. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Report of Missouri Farmers' Week. 503 will realize a greater profit from his poultry. When these condi- tions are satisfied, the Missouri hen will clinch her right to the title of poultry queen of the Union. WORK OF THE AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION. (T. E. Quisenberry, Member Executive Board American Poultry Association, and Director Missouri State Poultry Experiment Station, Mountain Grove, Mo.) The advantages of being a member of the American Poultry Association are many
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Report of Missouri Farmers' Week. 503 will realize a greater profit from his poultry. When these condi- tions are satisfied, the Missouri hen will clinch her right to the title of poultry queen of the Union. WORK OF THE AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION. (T. E. Quisenberry, Member Executive Board American Poultry Association, and Director Missouri State Poultry Experiment Station, Mountain Grove, Mo.) The advantages of being a member of the American Poultry Association are many, but I had not expected to be called upon so unex- pectedly to talk on this subject, and therefore am afraid I cannot do it justice. I will simply mention briefly what the American Poultry Associa- tion is and what it is trying to accom- plish. It was organized nearly forty years ago and is now composed of about 5,000 members living in all parts of the United States and Canada and the island possessions of the United States. Its objects in the beginning were solely the making of a standard for pure-bred poultry, the judging and showing of poultry, and to encourage the breeding of standard varieties. It has broadened from time to time until it now touches every phase of the industry. It now seeks to promote the educational and investigational side of the business, and is also attempting to help the market end of the business by creating a standard for market poultry and eggs. There have been but few poultry departments established at agri- cultural colleges and experiment stations in any state but what state branches or members of the American Poultry Association have taken a very active and leading part in securing appropria- tions for this purpose. The American Poultry Association is seeking to make it harder for crooks to exist among the ranks of poultrymen. The fraudu- lent practices of dishonest poultrymen in charging good prices for stock and eggs and then shipping worthl
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