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12. The entire plant of members of this 

 association shall be open at all times 

 for inspection by the Manager. 



13. At the time of certification the birds 

 certified for breeding shall be identi- 

 fied with M. A. C. P. B. leg bands. 



14. Outbreaks of contagious di.sease 

 must be reported promptly to the 

 Manager who at his discretion may 

 stop sales of stock or lequire advance 

 notice of the condition of the breed- 

 ing flock to be sent to purchasers, if 

 such action is warranted. 



15. Records of all sales, specifying ship- 

 ment and consignee, must be made to 

 the Manager upon request. 



IG. Annual fee of ten dollars (.$10) is 

 due and payable upon notification of 

 election to membership and annually 

 thereafter. A fee of ten cents (10<) 

 per certified breeder is due and paya- 

 ble to the Manager at the time when 

 the birds are examined and certified. 

 Wm. C. Moruiliiin 



I providing that their cellars were in shape 

 to keep potatoes. 



All of the fields visited showed that 

 men in the western part of the county can 

 grow as fine potatoes as anyone. Fields 

 which have produce little or no crops of 

 hay have produced fine crops of potatoes 

 when properly fertilized and cared for. 

 It was also clear that these men believe 

 in thorough spraying as all the fields 

 have been sprayed five times and some 

 as many as eight. 



Potato growers in the rest of the coun- 

 ty might well take thettime to see some 

 of the men in the western part of the 

 county at digging time about filling their 

 potato seed requirements. The potatoes 

 are free from degenerative diseases, of 

 good type and are set to give a large 

 yield per acre. 



The following are the 

 certified seed for sale: 

 William Baker, .Jr., 

 H. L. Merritt 

 Arlin Cole 

 Homer Granger 

 Darwin Wells 

 G. R. Tedfoid 

 ■W. H. Morey 

 A. H. Streeter 

 E. E. Fiske 

 George Barrus 

 Tilton Farm 



men who have 



Chesterfield 



Chesterfield 



Chesterfield 



Chesterfield 



Cummington 



Cummington 



Cummington 



Cummington 



Plainfield 



Lithia 



Goshen 



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 Bridgman, 60 No. Maple St., Flor- 

 ence, Mass. Phone Northampton 



148.5-8 



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Continued I'nim pag-e 1. rolumn :', 

 free from weeds. His fields have been 

 sprayed seven times and show fine healthy 

 tops of exceptional color. A few hills 

 were dug and showed that he had the 

 prospect of over 300 bushels per acre. 



The next stop was at W. H. Morey's in } 

 Cummington. There was about 11 acres 

 in the piece entered for certification. The 

 field where the potatoes were grown had 

 not been plowed for a good many years 

 and was cutting about one half ton of 

 June grass hay per acre. Twenty loads 

 of manure per acre were harrowed in and 

 about 800 pounds of highgrade fertili- 

 zer used in the row. The top growth on 

 this field was tremendous. A few hills 

 were dug which showed a large number 

 of tubers per hill. The prospects look 

 good for over 300 bushels per acre. 



G. R. Tedford has about three acres 

 of certified seed. His field had about a 

 ton of 5-10-5 fertilizer per acre. The 

 tops showed the same freedom from dis- 

 ease that was seen in all of the other 

 fields. The field had been sprayed that 

 morning using home made Bordeaux with 

 "Kayso." This spreader gave an even 

 coating of Bordeau.x all over the foliage. 



Professor J. B. Abbott pointed out that 

 the fields visited were typical of the whole 

 group ; that he had never seen fields of 

 potatoes any freer from degenerative dis- 

 eases and that he felt that these men 

 could keep this .strain of .■•eed several 

 years by roguing out the diseased hills. 

 He said that he should like to see some of 

 this seed tried out in other parts of the 

 county. The men in this section have no 

 desire to store this seed till spring as 

 the market for table stock is practically 

 always good in the fall. He did fee! 

 however that the men would make a mis- 

 take if they did not save their own seed 



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