chestnut 
  

   blight, 
  so 
  we 
  will 
  proceed 
  at 
  once 
  to 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  business 
  and 
  

   listen 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  paper 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Rockey. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rockey: 
  This 
  paper 
  deals 
  more 
  particularly 
  with 
  the 
  

   work 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  Pennsylvania. 
  But 
  what 
  has 
  been 
  

   done 
  here 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  typical 
  of 
  what 
  has 
  been 
  

   done 
  elsewhere. 
  

  

  