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College has prepared a new Farm Account Book which provides you 

 with a simple yet accurate record of your farm buslnesG, T-iis 

 book provides for an inventory and for a record of cas'n farm re- 

 ceipts and farm expense. These records will give you a financial 

 picture of the whole farm business; will show whether the business 

 is profitable or unprofitable; will heir) you determine the strong 

 and the weak points in the oi-ganization and operation of the farm 

 and will serve as a basis for making adjustments v.'hich may make the 

 farm more profitable in the future. 



An increasing number of Massachusetts farmers are keep- 

 ing such records each year. Since summ.arizing the record ^is 

 perhaos the most important ^prt of record keeping, the Extension 

 Specialist in Farm Management is planning to assist any farmers 

 who desire help in summarizing their accounts and in studying 

 their farm businesses. Confidential reports ivill be prepared for 

 each farmer. Some averages for the group of fruit growers wko 

 submit their recoi'ds will also be prepared. These will be valua- 

 ble as a standard for making comrarisons. 



This new Massa.chusetts Farm Account Book may be obtained 



from your County Agent at a very r.m'ill cost. Why not get a copy 



today and plan to start your recoi'd on February 1? -o -n tm, 



•'■''' •' Roy E. Moser. 



Dutton Tells of Auc tion Market A ctivities 



Chester F, Jut ton, auctioneer at the Farmer's Regional 

 Market in Ca.mbridge, says in a recent lettt:r, "The auction is 

 goina* very '"ell. Up to January 1, have sold 1^3^,000 packages at 

 about $1^^7,000. The number of packages fell off a little this 

 past fall from a ye'--?r ago, but more farmers are using the auction. 

 Good apples are finding ready sale at fair prices; Fancy Macs from 

 $1.25 to $1.50. Best sale at $1.67-^ for common storage fruit. 

 Fancy Baldwins are bringing around a dollar. Only Fancy a.nples 

 are wanted now. Looics like the February market is going to be 

 tough as there pto heavy cold storage holdings around here, and 

 at the price this year not many f.'-rnors vrill want to out in extra 

 money to hold into March and. April. This may flood the m.arket the 

 last of February. The best money in apples was before Thanks- 

 giving vrith fair prices until the holidays. If ever there wpg a. 

 year vhen New England grovrers should pa.ck a uniform package and 

 put ciders in a cider mill rather than a store at 9 lbs. for a. 

 quarter, this is the year. I have had a lot of poor apples and 

 although they bring 35 or ^-0 cents, thtjy only tend to push down 

 the whole price level. I often ^'onder if it vjould be nossible to 

 put over a, grade and package lavr in Ne^ England, If not, in a few 

 years we'll have the '10 lbs. for a quarter' trade and others will 

 have the ' 5i^ each' market. 



"The only varieties that are selling are Mcintosh, Bald- 

 win and Delicious, with Cortland next. G-reenings are running 

 a.round Go^ and no real interest in other varieties. Have had loads 

 from New Ha.mpshire, Conne^cticut and in Massachusetts from as far 

 as Pittsfield, with thtj usual heavy volume from the Granville boys." 



Shaw Honored b y A.S.H.S. 



At the recent Indianapolis meeting, Dr. J. K. Sha^-^ ^as 

 elpcted President of the America.n Society for Horticultural Science, 



