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members compete for them by writing essays on some poultry subject, 

 or as the result of an examination given to the members on tm princi- 

 ples of poultry culture. 



Monthly meetings. After the club has been organized 



and the work actually under way, one of the most important 



factors to stimulate and maintain interest and add to the 



members' knowledge of the subject is that of holding monthly 



meetings. Clubs should embody in their constitution the 



clause of holding monthly meetings, and the members should 



agree, when signing their application cards, to attend them. 



During the school session the meetings should be held at 



the schoolhouse. During the summer they can be held 



at the different members' homes. On all occasions the 



patrons and pubHc should be invited to attend. The 



program for such a meeting should constitute as far as 



possible the following parts: 



(1) Business meeting of fifteen minutes. 



(a) Roll call. 



(b) Examination of members' records by club leader. 



(c) Questions and discussion of individual problems. 



(2) Seasonable questions to members, embracing phases of work 

 done by them during the previous month. Fifteen minutes. 



(3) One or two talks by members, farmers or their wives, local 

 poultrymen, county leader or poultry speciaHst on seasonable poultry 

 topics. Thirty minutes. 



(4) Actual demonstration by members of some timely phase of 

 poultry work. Suggestions for such demonstrations will be found at 

 the end of each chapter under the heading of "Suggestions." Twenty 

 minutes. 



(5) Open period for questions, plans, entertainment, refresh- 

 ments, etc. 



Club exhibits. The exhibiting of fowls and eggs by the 

 members of a club is a very important feature of the work 

 that should be encouraged. These exhibits afford an excel- 

 lent opportunity for the members to display their stock 

 and to show the public what they have accomplished. 

 Such exhibits may be held either as a club or community 

 exhibit in connection with the county or local fair or poultry 

 association or in connection with the state fair or state 

 poultry association show. When a community poultry 



