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the American Poultry Association should undertake a 

 complete census. Possibly this is the most herculean 

 task it has been asked to undertake. 



A Western hustler proposes that the Association appoint 

 organizers in general, to the number of six to ten, cover- 

 ing the United States, Canada, and Mexico, these to have 

 "subs" in the states, and "sub-subs" in the counties. 

 Selling the Standard of Perfection is also a part of the 

 suggested duties of these organizers. 



A Committee on Claims is suggested by one member ; 

 so that, if either express companies or individuals have 

 been unfair or have attempted direct fraud, they might 

 be compelled either to make losses good or to show their 

 own freedom from responsibility. The same man would 

 have state inspection of poultry yards and of cold-storage 

 goods, the latter being labeled as such, under law. This 

 member believes that such a systematic work would 

 place the American Poultry Association where it could 

 bring about parcels post or any other reform needed. 

 He sums his ideas up as follows : " I would make the 

 American Poultry Association such an attractive body 

 that every man who bred poultry could not help but join." 



These are far from being all the suggestions made 

 by members for future activities of the American 

 Poultry Association, but they are enough to show all who 

 are interested in poultry that there is opportunity 

 ahead which may overshadow entirely anything that 

 has as yet been accomplished. If "every man who 

 bred poultry " should be drawn in by the attractiveness 

 and helpfulness of the governing body, all the Begin- 

 ners who read this book must be included. Quite a 

 proportion of the present membership believe that the 



