1907.] TWENTY years' EXPERIENCE AS A POULTRYMAN. 5I 



Question. I would like to ask in regard to this fresh air 

 house. Do you ever have any difficulty to prevent snow from 

 blowing in and filling up the house, with an open front ? 



Dr. Wood. In light storms the fowls eat up a good deal 

 of the snow, and it is rather good for them than otherwise. 

 In heavy storms I can shovel it out in about fifteen or twenty 

 minutes. 



Question. In what direction does your house stand? 



Dr. Wood. A little east of south. 



Question. Why is it if a fowl is not sensitive to cold 

 she will always huddle in a corner or in front of a window 

 through which the sun shines on a cold day? 



Dr. Wood. Fowls will always huddle together in that 

 manner. 



Question. And a fowl will always avoid a driving wind? 



Dr. Wood. She won't always if she can get in the sun. 



The President. Gentlemen, our next speaker of the after- 

 noon is Mr. Fred Almy, of Little Compton, R. I. 



"TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A POULTRY- 

 MAN." 



By Fred Almy, Little Compton, R. I. 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen : 



Professor Graham has taken the liberty of putting me down 

 for an address on twenty years' experience in the poultry busi- 

 ness. Now I think he must have taken a poet's license, or 

 some other license in putting me down for this subject, for, 

 in the first place, I never made an address in my life, so you 

 can hardly expect me to make one now, and in the second 

 place, I have not been in the poultry business twenty years. 

 I began probably about fourteen years ago to raise chickens in 

 a small way. I was situated as I suppose a good many other 

 young men are, on a farm, at a pretty good distance from a 

 market. I was the only boy in the family, and the tendency of 

 the family decision seemed to be that I was to stay there and 

 run the farm. I had lots of good advice from friends and 



