208 



Twenty-Second Annual Repoet of the 



the potatoes were grown, and, in the case of seed potatoes, the type or variety 

 contained therein, and the board may require the importer of any potatoes im- 

 ported into these islands with respect to which this regulation has not been com- 

 plied with to export the same from these islands within a time to be prescribed 

 by the board, and the failure of the importer to export such potatoes accordingly 

 shall constitute a breach of this regulation, and after such failure the board may, 

 if it sees fit, direct such potatoes to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of with 

 the view of preventing as far as practicable the introduction into the islands of 

 injurious potato disease. 



9. These Regulations shall come into force on the second day of July, 1915, and 

 from and after that date the Regulations made by the Board of Agriculture on the 

 twenty-second day of April, 1914, shall be rescinded. 



It is to be noted that in Section 5, Nos. (1) and (2) of these regulations, 

 a field inspection in the country of origin is provided for. It was on this 

 inspection that I accompanied Mr. E. J. Wortley in order to represent the 

 interests of the grower in passing judgment on the fields prescribed for ship- 

 ment to Bermuda. Each field was visited and judged as to its yield and 

 vigor with due allowance for adverse environmental factors. In addition, 

 percentages for the amount of Mosaic and lack of inherent vigor were deter- 

 mined. From this field data, final consideration was given to determine into 

 which of the following groups the stock should be classed; namely, passed, 

 screened 'or condemned. 



Stock that was passed was to be accepted as field run without other sort- 

 ing than that for culls. Stock to be screened was to be passed over a one 

 and seven-eighth inch screen, for it was found that by this means the great 

 bulk of the undesirable material would be removed; since advanced Mosaic 

 or lack of vigor generally was accompanied by small size in tuber develop- 

 ment. Stock that was condemned was placed in this category due to the 

 presence of an excessive amount of Mosaic, lack of vigor, or general high 

 disease percentage. 



It required some care to determine the probable result of poor soil condi- 

 tions on the yielding ability of what originally was good seed. It was ap- 

 parent in many cases that the seed planted was strong, but evidently starved. 



The following is a grouping of the findings as finally decided upon by Mr. 

 Worthley and myself. The groups of growers are arranged under their various- 

 sub-contractors and they in turn under the contractors: 



CONTRACTOR 

 I. M. YOUNG 



Passed fields of : 



Charles Greshek 



F. Polak 



Con. Rutkoski 



Antonie Zaloski 



Antonie Columbus 



S. L. Terry 

 Screen stock of : 



Charles McKay 



L. L. Danolovich 



Antonie Danscski 



Marshall Pelis 



John Liss 



John Przyborowski 

 Condemn stock of : 



J. Danolovich, Sr. 



Joe Sejeski 



John Tysz 



Mike Marsh 



R. E. Aldrich 



CONTRACTOR 



A. ROSENBLDM 



Passed fields of : 



(Sub. G.) W. S. Tuthill d Co. 



Geo. Nagles 



C. Baginski 



C. T. Jones 



S. Bigora 

 (Sub. C.) T. Hawkins 



Geo. L. Luce 



Orvis Luce 

 (Sub. C.) P. B. Ruland 



P. B. Ruland 



A. S. Mulford 



R. Gildersleeve 

 (Sub. C.) W. L. McDermott 



F. C. Benjamin 

 Screen stock of : 



(Sub. C.) S. W. Tuthill d Co. 



C. H. Howell 



O. I. Tuthill 



E. L. Tuthill 



