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shape and appearance. At present the middleman prepares 

 the goods. In the future shall not the producer look for all 

 the profit there is in it? Co-operation in marketing will re- 

 sult in co-operation in purchasing supplies. Both may be 

 done by the same agent of the society. Purchasing in bulk 

 not only secures wholesale rates, but cheapens freight. 



In the prospective increase of the poultry industry may 

 we not hope to see our farmers taking greater interest in 

 striving with the fanciers for the two-hundred-egg hen, the 

 quickest maturing broilers, the plumpest roosters? May we 

 not hope to see more of that friendly co-operation which will 

 yield him more of the profits of his labors? May we not 

 hope to find him marketing the finished products packed in 

 the most compact space and sharing with the Western beef 

 packer the trade in meats for our table? As the day ap- 

 proaches, every consumer whose table he will supply more 

 economically will wish him God speed and rise to call him 

 blessed. 



Secretary Brown. Mr. Chairman: It is well known 

 that the Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station 

 stands at the head of the experiment stations in this country 

 in the poultry business. Dr. Curtice is a specialist in a par- 

 ticular line, and that is in the breeding and raising of poultry 

 for market. Now, if there are any questions which you wish 

 to ask him I hope you will feel perfectly free to do so, and 

 you may be sure that your questions will be most carefully 

 answered by one who is an expert m his line. 



Mr. T. S. Gold. I want to take this opportunity to re- 

 late an incident which occurred to me in my travels about 

 the State, and which, it seems to me, contains a suggestion 

 in reference to this subject. Many years ago I spent the 

 night at a farm house in this State, and in the morning when 

 I got up I noticed the finest flock of turkeys I think I had 

 even seen about the grounds of the house. As I came down 

 to my breakfast I spoke with the lady of the house, the 

 mother, and she said that her daughter had raised those tur- 

 keys that summer. She said the young lady's health had 



