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will realize a greater profit from his poultry. When these condi- 

 tions are satisfied, the Missouri hen will clinch her right to the 

 title of poultry queen of the Union. 



WORK OF THE AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION. 



(T. E. Quisenberry, Member Executive Board American Poultry Association, and 

 Director Missouri State Poultry Experiment Station, Mountain Grove, Mo.) 



The advantages of being a member of the American Poultry 



Association are many, but I had not 

 expected to be called upon so unex- 

 pectedly to talk on this subject, and 

 therefore am afraid I cannot do it 

 justice. I will simply mention briefly 

 what the American Poultry Associa- 

 tion is and what it is trying to accom- 

 plish. 



It was organized nearly forty 

 years ago and is now composed of 

 about 5,000 members living in all parts 

 of the United States and Canada and 

 the island possessions of the United 

 States. Its objects in the beginning 

 were solely the making of a standard 

 for pure-bred poultry, the judging and 

 showing of poultry, and to encourage 

 the breeding of standard varieties. It has broadened from time to 

 time until it now touches every phase of the industry. It now 

 seeks to promote the educational and investigational side of the 

 business, and is also attempting to help the market end of the 

 business by creating a standard for market poultry and eggs. 

 There have been but few poultry departments established at agri- 

 cultural colleges and experiment stations in any state but what 

 state branches or members of the American Poultry Association 

 have taken a very active and leading part in securing appropria- 

 tions for this purpose. 



The American Poultry Association is seeking to make it harder 

 for crooks to exist among the ranks of poultrymen. The fraudu- 

 lent practices of dishonest poultrymen in charging good prices for 

 stock and eggs and then shipping worthless stock and eggs to 

 their customers are soon to be a thing of the past if the present 



T. E. Quisenberry. 



