American poultry world . MR. CURTIS GIVES REPORT ON TRIP TOWASHINGTON AS DELEGATE OF A. P. A. Mr. Grant M. Curtis then gave an in-teresting account of a recent trip he madeto Washington to meet government of-ficials. Before beginning his address stated that he had enlisted in theA. P. A. work for the period of thewar, and indicated that were it not forthe present national emergency he wouldnot be there. It will be recalled by poul-trymen who follow the proceedings ofthe American Poultry Association thata resolution was adopted at last yearsconvention at Cleveland, in the absenceof Mr
American poultry world . MR. CURTIS GIVES REPORT ON TRIP TOWASHINGTON AS DELEGATE OF A. P. A. Mr. Grant M. Curtis then gave an in-teresting account of a recent trip he madeto Washington to meet government of-ficials. Before beginning his address stated that he had enlisted in theA. P. A. work for the period of thewar, and indicated that were it not forthe present national emergency he wouldnot be there. It will be recalled by poul-trymen who follow the proceedings ofthe American Poultry Association thata resolution was adopted at last yearsconvention at Cleveland, in the absenceof Mr. Curtis on account of severe ill-ness, censuring the activities of Mr. Cur-tis in his efforts to eld the poultry in-dustry of certain evils, and it was butnatural that he would resent such , these are times when one hasto overlook personal grievances andopinions, and poultrymen generally willgive Mr. Curtis due credit for associat-ing his activities at this time with theAmerican Poultry Association as the. Hon. D. F. HOUSTONU. S. Secretary of Agriculture Poultrymen of America are to be congratu-lated upon having at the head of the greatagricultural interests of the country this manof large capacity and experience, who nowis directing that the poultry interests beproperly cared for by congressional appro-priations and that the men invested withauthority to expend this money do so wisely,to accomplish the greatest good, in providingfor increased production of poultry his message on this page to the Ameri-can Poultry Association. one organization in position to cope withthe present national Mr. Curtis, in part:— REPORT OF MR. CURTIS, GIVING IN-TERVIEW WITH MR. HOOVERAND MR. PRIEBE I reached Washington, September 11th-Was well received by Mr. Hoover. Had theopportunity to state my views of what shouldbe done without delay by the U. S. FoodAdministration or the U. S. Department ofAgriculture, or both, with the object of in-creasing poult
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