D. 



3. Any cultural practice that destroys vegetative cover will help to 

 reduce meadow mouse damage by causiu}; the mice to move elsewhere. The effects 

 of cover destruction on pine mice arc not fully known but it is suspected that 

 if thuir food supply is destroyed that they would turn to root systems for 

 food. 



4. Pine Mice infestations can only be controlled by a thorough, conscien- 

 tious Job of trail baiting either by hand or machine with both Zinc Phosphide- 

 tro Ated Steamed-crushed Oats and apples or by ground spraying with Endrin. If 

 the latter is used, ajJ. precautions should be observed. The orchard should be 

 posted with signs indicating that a highly toxic material has been used and 

 strict adherence to application rates and methods should be followed. 



5. Extensive field tests with many different grain baits have clearly 

 demonstrated that steamed-crushed oats are preferred by orchard mice. 



John W. Peterson, District Agent 



U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



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A REMINDER 



The 24" X 36" wall charts of U. S. Apple Grades for New England are 

 still available through the secretary's office of the Massachusetts Fruit 

 Grov7ers ' Association, Inc., French Hall, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 

 Massachusetts . 



Copies of the Apple Sorters' Manual are available from the Mailing Room, 

 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, or from your County 

 Extension Service Office. 



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APPROVED FARM STAND PROGRAM 



At a meeting held on August 21, 1962, the members of the Approved Farm Stand 

 Program voted the following two changes in program procedure; 



1. REQUIRE MENTION OF THE APPROVED FARM STAND PROGRAM IN ALL DISPLAY ADS, 

 AND ON RADIO AND TELEVISION, EFFECTIVE AT ONCE. 



2. THAT THE REGULATION REQUIRING THE GRADE MARK ON OR IN EACH PACKAGE BE 

 PLACED ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS WITH AN AFFIRMATION OF THE USE OF THE GRADE SIGN ON 

 EACH DISPLAY AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE OPERATOR BE ON OR IN EACH PACKAGE 

 AS IT LEAVES THE STAND. 



Operational procedures of the stands were discussed and, for the benefit of 

 other growers, the minutes of the meeting prepared by 0. C. Roberts are presented 

 below. 



