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made by the secretary or manager to find a good market 

 for eggs produced by the association, together with broilers, 

 surplus fowls, and capons. By marketing as an associa- 

 tion but little difficulty should be experienced in obtaining 

 a suitable market, for the reason, that if the members are 

 adhering to their agreement, the quality and quantity of the 

 fowls and eggs produced will be readily accepted. To take 

 advantage of every source of revenue afforded by an associa- 

 tion of this kind, an effort should be made to advertise the 

 fact that they have breeding stock for sale. In doing so 

 special mention should be made that the association is in po- 

 sition to fill orders for eggs for hatching, and, when possible, 

 day-old chicks and breeders. When conditions seem to war- 

 rant it, the association should consider the erection of a 

 community hatchery. Such a plan would not only afford 

 the usual benefits of increasing their incubator capacity 

 and enable them to do custom hatching, but also open a 

 profitable field for selling day-old chicks. When there is a 

 creamery operating in the community, the association should 

 have in mind the possible field of fattening fowls by utihzing 

 the skim milk or buttermilk from the creamery as a supple- 

 ment to other feeds. In this way the surplus stock of the 

 members can be marketed at an increased profit, together 

 with the stock purchased from other farmers and poultry- 

 men in the neighborhood. 



Exhibits. As the principal event in the year's work 

 definite plans should be made for holding an annual exhibit 

 of fowls raised by the members of the association. Lec- 

 tures, illustrated and otherwise, should be planned, so as 

 to make the event complete. An educational display show- 

 ing what has been accompUshed and the advantages of such 

 an association should be arranged with the idea of interesting 

 others to join. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What are the objects of organizing boys' and girls' poultry clubs? 



