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to our Massachusetts markets. Our farmers have cooperated wholeheartedly, 

 and the inspectors from our Division of Dairying have reported that many 

 more of our Massachusetts farms have met the requirements for Grade A milk 

 production. It would seem that a gi-eater proportion of the Grade A milk sold 

 in Massachusetts should be obtained from selected Massachusetts farms. These 

 farms are near our local markets and can be inspected frequently in order to 

 satisfy the local boards of health and the consumers that a high quality of 

 production is maintained. It would further seem that many more of our Massa- 

 chusetts farms might obtain a Special Milk certificate and increase the volume 

 of special milk that is being sold on our local markets. 



Laws pertaining to several phases of our dairy industry have been discussed 

 in great detail during the past year and it would appear that several changes 

 are necessary to clarify these laws and co-ordinate the activities of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, the Milk Control Board, the Milk Regulation Board, the 

 Department of Public Health and the local boards of health, pertaining to the 

 production, sale and distribution of milk. A resolve was therefore passed dur- 

 ing the present session of the Legislature to establish a commission to study 

 the milk situation (Chapter 68, Resolves of 1937). That investigation and study 

 is now in progress and members of this department are co-operating in every 

 possible way with the special commission. A report will be made to the 1938 

 session of the Legislature. 



Plant Pest Control 



Our fruit and shade trees have suffered considerably during the past few 

 years from the ravages of the tent caterpillar, and it has been thought advis- 

 able to enlist the co-operation of boy scouts, 4-H club members and others to 

 gather tent caterpillar nests during the winter months in an effort to minimize 

 the spread of this infestation. It was our plan to reward these boys and girls 

 who did the most effective work in gathering these nests, and the Governor 

 signed an amendment to our general laws which permitted the Department of 

 Agriculture to offer prizes for, and in aid of, the elimination and suppression 

 of insect pests. 



Massachusetts Develops an Industrial Commission 



It was during the legislative session of 1937 that the Massachusetts Indus- 

 trial and Development Commission was established under the provisions of 

 Chapter 427, Acts of 1937. The act reads as follows: 



An Act Establishing the Massachusetts Development and Industrial Com- 

 mission for the Promotion and Development of the Industrial, Agricultural 

 and Recreational Resources of the Commonwealth. 



Chapter twenty-three of the General Laws is hereby amended by insert- 

 ing after section eleven A, inserted by section three of chapter three 

 hundred and thirty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-four, 

 under the caption "THE MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT AND 

 INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION", the following three new sections:— 



Section llB. There shall be in the department a commission for the pro- 

 motion and development of the industrial, agricultural and recreational 

 resources of the commonwealth, to be known as the Massachusetts develop- 

 ment and industrial commision, in this and the two following sections 

 called the commission. The commission shall consist of the commis- 

 sioner of labor and industries and the commissioner of agriculture, 

 ex officiis, and five unpaid members appointed by the governor, with the 

 advice and consent of the council, who shall be designated in their initial 

 appointments to serve respectively for one, two, three, four and five years. 

 The commission shall annually choose one of its members as chairman. 

 One of the members appointed by the governor as aforesaid shall always 

 be a representative of labor. Upon the expiration of the term of office of 

 an appointive member, a successor shall be appointed in the manner 

 aforesaid for five years. The commission shall meet at least twice a 



