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inspection. A copy of all score cards will be sent to this office. These score 

 cards will be filed by states and alphabetically by towns and names. Each 

 producer will have an individual folder containing his score card; in cases of 

 reinspections, several score cards will be in the folder. This folder will also 

 contain a carbon copy of the certificate, Form D-4 (9640), when issued. 



3. When the application, Form D-1 (9973) and score card, Form D-3 (8609) 

 are approved, a certificate, Form D-4 (9640) will be made out in duplicate, 

 original mailed to producer and duplicate placed in producer's file. Applica- 

 tions, Form D-5, should be addressed and expiration date typed to be sent out 

 four weeks in advance of expiration of certificate (1935). These addressed 

 blank applications should be filed away according to date of expiration, which 

 is June 30th, for farms located within the Commonwealth, or for farms outside 

 the Commonwealth at a date determined by Milk Regulation Board. 



4. In the case of a producer's farm not being approved, reinspection will be made 

 in sixty to ninety days. If approved at that time, the same procedure as in 

 Paragraph 3 will be followed. If not approved on reinspection and the cer- 

 tificate is to be refused, suspended, or revoked for failure to comply to dairy 

 farm regulations, a Notice of Hearing, Form D-5, must be sent to the producer. 



■ Thirty days after the hearing (1) Notice of Refusal, Form D-6, (2) Notice of 

 Suspension, Form D-7, (3) Notice of Revocation, Form D-8, or (4) the issu- 

 ance of a certificate, Form D-4 (9640), must be sent to the producer. 



5. A notice. Form D-9, must be sent to dealers and Boards of Health that certain 

 producers cannot sell their milk if certificate is refused, suspended or revoked. 



6. On the appUcation, Form D-1 (9973), the Director may ask for certain infor- 

 mation: i.e., number of cows and heifers, amount of milk produced and sold, 

 etc. These statistics will be compiled from time to time. 



7. In addition to the requirements on the annual application. Form D-1 (9973) 

 the Director may request a complete statement of the producers' statistics 

 including milk sales, milk production, number of cows and heifers, etc., for any 

 month of the year and will be made out on Form D-10. Statistics such as can 

 be compiled from these statements have never been available and will be 

 valuable information to the dairy industry. 



Milk Quality Improvement Work and Check Testing 

 Improving the quahty of the milk produced on Massachusetts farms continues 

 to be one of the problems of the division. The quality work was done as in the past 

 by using the methylene-blue test and the sediment test. In cases where the tests 

 showed poor quality, the inspectors have followed up the work by making visits to 

 the farms and offering suggestions for correcting the causes of the poor milk. 



Section 29-A of Chapter 94 of the General Laws was amended this year giving 

 the department authority to determine whether or not the rules and regulations 

 pertaining to the methods and frequency of making certain tests of milk and cream 

 are being complied with. The following is a summary of this work: 



Pasteurizing milk dealers . . 



Raw milk dealers 



Producer milk dealers . . , 

 Reductase tests made . . , 

 Sediment tests made . . . 



Temperatures taken 1,727 



Producers Milk tested .... 5,374 



Check testing was done at the following milk plants: 



H. P. Hood & Sons Shelburne Falls 



F, B. Mallory Springfield 



H. P. Hood & Sons " 



General Ice Cream Corp " 



United Dairy System " 



United Dairy System Northampton 



Brookside Dairy 



Producers Dairy Co Brockton 



H. F. Soderholm West Bridgewater 



