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maintains a milk route over which he sells milk, cream, eggs, fruit and 

 vegetables. He also maintains a splendid roadside stand. Mr. Grey has 

 recently purchased an additional 16 acres, now giving him 32 acres in the 

 midst of neighbors who maintain private estates, beautiful country homes 

 and suburban residences. Adjacent to his land is a country club. This 

 makes his farm seem like an oasis in the production of commercial agri- 

 cultural crops. 



Mr. Grey finds time to be an all round citizen. He is President of the 

 Essex County Branch of the Roadside Stand Association, he is a mem- 

 ber of the Advisory Board of the Essex County Agricultural School, a 

 trustee of the Essex Agricultural Society and an active worker with the 

 Extension Service of the School. He has been President of the Alumni 

 Association of the School and carried it through one of the most trying 

 times of its existence. He has served repeatedly on judging committees 

 both connected with the School and with outside organizations. His farm 

 met with much favorable praise when visited by the Agricultural Voca- 

 tional Teachers. His farm has become a demonstration place in many 

 ways. Authorities at the school have visited him when Extension tours 

 in the county were made. His enterprise was reviewed by the Board of 

 Agriculture when examining it in 1926. Mr. Grey has been very co- 

 operative in taking undergraduate students for summer project training. 



Howard Waterman, Halifax, Mass. 

 Success in Boys' Club Work 



In the three years that Howard Waterman of Halifax, Mass., now 19 

 years old, has been a 4-H poultry club member, he has made a profit of 

 $4363.24. But, in addition to becoming successful financially himself he 

 has been a factor in the development of a community spirit in the town, 

 has been a leader among the boys of Halifax and also among all the 4-H 

 club members of Plymouth County, and was one of four Massachusetts 

 representatives at the first national 4-H club camp at Washington. 



His first experience in an agricultural club was raising a pure-bred 

 Duroc Jersey hog. For six years he bred Duroc Jerseys and twice exhib- 

 ited in the open classes at Brockton Fair, defeating the men in compe- 

 tition for first prize. 



Mr. Waterman was selected from a great number of eligible boys to 

 attend the National camp at Washington, D. C. during the summer of 

 1927. He took an active part in the proceedings of the conference. 



Since his return from the Washington camp, he has been of very great 

 assistance to the county leader. He was always ready to work hard. He 

 was always available to lead group meetings and assisted in keeping the 

 spirit of the meetings of a high pitch. 



The other boys and girls of the county and district have been stimu- 

 lated to greater effort and success by the splendid example of Howard 

 Waterman. 



John Bursley, West Barnstable, Mass. 

 A Representative Farmer and Citizen 



To those who have been close to the agricultural life of Massachusetts 

 a familiar figure has been constantly with us; on the farm; in the 

 Grange; in the Agricultural College and in the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, he has seen men come and pass along; he has been and still is a 

 gi'eat inspiration to those of us who have been favored by this contact. 



The figure is that of our friend John Bursley appointed to the Board 

 of Agriculture in September, 1891, as a delegate from the Barnstable 

 County Agricultural Society. He served on the Board by successive re- 

 appointments from his home society until the reorganization of the old 

 Board in 1918. He was appointed as county delegate to the Board and 

 upon the final reorganization in 1919 he was appointed on the Advisory 



