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best methods, on the part of the producer, eliminates, 

 from the very start, many of the worst evils. 



During " Farmers' Week " at Cornell University, early 

 in 1910, I saw the slides shown and heard the lecture 

 given by the government representative, sent especially 

 for this duty. The value of such aid is almost inesti- 

 mable. The government's " Just-How Series," so to 

 speak, is invaluable to all who " want to know." The 

 states stand between the government and their own pro- 

 ducers, ready to hand down every good thing, and con- 

 tinually experimenting and searching on their own 

 account and for the benefit of the people. At Syracuse, 

 a few months after the lantern lecture at Cornell, I saw 

 Cornell's Professor of Poultry Husbandry, himself, demon- 

 strating these points for the benefit of many hundreds 

 of interested farmers and poultry people, at the crowded 

 State Fair. All through the state (and other states as 

 well) this hard-won knowledge is passed on : at the poultry 

 shows ; at the Fairs ; at institutes ; and in the Short 

 Courses, to eager young students. The man who does 

 not hunt out the knowledge he needs in these times, is 

 too slow and blind for the times. For the knowledge is 

 out, fairly hunting him, all the time ! 



To be brief, the causes of loss to find out which re- 

 search work was set on foot, in connection with poultry 

 marketing, were discovered to lie almost wholly in the 

 methods of killing and the careless handling poultry 

 received at that time, and while being prepared for mar- 

 ket. Demonstrations were made, showing how correct 

 methods of killing, handling, and shipping eliminate the 

 waste losses. I shall not repeat the methods, as any one 

 can get them from the Agricultural Department at 



