flocks by buying from local flocks which are officially recognized as pullorum- 

 disease clean. Since Massachusetts is bounded by states which have made 

 similar progress in pullorum-disease eradication, the proposal is made that the 

 New England poultry industry might well consider and adopt steps that would 

 hasten the elimination of the residual pullorum infection which exists in the 

 New England area and also adopt measures which would minimize or prevent 

 the introduction of infection from other areas. 



Comparison of 1934-35 and 1935-36 Seasons 



The results of the 1934-35 and 1935-36 testing seasons are compared in 

 Table 5. Increases are noted in tested flocks (8), tested birds (48,535), tests 

 (42,194), and non-reacting flocks (17). The percentage of positive tests was 

 reduced from 0.39 to 0.30. All counties had less than 0.8 percent positive 

 tests among the samples tested. For two consecutive testing seasons all 

 counties have had less than 1 percent reactors among the tested birds. This 

 suggests that the amount of infection detected each year is too slight to allow 

 any great reduction in the percentage of infection. 



Table 5. Comparison of 1934-35 and 1935-36 Testing 



County 



Flocks Birds 



Positive 



Tests Non -Reacting 

 Percent Flocks 



Barnstable 3 



Berkshire 7 



Bristol 34 



Essex 16 



Franklin 15 



Hampden 19 



Hampshire 21 



Middlesex 49 



Norfolk 22 



Plymouth 24 



Suffolk 1 



Worcester 33 



Totals 



Barnstable 



Berkshire 



Bristol 



Essex 



Franklin 



Hampden 



Hampshire 



Middlesex 



Norfolk 



Plymouth 



Worcester 



Totals 252 



344,0 



