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ing this first trip that he paved the way for the work accomplished this year, 

 which soon will be reviewed; but first it may be well to point out the situa- 

 tion of the trade relations on Long Island. 



The growing of Bliss Triumph is done almost exclusively by contract. The 

 seed is purchased in Maine on the open market by several large commission 

 merchants of Brooklyn and New York. These in turn deliver it to several 

 sub-contractors who in turn deal directly with the growers. The commission 

 merchant in New York sets, at assigned stations, a car into which his sub- 

 contractors have the crop loaded in miscellaneous fashion, so that the field 

 identity of the potatoes is at once lost. It has been this stock, regardless of 

 its fitness for seeding purposes and with little or no sorting, that has been 

 offered to Bermuda. 



During a trip to Maine in 1914, Dr. I. E. Melhus of the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, at the request of Mr. Wortley, pointed out the best 

 commercial field of Bliss Triumph that he had observed. This field was 

 judged from the standpoint of vigor, yield, and freedom from disease; but 

 did not, in being offered for sale, undergo any roguing or sorting. The field 

 run was sold with the exception of very small potatoes and culls. 



The commission men of New York were advised by Mr. Wortley of the 

 possibility of obtaining this seed; but, since it was offered at twenty-five 

 cents a sack more than that on the open market, this advance in price re- 

 sulted in but two hundred of the six hundred sacks offered, finding their way 

 to Long Island. The bulk of the seed planted there was purchased on the 

 open market. A little later a comparison of this seed and that bought indis- 

 criminately on the market will be discussed. The contrast was brought out 

 by inspections conducted by Mr. Wortley and myself, and at times with 

 Professor Sirrine, during July of this year. 



The Bermuda Board of Agriculture passed the following Regulations: 



INSPECTORS 



1. The Inspector and Assistant Inspectors of produce shall be the officers respon- 

 sible for inspecting potatoes imported into or landed in these islands. 



DUTIES OF INSPECTORS 



2. It shall be the duty of the Inspector or of the Assistant Inspectors to inspect 

 and examine the contents of not less than 20 per cent of the barrels or packages 

 in each consignment of potatoes imported into or landed in these islands either 

 before they are landed or before they are removed from the shed whereon they 

 shall have been landed, and the Inspector or Assistant Inspectors shall have the 

 power to inspect all the packages and their contents of any consignment, and shall 

 also have the power to reinspect subsequently at any place any such barrels or 

 packages and their contents. 



COUNTRIES DECLARED INFECTED 



3. The following countries are hereby declared to be infected countries for the 

 purposes of the Potato Importation Act, 1914 : 



Great Britain and Ireland. 

 The Countries of the Continent of Europe. 



The Dominion of Canada except the Province of Nova Scotia. 

 . Newfoundland. 



The Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. 





