PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING FOR 1908 



"In accordance with a notice previously given, requesting the several 

 workers in poultry lines from the Agricultural Colleges and Experiment 

 Stations in the United States and Canada now attending the Graduate 

 School of Agriculture, a call was made to meet in the Amphitheatre in 

 Stimson Hall immediately after the close of the lecture in Poultry Hus- 

 bandry. The meeting was called to order at 12:15 and Horace Atwood of 

 West Virginia elected chairman. James P. Kerr of Agricultural College, 

 Miss., was elected secretary. James E. Rice was called upon to state the 

 object of the meeting. He spoke of the proposed conference of Poultry 

 Instructors and Investigators to be held on Thursday, Friday and Satur- 

 day, July 23, 24 and 25, 1908, and gave a list of names of persons expected. 



James E. Rice then moved that a committee of six, consisting of Chair- 

 man Atwood, who would also act as chairman of said committee, and five 

 others to be named by him, be appointed to prepare a program for the pro- 

 posed Conference. After some discussion the motion was passed unani- 

 mously and the following committee appointed : Horace Atwood, chair- 

 man; James E. Rice, J. P. Kerr; C. A. Rogers, O. W. Dynes, and Clara 

 Nixon."* 



THE PROGRAM 



THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JULY 23, 24 and 25, 1908 

 Poultry Laboratory, Dairy Building, New York State College of Agriculture 



AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY 



ITHACA, N. Y. 



Afternoon Session 

 THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2 p. M. 



E. C. Pierce, Assistant Professor oj Animal Husbandry in charge oj Poultry, 

 Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Presiding. 



Address of Welcome, - - James E. Rice; 



Professor of Poultry Husbandry, Cornell University. 

 Greeting, Dr. A. C. True 



Dean of the Graduate School of Agriculture and Director of the Office of Experi- 

 ment Stations, Washington, D. C. 



Response, - James E. Rice 



*Quoted from the Secretary's minutes. 



