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Quality milk work was performed in the following towns and cities : 



North Attleborough Westminster* Dartmouth 



Taunton* Leominster* Wareham 



Easthampton* Gardner* Gloucester* 



Chicopee Webster Middleton 



Southbridge Dudley Attleboro 



Westfield Reading Greenfield* 



Braintree North Andover Milford* 



Brockton* Methuen* Mendon* 



Stoneham Lawrence Rockport 



Wakefield Clinton Essex 



E. Bridgewater Berhn Ipswich 



W. Bridgewater Newburyport* Amesbury 



Marlborough Newbury* Haverhill 



Hudson W. Newbury* Athol 



Pittsfield Salisbury Orange 



Fitchburg* New Bedford Northampton 



Lunenburg Fairhaven 

 *Towns worked in more than once. 

 The results of the reductase test were as follows: 



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Class 1. (Excellent) 1,832 = 64.6 



2. (Good) 596 = 21. 



3. (Poor) 278= 9.9 



4. (Very poor) 129= 4.5 



2,835 100% 



Bonding Law and Financial Reports 

 The law requiring milk dealers to submit a financial report was repealed, and a 

 section covering a bonding law was inserted in its place. Preliminary work under 

 the bonding law was started but will not become effective until March 1, 1934. 



Milk Marketing and Surveys 

 The division assisted in organizing the Milk Dealers' Association in Chicopee 

 and the local Dairv^men's Association of Hampden and Hampshire counties, and in 

 the stabilization of milk prices in Chicopee, Springfield, and Holyoke. A milk 

 consumption survey was made in the city of Springfield. 



Oleomargarine 

 Due to the low price of butter, oleomargarine is not being offered for sale in many 

 stores. Verj^ Uttle of this tj-pe of inspection work has been done. A total of 650 

 stores and restaurants was inspected. 



Horses 



The increased interest in horses still continues and the usual assistance was 



given in conducting the dj^namometer horse puUing contest at the Eastern States 



Exposition at Springfield. The Boston Horse Show, in which a good deal of interest 



in commercial horses is usually shown, was not held this year due to the depression. 



Sheep 

 Wool, amounting to 25,000 pounds, was collected to be made into virgin woo. 

 blankets, netting 248 farmers considerably more than the market price of wooll 

 Assistance was given to farmers in buying and selling over 300 sheep and also in 

 disposing of over 350 lambs, mostly for the Easter market. 



Poultry 

 Record of Performance. — For this year the grade known as "Massachusetts 

 Record of Performance Accredited" was carried on with very good results. There 

 were sixteen poultry plants under the supervision of the division, and unannounced 



