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mayor of Worcester is at the present time. Agriculture as a 

 business, as a pleasure, is becoming more and more popular, 

 and I believe that the mayor is setting an example in the right 

 direction in building barns, in building up agriculture, and per- 

 haps establishing an example for the farmers of this section 

 which they may copy and go forward in a very honorable 

 calling. And I thank the mayor very cordially for his greeting 

 to us here to-day. 



It gives me great pleasure at this time to introduce to you 

 Mr. F. A. Russell, second vice-president of the Board, who will 

 preside at this morning's session. 



Mr. F. A. RussKLL. Mr. Secretary, Ladies and Gentlemen: 

 It gives me great pleasure to be with you this morning; also 

 it gives me pleasure to preside at one of the meetings of the 

 Board of Agriculture. We have for the subject of our morning 

 discussion a very interesting one — one which is taking a large 

 place in the farming industries of the State, and one which, as 

 we hear it talked about from the platform, seems to give the 

 greatest profit, perhaps, of any farming industry there is, — as 

 we hear it from the platform. We have with us this morning 

 a gentleman from farther north than we are, and I am pleased 

 to introduce Mr. W. R. Graham, professor of poultry hus- 

 bandry, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario. 



