Poultry Meeting at Columbia. 



(H. L. Kempster.) 



Prof. Kempster. 



Since the income from the farm poultry flock 

 plays an important part in the farm income, each 

 year there has been provided a special poultry 

 program for Farmers' Week, in order that those 

 who wish to may become more familiar with the 

 problems arising in their work and acquaint 

 themselves with better methods of poultry cul- 

 ture. There has been a gradual increase in the 

 interest and attendance, which manfests that 

 more attention is being paid to the Missouri 

 hen. During the session of Farmers' Week in 

 January, 1914, seventeen meetings were held, with a total 

 attendance of 800 people. The following program was ren- 

 dered: 



Poultry Conditions in Missouri, H. L. Kempster; Housing 

 Farm Poultry, C. A. Webster; Poultry Diseases, Their Preven- 

 tion and Treatment, H. L. Kempster; Marketing Eggs, H. L. 

 Kempster; Feeding Hens for Egg Production, Wilson Cramer; 

 The Canadian Method of Marketing Eggs through Co-operative 

 Egg Circles, C. A. Webster; The Successful Hatching and 

 Brooding of Chicks, H. L. Kempster; Breeding for Egg Pro- 

 duction, H. L. Kempster; Marketing Poultry, H. C. Pierce; 

 Fattening Farm Poultry, C. A. Webster; Breeding and Judging 

 Poultry, E. C. Branch; The Efficiency of the Hen as a Factor 

 in Farm Profit, R. C. Lawry; Some Lessons from the National 

 Egg Laying Contest, T. E. Quisenberry; Organizing to Handle 

 Poultry Products, S. D. Cromer; Community Co-operation in 

 Hatching and Marketing, R. C. Lawry; Modern Methods of 

 Poultry Culture, T. E. Quisenberry; Demonstration in Killing 

 and Dressing Poultry. 



THE CARE OF MARKET EGGS. 



(H. L. Kempster, associate professor poultry husbandry, University of Missouri.) 



Poultry plays an important part in the products of the 

 Missouri farm. The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that 

 the wealth produced by Missouri poultry in 1911 amounted 



(432) 



