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Anything contributing to the healthfulness of the fowl 

 contributed to its profitableness. The speaker did not 

 believe in unnatural development. This violation of 

 nature's law was illustrated in many ways, especiall}'' in 

 horses; there were many very pretty to look upon, but 

 when you put them to service they were good for nothing. 

 Jt was the same with poultry. 



Hens and chickens should never go to the roost with 

 empty stomachs, but satisfied. Whole corn was good to 

 feed them at night. If the point to be attained in any- 

 thing was development, it was essential to begin with the 

 primary condition. The principle held good in every 

 phase and condition of life. 



The speaker said that with him the actual cost of keep- 

 ing a hen a year was from $1.00 to $1.25. Hens would 

 average from 160 to 170 eggs a year. Some hens would 

 lay 200 eggs in a year. Fifteen dozen eggs at 25 cents 

 ]>er dozen and the value of the hen, less the keeping, 

 would be the yearly profit. 



The afternoon meeting was called to order at 1.30, by 

 Vice President James P. King, who introduced President 

 Appleton, as the afternoon speaker, whose subject was 

 " Milch Cows.'' Mr. Appleton began by saying that the 

 cow in her wild state only yielded milk enough to nourish 

 her young for a few weeks after birth or until it can sup- 

 port itself and then goes dry for the balance of the year. 

 Ill her condition, as we know it,]intelligent care and treat- 

 ment have increased her flow of milk and made her use- 

 ful to the human family, and have changed her habits in 

 the onward progress of civilization. The natural tendency 

 <if the improved animal— our cow of today — is to constant- 

 1 Y revert to the natural condition as she was first found 

 by our distant ancestors. 



It is only by intelligent treatment, a continuance of 

 t;ood breeding, and all reasonable encouragement in that 



