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you increase tlie number over that, the rates of cost increase 

 until at 40 or more the profit entirely ceases. 5th, That the 

 old fashioned method of feeding only corn to fowls should be 

 discarded, and a varied feed be substituted. 



Now consider, if you please, that if only 12 dozen eggs are 

 consumed per year, by each inhabitant of any given city or 

 town in the county, and multiply this by the number of inhabi- 

 tants of the county, and you have a total amount of eggs con- 

 sumed ; and also multiply that by the profit that these gentle- 

 men have obtained and you have the grand total which has 

 gone into the pockets of Northern and Eastern farmers princi- 

 pally. 



Now if there is an agricultural society that can show a better 

 record than that above shown, so much the better, and so 

 much more will your committee insist that there is no greater 

 agricultural industry, if conducted properly, that will pay 100 

 per cent, profit per year, and leave the capital invested as good 

 as when they started. These facts and figures were what the 

 committee hoped to bring out when they recommended the 

 report which was adopted two years ago. 



We feel called upon to congratulate the society upon the 

 extra good quality of the Light Brahma stock exhibited in the 

 fancy department, any coop of which was a credit to the 

 show. We also feel much regret that facilities were not pro- 

 vided, so that the fowl might have been scored, according to 

 the American standard, and score cards placed upon the pre- 

 mium coops ; the cost of these cards, also copies of the 

 standard for committee use, will not cost but a trifle, also a 

 scale for weighing the fowl. 



As there is always a crowd upon the ground in the after- 

 noon, and as it is a considerable Avork to properly examine the 

 birds, your committee would recommend that the Poultry 

 committee be instructed to commence work as soon as the 

 entry books close ; and that diilerent varities be assigned 

 special places upon the benches, keeping each distinct variety 

 by itself, the same as was adopted at the last meeting with 



