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necessary to employ one additional inspector for regular police work and also 

 to combine some of the maggot inspection work with the police work. This addi- 

 tional force, however, was far from adequate to cover the apple situation thor- 

 oughly. Because of the comparatively better demand for apples in some mid- 

 western markets than in local markets, there was an unusually large volume of 

 apples shipped out of Massachusetts in carlots, several loading stations heretofore 

 of minor importance shipping so heavily as to require nearly the full-time service 

 of one man, providing such had been available. It was, however, impossible to 

 handle all this extra work as it seemed advisable to concentrate on the heaviest 

 points of movement in order to maintain the cumulative effect of the educational 

 part of the inspection work which had been built up at these points during the 

 past several years. 



The Division co-operated with the Massachusetts Apple Grading Committee, 

 which held several meetings throughout the year to consider possible revisions 

 of the present grading law. Considerable material was compiled for this com- 

 mittee on the status of grading laws in numerous other states and other related 

 matters. As a result of deliberations of the committee, substantial changes have 

 been recommended for the present law which have been incorporated in proposed 

 legislation. 



Co-operation with Other Agencies 



To make progress on our agricultural problems the best efforts of all agencies 

 are needed and if close co-operation can be maintained with all of them, our agri- 

 cultural situation will be benefited. The Division of Markets enjoys such pleasant 

 relations with both official and private organizations in carrying out marketing 

 work. 



Much of the work relating to grading is educational and so this department 

 works closely with the extension service along all marketing lines. Also in con- 

 nection with the difl'erent types of research work carried out by both the Experi- 

 ment Station and the local office of the United States Department of Agriculture. 



The Division of Markets has also worked with the Boston Market Gardeners' 

 Association, the Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Association, the Farm Bureau, 

 the Grange and local farm groups. 



Statistical Information 

 Boston's Food Supply Eeport. — Since WiS the annual bulletin, ''Receipts and 

 Sources of Boston Food Supply," has been published and has been used by re- 

 search workers and students in marketing, teachers, housewives, farmers, and 

 various marketing agencies or middlemen. The report is a summary of the 

 receipts and sources of the most important foodstuffs coming into Boston. 



Boston Wholesale and Retail Apple Market 

 So many requests for information come to this office for the trend in receipts of 

 apples in Boston and also the range in prices over a period of years that the Divi- 

 sion of Markets summarized in detail such information. There is, therefore, on 

 file the number of bushels of apples received weekly from the principal apple- 

 producing sections of the United States. This information is sorted so that the. 

 volume that these specialized producing sections ship is known and the time of 

 year of such shipments. 



Included in this summary of figures are wholesale and retail prices on the 

 principal varieties of our New England apples, including Baldwins, Mcintosh, 

 Gravenstein and Wealthy. 



Large scale charts have been prepared on this information and the trends ^f 

 prices are clearly shown. 



Crop and Livestock Review 



Each year through the co-operation of the New England Crop Reporting Ser- 

 vice this office publishes a mimeographed report reviewing weather and crop 

 conditions for the State. 



The acreage and yields of the principal crops are summarized by counties and 

 are compared with other years, and in special crops such as cranberries and onions, 

 a historical record of yields and prices is given over quite a series of years. 



