742 The World's Poultry Congress. [Nov., 



THE WORLD'S POULTRY CONGRESS. 



Through the enterprise of the Dutch Government the first 

 World's Poultry Congress was held at The Hague from the 

 4th to 15th September. The conception of the World's 

 Poultry Congress originated from the International Associa- 

 tion of Poultry Instructors, an Association created by 

 Mr. Edward Brown, F.L.S., who is its first President. This 

 Association is intended for those who are teachers or investi- 

 gators in poultry keeping or who are otherwise doing work for 

 the development of the poultry industry. 



Arrangements for the holding of a Poultry Congress had 

 made considerable progi'ess at the time of the outbreak of War 

 in 1914, but naturally had then to be postponed. Subsequent 

 to the Armistice Mr. Brown got into touch with the Dutch 

 Authorities, who decided to hold the first Congress at The 

 Hague and to issue official invitations to other nations to send 

 delegates. National Committees were set up in many 

 countries, including Great Britain and Ireland, America, 

 France, Belgium, Spain, Denmark, Italy and Norway. The 

 National Committee for Great Britain and Ireland proceeded 

 to make arrangements for finance, contribution of papers, and 

 a display of poultry, while guarantees of financial support were 

 obtained from private individuals and contributions to the 

 general expenses of the Committee were made by the Ministry 

 of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Board of Agriculture for 

 Scotland and the Irish Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction. 



The Committee decided to invite tenders from British and 

 Irish breeders for the privilege of exhibiting a pen of their 

 birds at The Hague Exhibition. There was a good response 

 to this invitation and some 75 pens of birds, including all the 

 principal breeds, were accepted. Some 11 papers were also 

 contributed by British representatives. 



It was hoped that educational exhibits illustrating the 

 educational work done and the general development of the 

 poultry industry in the United Kingdom might have been made, 

 but owing to lack of money neither England nor Scotland was 

 able to prepare an exhibit of this character. The Irish Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, however, organised an admirable educa- 

 tional exhibit showing the progress of the Department's work 

 in connection with poultry keeping during the past 20 years. 



