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Show NEED MORE POULTRY Secretary of Agriculture (alia on Poutry Industry to Increase Food Kupplv . I 1 he Secretary of Agri iilturo points out the importance of increasing poultry poul-try on the forms in the following let ter transmitted to the American Poultry Association through Mr. lint ry M. I.amon: I hope thnt the coming mci-fiiv of the American Poultry Associ.r.i- n, which you will attend as n repr sent ntho of the department, will bo hi 'i Iv .successful nml productive of TOO I results. I need not point out '.hi., ,-n adequate supply of foodstuffs t ( scntinl to the successful proset tt ion of the struggle in which we an- , n god W- nnisi not only si'rp'y o ,r own needs but we nm.-.t endeavor to meet in part the needs of the nations H with which we cooper.it inir. The H poultry industry can remit r very grent H service to the Nntion in this em H coney. The production of poultry i: H one of the best menus of bringing H about n quick increase in meat supply H of the country, In many sections, particularly in the south, the tmii- H Iter of fowls on the individual farms H tad should be very laregly in- H creased. If the improved methods H which have been worked out by the H experts of the State agricultural col- H leges, the experiment stations, nnd H the Department of Ai'ticulture. were H (morally adopted, many of Um pro- H bh ins confronting potiltrymen would he solved or minimized. The depart- ment is cooperating with the industry H in many directions nnd stands ready, H of course, to render any assistance- it. H |