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The Wyman strains of most of the important vegetables are recognized 

 as being among the very best. They grow fourteen different kinds of 

 vegetable seed, principally for their own use. The surplus seed is made 

 available to others in the vegetable industry. 



The Wyman Brothers have always been eager to adopt improved meth- 

 ods and to co-operate with the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 

 making extensive tests. They were among the very first to spray cel^y 

 for the control of killing blight. They are now wrapping their celery in 

 parchment paper. 



Both brothers have served their town as members of the Town Council 

 on numerous occasions. 



Walter Hurlburt, Ashley Falls, Mass. 



Walter Hurlburt is associated with his father, Ralph Hurlburt, in the 

 ownership and management of Hurlwood Farm. He served in the World 

 War as a private and grackiated from the four-year course at Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College in 1920. He commenced active work on the 

 home farm in the fall of 1920. At that time the herd consisted of thirty 

 milking cows. No calves were raised, replacements were made by pur- 

 chase, "falter raised a few grade heifers from the best cows the first 

 year. He bought six heifer calves from James Poor of North Andover, 

 Mass. during the second year and had all of theee calves tuberculin tested. 

 The balance of the herd were tuberculin tested in the spring of 1923. 



The Hurlburts' original investment in beginning the pure bred busi- 

 ness was $1,800. Today they have a herd of forty-three head entirely 

 clean from tuberculosis that could not be purchased for less than $7,000. 

 In 1925 the average on twenty milking animals was well over 10,000 

 pounds each. 



Bena G. Erhard, Hyannis, Mass. 



Miss Erhard was born in East Milton and graduated from the Milton 

 High School in 1915. She graduated from the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College in 1919. 



The same year she was appointed County Club Agent in Hampshire 

 County, serving for four years. She left Hampshire County and took 

 up county club work in Barnstable County, where she completed three 

 years of work. 



After going to Barnstable County she organized the 4H Service Club, 

 an organization made up of the young people of the Cape. 



Several state championships were won by Barnstable County boys and 

 girls during the time that she was County Club Agent in this county, and 

 two of her girls were awarded gold medals by the Massachusetts Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Another girl had the honor of representing the 

 county at the National Congress this last year. 



Mildred Cahoon, Centerville, Mass. 



Mildred Cahoon of Centerville, eighteen years of age was awarded a 

 gold medal by the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture in 1926. 



She became enrolled in club work in 1920, continuing in 1921, 1922 and 

 1923. 



1924 was her fifth year and she received an exhibit score of 99.5 S^ which 

 gave her second place in the country. In the fall of this year she was 

 sent as one of the five delegates from the Cape to attend Camp Field at 

 Brockton Fair for the week. 



In 1925, as a sixth year garment club member she was president of 

 the club in the high school. In addition she also had a club of twelve girls 

 in her own home community. This club finished 100%. 



In 1926 she entered in the supper club and won second place in her town. 

 She completed her own project and acted as local leader for a group of 



