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willingness to assist and advance poultry husbandry among his fellow 

 poultrymen stamp him as a leader of wide influence. 



As President of the Middlesex County Poultry Association, recognition 

 of his local leadership is thus acknowledged. He willingly lends of his 

 time and assistance to all worth-while activities. He is also a member 

 of the Rhode Island Red Association of America and a strong Eastern 

 representative. 



Being President, also, of the Massachusetts Certified Poultry Breeders' 

 Association from the date of its inception, Mr. Storer is at once identi- 

 fied with a new movement of nation-wide significance in the poultry in- 

 dustry. As a diligent apostle working for the greater health and pro- 

 ductivity in the flocks of this State, he thus heads up a growing organiza- 

 tion which already has accomplished significant results. 



Massachusetts certification guarantees inspection, supervision and lab- 

 oratory test by the Massachusetts Agricultural College of — 



1. Constitutional vigor, standard breeding and production capacity. 



2. Management and sanitation conducive to health. 



3. Absolute freedom from Bacillary White Diarrhoea as ascertained 

 by consecutive non-reacting official tests by the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. 



Eighty commercial flocks holding credentials under this organization 

 provide a supply and distribution of this superior source of day-old chicks 

 in the state. Appreciation of this high standard set is shown in the in- 

 creased demand from new applicants for membership in the Massachu- 

 setts Certified Poultry Breeders' Association, and in the fact that orders 

 for "Certified Stock" are so great that it is impossible to fill them. 



Again in 1927, as in 1926, he had the winning pen of Rhode Island Reds 

 at the New York State Egg Laying Contest, Farmingdale, L. I. This pen 

 laid 2142 eggs against his nearest competitor laying 2077 eggs. 



The second laurel is the fact that Mr. Storer's flock was chosen, among 

 three in the state, for a shipment of Rhode Island Red breeding stock to 

 the Santiago Experiment Station, Chile. His farm was selected after 

 considerable study on the part of the government authorities. 



Melville G. Grey, Wenham, Mass. 

 A County Agricultural School Graduate 



Mellville G. Grey entered Essex County Agricultural School in 1914 

 with the second entering class and graduated in 1917. He had previously 

 had a partial course in the Beverly High School. His interest in gar- 

 dening in the home city, Beverly, known locally as the Garden City, soon 

 gave him an opportunity to carry as a summer project several small, pri- 

 vate places which he did by employing ordinary laborers to do much of 

 the work. Upon graduation he was employed first by Hitchens and Co., 

 greenhouse contractors and builders, as draftsman and salesman. When 

 war was declared Grey immediately enlisted and continued in service un- 

 til the Armistice. When peace was declared he at once became an agri- 

 cultural instructor in the Army of Occupation serving under the direction 

 of President Butterfield of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



Upon his return to America Mr. Grey purchased the present farm in 

 Wenham. This is a small diversified farm of 16 acres, with highly suit- 

 able buildings. He farms very intensively, producing vegetables, special- 

 izing in asparagus, small fruits; and he has now planted fruit trees in 

 practically the entire area, except the large asparagus fields. The entire 

 property is intensively farmed. He has added a high grade herd of dairy 

 cattle and carries a large flock of poultry. His income is derived from 

 the following sources of agricultural products: Fruit, dairy products, 

 asparagus, poultry products, small fruits and vegetables. 



Mr. Grey's method of marketing is unique. Besides supplying an ex- 

 clusive boarding house with nearly all the farm products they use he 



