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cash. I want to ask liim if he thinks tliat there is any better 

 way for the ponltry man to do than to keep on in that way, 

 — whether an association would benefit the poultry men by 

 establishing a market in the city and hiring some one to 

 take charge of it, or in what way could they be benefited? 



Dr. TwiTciiELL. It is pretty difficult for an outsider to 

 understand all the details. I suggested small, local or- 

 ganizations, and with a purpose, — that we might feel the 

 way for the future. Those organizations must be adapted to 

 the locality and to the condition. I do believe that we have 

 got to come to the association in the handling of the poultry 

 product. You are paying somebody else for dressing the 

 poultry ; can you afford it ? Can the middleman do it cheaper 

 than you can yourself? Is the middleman paying you for 

 your live stock what you could get if you shipped direct ? 



Mr. Turner. There is a great difference between the 

 price paid by him and what the consumer has to pay. 



Dr. TwiTciiELi,. How far this difference can be oblit- 

 erated through an organization is not for me to say. I 

 couldn't answer the question, for it is something to be inves- 

 tigated by the workers in the immediate locality. If you are 

 not getting your share of the consumer's dollar for the prod- 

 uct, how can that be remedied ? It must be remedied by 

 taking the business more largely into your own hands. IIow 

 can that be done ? Through combined effort. They can 

 dress poultry probably in the dressing place in Boston 

 cheaper than an individual could dress them. Xow could 

 you, by an organization, employ a man to dress poultry as 

 cheap as they can ? The whole problem is simply suggestive, 

 it seems to me, but it is a step I believe we have got to take. 



Mi\ Ellsworth. Mr. Chairman, it gives me great pleas- 

 ure to move a vote of thanks to the Worcester West Agricul- 

 tural Society, the people of Barre, and to Mr. Smith, the 

 delegate to our Board of Agriculture, for the splendid wel- 

 come and courteous treatment that they have extended to us. 

 It has made this meeting one of the best, and I want to add 

 to this motion that we extend our thanks, also, to the speakers 

 who have been here and given us such splendid papers and 

 discussions. 



Motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned. 



