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to raise turkeys in New England. Keep your eye on the Rhode 

 Island Agricultural Experiment Station. They are at this 

 station devoting a large part of their available funds to work- 

 ing out the problem of overcoming that disease and restoring 

 the bird to its old place, king of table poultry, in New England. 



I know that all our experiment stations and colleges, sooner 

 or later, are going to come to this investigation of poultry 

 subjects and to the teaching of poultry culture, and the sooner 

 that time comes the better for all concerned. 



Mr. President. I would like to ask a little more about this 

 cramming business, this cramming machine. Whether a per- 

 son of average intelligence, fairly bright hired man, would be 

 able to use the machine fairly successfully. 



Mr. Stoneburn. I can answer that from my own ex- 

 perience. We are running a correspondence school for poultry 

 culture, and we have a great number of students. We have 

 what we call a " residence course." We have students on our 

 farm at all times and these men are doing our cramming. It 

 is a very simple process ; no trouble whatever. 



Question. I would like to inquire the price of these ma- 

 chines. 



Mr. Stoneburn. They vary. There are several machines 

 made. There is one made up in Massachusetts, I don't know 

 the address. It is called the King machine. 



Secretary Brown. I wish to say, gentlemen, before you 

 leave;, that there is an exhibit in the lower hall that is well worth 

 your inspection, the exhibit of fruit, and the exhibit which 

 Dr. Clinton has made in regard to the investigation of the 

 potato diseases at the Connecticut Experiment Station and also 

 by the Agricultural College at Storrs, all of which are not only 

 interesting, but very instructive. 



Convention adjourned to 7.30 p. m. 



