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compiled it will be necessary to take such action as the law provides in further 

 adjusting this important matter. There is a responsibility on the Division 

 of Dairying and the local boards of health to inspect an adequate amount of 

 quality milk for the consumers of Massachusetts, and there is a very definite 

 responsibility on the dealers to sell milk that comes only from farms that have 

 a certificate of registration. 



The dairy farm inspection program has now been in operation for over two 

 years. The producers and dealers have been acquainted with the provisions of 

 the law and we have every reason to expect a substantial compliance with this 

 law. 



The law provides that prior to the revocation or refusal to issue a certificate 

 of registration to a dairy farm an official hearing will be held. In accordance 

 with this provision 497 hearings wei'e held during the current year, and it 

 was necessary in four cases to bring the pi'oducer into court for failure to 

 comply fully with the rules and regulations of the Milk Regulation Board. 

 Most cases were disposed of at hearings, at which time the producer £ greed 

 to comply with the regulations within a pei-iod of time not exceeding thirty 

 days, and our reinspection indicated that the producer had fulfilled his part 

 of the agreement. The local boards of health are cooperating with the division 

 in carrying on a quality milk program. During the past year the inspection 

 report on farms inspected by local boards of health have been submitted more 

 promptly than before and it has been possible to keep our records more current. 

 However, a further improvement along this line can be made, and we hope 

 that the year 1936 will find the local boards of health cooperating even more 

 closely with the division in the matter of a more complete registration of our 

 dairy farms and a more complete registration of the milk dealers. During 

 November, 1935, the acting director of the Division of Dairying visited the 

 conference of county agents at Amherst and suggested that in all cases where 

 dairy farms had been disapproved by state inspectors or local inspectors the 

 fact of disapproval be submitted to the county agents and their assistance 

 enlisted in bringing about a satisfactory condition on these disapproved dairy- 

 farms. In the past our dairy farm inspectors have done a great deal of edu- 

 cational work, but apparently the time has arrived when a greater number 

 of farms must be inspected and less time devoted to an educational program. 

 It would appear to be the function of the county agents to help these dairy 

 farmers put their places in such condition that they would be entitled to a 

 certificate of registration, or definitely advise the Division of Dairying that 

 these dairy farmers do not possess the qualifications and aptitude for carrying 

 on a dairy farm, and recommend that a certificate of registration either be re- 

 voked or refused. Our law requires that each milk dealer register with the 

 division and submit the names of all producers that are supplying them with 

 milk and the amount of milk supplied by each dairy farm. Many of the milk 

 dealers have failed to comply with this provision, and it was necessary during 

 the year 1935 to conduct hearings in Boston, Springfield, Pittsfield, Green- 

 field, Worcester and New Bedford. Two hundred and seventeen dealers were 

 summoned to appear at these hearings for failure to properly register. In 

 practically all cases the registration was completed and further coui't action 

 was not necessary. It will be expected, however, in the future that dealers 

 shall register promptly during the month of June and the Commonwealth 

 saved the expense and time of official hearings. 



The Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry will continue to vigorously 

 cari-y on the dairy inspection program so that a high quality milk will be 

 produced on every Massachusetts dairy farm. We hope that a much greater 

 amount of Grade A milk will be obtained from our Massachusetts dairies. We 

 believe that many of these dairy farms are now producing a Grade A product 

 and that the milk dealers should recognize the fact that nearness to market is 

 an asset in the sale and distribution of Grade A milk. We have issued several 

 Special milk certificates to dairy farms that have met the high requirements 

 for this Special milk product. It will be our purpose to inspect very carefully 

 production of milk on our Special milk farms to the end that the consuming 



