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PHILADELPHIA, ‘FEBRUARY 26, 1874. 
No. 9. 


AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION. 
ADJOURNED MEETING. 
Boston, February 5, 1874, 714 P.M. 
“Tue Association met persuant to adjournment, the Presi- 
dent, W. H. Churchman, of Delaware, in the chair; E. S. 
Ralph, Buffalo, N. Y., Secretary. 
The reading of minutes of previous meeting, at Buffalo, 
N. Y., was dispensed with, they having been printed and 
circulated to members. 
The following persons were proposed and duly elected as 
members: OC. E. Marsh, Evansville, Ind.; D. W. Herstine, 
Samuel P. Courtney, Paul M. Baker, John E. Diehl, Phila- 
delphia, Pa.; General C. A. Johnson, Newburyport, Mass.; 
E. C. Comey, Quincy, Mass.; Harry G. Blanchard, Detroit, 
Mich.; W. lL. Tobey, Valley Falls, R. 1; W. R. Hills, 
Albany, N. Y.; A. E. Hart, 8. S. VanBuren, Henry Chapin, 
Hartford, Conn. 
On motion of General C. A. Johnson, the following para- 
graph was added to the Instructions to Judges: 
‘‘ Judges must in all cases make a pro rata reduction for 
any fractional part of a pound that a specimen falls short of 
the largest or standard bird.” 
On motion of General C. A. Johnson, the Merrimac 
Valley Poultry Association was duly received as an affili- 
ating society, and entitled to membership and representa- 
tion under Article III, Section 2, of Constitution. 
On motion of H. T. Sperry, seconded by C. A. Sweet, it 
was resolved that no breed of fowls be represented by like- 
ness on the cover or title-page of the new ‘Standard of 
Excellence.” 
The Committee on the ‘‘ Willis Investigation’ made par- 
tial report, and the committee directed to continue investi- 
gations. _ 
On motion, after much debate, it was 
Resolved, That A. M. Halstead be and is hereby ex- 
pelled from this Association for introducing « member 
under a fictitious name at its January session, in the city of 
Buffalo, N. Y., and that this action be published in the 
Poultry World, Poultry Bulletin, and Fanciers’ Journal. 
Adopted unanimously. 
On motion of W. H. Lockwood, the Executive Commit- 
tee adjourned to meet at its regular annual session, in Jan- 
uary, 1875. E. 8. Ratru, 
Secretary. 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEBRTING. = 
Boston, Mass., February 5, 1874. 
To W. H. CHuRCHMAN, 
President of the American Poultry Association: 
We, the undersigned, members of the Executive Com- 
mittee of the American Poultry Association, desire that 
you call a meeting of the Executive Committee, at 11 
o’clock a.m. on Friday, February 6, 1874, to take action on 


an important matter which we desire to bring before the 
meeting. (Signed) 
HEE SPEREY, EH. P. How ert, P. WILLIAMS, 
OC. A. SWEET, A. D. WARREN, EH. S. Raupu, 
JXe de, UUiogonre. H: S) BALL, P. W. Hupson. 
In answer to the above call, the President convened the 
Executive Committee of the American Poultry Association 
promptly at 11 o’clock a.m., February 6, 1874, at Boston, 
Mass. 
PROCEEDINGS. 
W. H. Churchman in the chair; E. S. Ralph, Secretary. 
On motion, Lewis Wright, of London, England, was 
elected an honorary member of this Association. 
The following persons, being approved by the Executive 
Committee, were duly elected members, viz.: Hon. Virgil C. 
Gilman, Colonel: D. W. King, Albert Beard, N. C. Lucier, 
John Reed, Nashua, N. H.; Charles L. Spaulding, Hudson, 
N. H.; George F. Parker, Henry Bisco, Leicester, Mass.; 
H. Woodward, W. J. Wheeler, O. B. Hadwin, E. Childs, 
Winslow 8S. Lincoln, Horace B. Verry, George A. Dixon, 
W. H. Bliss, E. H. Knowlton, Worcester, Mass.; W. J. 
Underwood, Nathaniel Foster, Jr., Belmont, Mass.; W. 
Henry Brackett, J. Newton Cady, Edward H. Harsthorn, 
Charles E. Tuttle, Edward B. Reynolds, Boston, Mass.; 
Henry F. Felch, Natick, Mass.; Kdmund Rodman, New 
Bedford, Mass.; Charles i Copland, Milton, Mass.; ein Pe 
Buzzell, Clinton, Mass.; William B. Aeon Newbury. 
port, ee: C. Carroll Lorie! Dedham, Mass.; Mark Pit- 
man, North Beverly, Mass.; ee George A. Meacham, 
North Cambridge, Mass.; Fred. S. Potter, North Dartmouth, 
Mass.; Nathaniel J. Bacheller, Lynn, Mass.; George F. 
Seavey, Cambridgeport, Mass.; Samuel H. Warren, Weston, 
Mass.; L. L. Greenleaf, Evanston, Ill.; N. B. Sherwin, 
Cleveland, Ohio; Nathaniel S. Collyer, Pawtucket, R. I; 
E. R. Spaulding, Cedar Creek, N. J.; C. 8. Haines, Toms 
River, N. J.; J. 5S. Brown, Galveston, Texas; Dr. L. L. 
Holcombe, Terre Borme, La.; Charles EH. Laughton, Reno, 
Nevada. 
On motion of H. T. Sperry, seconded by A. D. Warren, 
the following preamble and resolution were unanimously 
adopted : 
Whereas, The American Poultry Association has for one 
of its principal objects the protection of all honorable poultry 
fanciers and dealers, and to that end will promptly expel 
from menibership members found guilty of dishonorable 
acts; and 
Whereas, The publication of advertisements in the Poul- 
try Journals of the United States, whose editors and pub- 
lishers are members of this Association, is likely to be 
interpreted as a partial indorsement of dealers so adver- 
tising, and the editors, by a careful exclusion from their 
columns of all advertisements and mention of dealers and 
others known to be guilty of dishonorable acts, can largely 
protect all their honest and honorable patrons, thus ad- 
