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since the time to which I have referred I have not worried 

 about them at all. They take but little, and they kill more 

 worms than they pull turnips. They do no harm to my crops, 

 and they are a source of profit to me and my neighbors. It 

 is a very important part of agriculture, and if we will give it 

 attention, and lay aside our prejudices, we can profit by it. 



I have been thinking of what Mr. Day said in regard to 

 this lecture. It is the first one we have had from a lady, and 

 she has shown us how we can make money enough to go and 

 hear Neillson, or Patti, or any of the great singers who are 

 traveling about tlie country, and we want to go and hear 

 them sing, and see distinguished people, and all that sort of 

 thing. She has my thanks, and I have no doubt she has the 

 thanks of all present. 



Mr. Armstead, of East Hartford. In view of the import- 

 ance of this subject, as developed in this discussion, I would 

 like to ask Prof. Armsby if this branch is taught in the Agri- 

 cultural School ? 



Dr. Armsby. It is a part of the Agricultural School. I 

 cannot say that it is taught there. 



Mr. . A gentleman was speaking just now about 



feeding .poultry. I stopped one day at a gentleman's place 

 who had a large flock of hens, and I spoke of the fact to him. 

 "Yes," he said, "I have. How much do you suppose it has 

 cost me to feed them this summer?" "I don't know," I 

 replied. "Well," said he, "it has not cost me a cent." (It 

 was along in August sometime.) "How do you make that 

 out?" "Oh," said he, "there is a gentleman who has four 

 acres of potatoes near by." That was the first year the 

 Colorado beetles came round. 



Mr. Allen. Perhaps the gentleman thinks I am one of 

 those outlandish men who do not feed their poultry. I do 

 not know how many people there are in my vicinity who do 

 not feed them, but I feed and take good care of mine, and it 

 is a pleasure to do it. It is not because I am nervous about 

 my own poultry ; they do not trouble my neighbors. I am 

 breeding white Leghorns, and keep them away from other hens. 



