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visits to these plants were made, taking over the trap nesting work for the day 

 and checking the trap sheets for accuracy. For the coming year, ap])Ucations 

 have been received from twenty breeders, showing an increased interest in the work. 



At various times throughout the year, articles were written for magazines and 

 Sunday papers, giving the meaning of R. 0. P. work in this state, tlie results our 

 R. O. P. breeders had in comparison with other states and the splendid record our 

 R. 0. P. breeders made at egg laying contests. Every Massachusetts R. 0. P. 

 breeder who entered birds in egg laying contests throughout the country made a 

 record to be proud of. 



On the work that this division supervised, there were 5,717 birds entered which 

 were trap nested and records kept on, and of this number 1,862 met the grade 

 requirements by laying at least 200 eggs in 365 consecutive days which averaged 

 to weigh at least 24 ounces per dozen from February 1st to September 1st. 



All birds entered for R. 0. P. inspection must first meet the certification require- 

 ments. ' 



Certification. — For the past year under the "Massachusetts Certified Accredited" 

 grade there were 36 poultry breeders under our supervision with a total of 42,311 

 birds inspected. 



Each bird was inspected and legbanded, providing it met the grade requirements 

 for PuUorum disease freedom, health and vigor, productive capacity and reasonable 

 freedom from standard disqualifications. 



During the hatching season two visits were made to check on the size of all hatch- 

 ing eggs set and to make sure that the grade requirements were lived up to by the 

 various breeders. 



Miscellaneous. — During the year the department was called upon to assist the 

 poultry'men of the state with many problems. Some of the matters in which 

 assistance was given are as follows: 



1. Preparing fresh egg and poultry thieving laws. 



2. Establishing a New England Export Association to promote the sale of 

 breeding stock in other countries. 



3. Preparing and explaining a proposed Breeder-Hatching Code. 



4. Interviewing some poultrymen who were advertising falsely. 



5. Control of infectious Laryngotracheitis Vaccine in this state. 



6. Started the plans for a Pullorum Accredited grade of poultry. 



REPORT OF THE DIVISION OF MARKETS 



Activities of the Division of Markets during the past year have included numerous 

 emergency measures in addition to the regular service and promotional work. 



Prominent in this respect has been the increased amount of shipping point inspec- 

 tion of apples resulting from the fact that our state apple crop was larger than 

 usual while many of the middle western states experienced comparative shortages. 



Shipments of Massachusetts apples to the middle west were the largest on record. 

 The corresponding increase in the demand for shipping point inspection and certi- 

 fication made it necessary to expand this service to handle not only a larger volume 

 of apples, but also to cover a greater number of producing areas. 



The temporary estabUsliment of the Civil Works Administration provided a fine 

 opportunity for the furtherance of the apple maggot control program. Several 

 control projects covering the entire state, but concentrating on the principal fruit 

 growing regions, were set up under the supervision of this division. Fact finding 

 work carried on by the division over the past four years was used as a basis for the 

 conduct of the Civil Works projects. 



Encouragement of increased consumer use of native products has featured the 

 retail market news service. Radio talks, news articles, charts and other material 

 of similar nature have been used in this work of bringing to the attention of con- 

 sumers timely information regarding the availability of locally produced food 

 supplies. 



The regular services, including market news, standardization of grades, inspec- 

 tion work, etc., have been maintained on regular seasonal schedules. 



