. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. legislator's tour of Massachusetts agriculture On May 11 the Massachusetts De- partment of Agriculture conducted their annual "Legislator's Tour" on which numerous Massachusetts leg- islators left the State House by bus at 1 During the afternoon the group made the following stops: Phillips Tree Farm, Rte. 106, King- ston—forestry—pine-growing for the lumber industry . . plus 17 acres of cranberry bogs. Halifax Gardens, Inc., Rte. 36, Hal- ifax—wholesale flower-growing, fea- turing roses, carnations and potted plants.
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. legislator's tour of Massachusetts agriculture On May 11 the Massachusetts De- partment of Agriculture conducted their annual "Legislator's Tour" on which numerous Massachusetts leg- islators left the State House by bus at 1 During the afternoon the group made the following stops: Phillips Tree Farm, Rte. 106, King- ston—forestry—pine-growing for the lumber industry . . plus 17 acres of cranberry bogs. Halifax Gardens, Inc., Rte. 36, Hal- ifax—wholesale flower-growing, fea- turing roses, carnations and potted plants. White's Farm Dairy, Middle Rd., Acushnet—showing how some of the Commonwealth's $49 million of dairy products is produced. Little Sunswick Farm, Horseneck Rd., So. Westport-a modern horse breeding farm . . this owned by Bayard Tuckerman, Jr., legendary breeder of thoroughbreds. Last year some 60 members of the General Court came o»t to see what was happening in agriculture in Massachusetts. Many were sur- prised . . and pleased. There are fewer farms and farm- ers in Massachusetts every year, but our agri-business keeps growing. An expanding population reduces our growing space even while it increases demand . . and the results are higher yields per acre and per hour than ever Agriculture is a 200-million-dol- lar business in the Bay State. As it grows, it modernizes. Vital crop re- search and training goes on at the College of Agriculture at Amherst, Waltham and Wareham. Some of the produce developed here have become the standards of the entire world. Seed royalties continue to help support our laboratories and experiment stations. I The program was sponsored by:( Massachusetts Flower Growers As4 sociation, Milk Promotion Services,' Inc., Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association, Inc., New England Vegl etable Growers Association, Bostoijl Flower Exchange, Inc., and Easternj States Exposition. I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page im
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