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Professor Brigham. That depends on whether you are 

 breeding for a standard that is set by the Rhode Island Red 

 Club or a standard of your own. It should be bright, nearly 

 uniform red throughout, and there is very little difference 

 between the male and female, the latter being of a little 

 lighter shade of plumage. 



Mr. Glazier. What is the best method of killing fowls 

 for the market, where they are to be left with their heads on 

 and undrawn, as the Boston market calls for? 



Professor Brigham. I think there is no doubt about using 

 the double-edged knife, and cutting at the back part of the 

 roof of the mouth. 



Mr. Glazier. There is a point where you can remove the 

 feathers very easily. After you let that fowl get through 

 bleeding and fluttering, the feathers will stick, will they not? 



Professor Brigham. The proper time to begin to pull the 

 feathers is just as soon as you get through with the knife. 

 Get them off before the bird is through sti'uggling. It is not 

 cruelty to the fowls at all. After you have thrust the knife 

 into the brain, thev do not care about such a small matter as 

 pulling feathers. 



The Chair. The time we proposed to adjourn has nearly 

 arrived, but before you leave I want to give the information 

 that the lecture to-morrow on the horse will be given at the 

 Opera House, because the stereopticon can be used better 

 there 



Adjourned at 12.30 o'clock. 



Afternoon Session. 



The meeting was called to order by First Vice-President 

 Sessions, at 2 o'clock. 



The Chair. We have for this afternoon the subject of 

 " A forest policy for Massachusetts," and the gentleman who 

 is to speak to us is a man who has given his life to the study 

 of forest problems. It is a profession with him, a life's work, 

 a study, — not a fad, nothing of that sort. He has given all 

 his life work to it, and is able to speak from stand-points that 

 very few people in this part of the world can speak from. I 

 tfike pleasure in introducing to you Dr. B. E. Fernow. 



