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Section 2611. The director shall cause such tests and analyses as he 

 may specify to be made of samples collected under the preceding section 

 in order to determine the quality of the seeds contained in such samples. 

 The results of all such analyses shall be reported to the commissioner of 

 agriculture. To enable the director to determine the trueness to type of 

 variety of vegetable and other seeds he shall provide that field tests be 

 made of such samples of seeds as he may designate and may publish the 

 results of all such tests and analyses as are made in accordance with the 

 provisions of this section. 



Section 261J. The word "approximate" as used in sections two hundred 

 and sixty-one A to two hundred and sixty-one L, inclusive, shall be defined 

 in rules and regulations promulgated by the director. 



Section 261K. Any persons residing or doing business in this common- 

 wealth shall have the privilege of submitting to the director samples of 

 agricultural seeds for test and analysis, subject to such rules and regula- 

 tions as may be adopted by the director, including a reasonable charge or 

 fee for such test and analysis. Receipts under this section shall be paid into 

 the treasury of the commonwealth. 



REPORT OF THE DIVISION OF DAIRYING AND ANTMALi ITUSBANDRr 



The Division may well be subdivided into the following sections: Poultrj^ 

 both regulatory and promotional. This section requires the full time services 

 of two men. 



Poultry 

 Record of Performance. 



For this year the Grade known as Massachusetts Record of Performance 

 Pullorum Clean, was carried on with very good results. There were 18 poultry 

 plants under the supervision of the Department, and unannounced visits were 

 made to these plants, taking over the trapnesting work for the day, and 

 checking the trapnests for accuracy. In addition, the private advertising of 

 the breeders was checked, and all of the birds in special mating pens were 

 inspected and approved before the breeders were allowed to sell pedigreed 

 stock. Records were sent to this office by the breeders on all of their breeding 

 activities, including the trapnest records, reports on the eggs set, chicks 

 hatched and stock sold. 



At various times throughout the year articles were prepared for magazines, 

 explaining the meaning of R. O. P. work in this State, and the results of our 

 R. O. P. Breeders were compared with the results of Breeders in other States, 

 both in connection with R. O. P. project and the birds entered at Official Egg 

 Laying Contests. In both cases the records of our R. O. P. breeders were 

 above those of Breeders in other States 



A number of State, Sectional and National meetings were attended in the 

 interest of our R. 0. P. program. 



In working with the Breeder's Association, an R. O. P. Circular was pre- 

 pared and distributed to 7000 persons in the State, and throughout the country 

 generally. 



The annual summary of our R. O. P. work was prepared and distributed 

 to poultrymen in this State, and to interested persons throughout the country. 



The following is a brief summary of the results obtained by our R. O. P. 

 Breeders for the 1936-37 Season: 



Summat^ 



Number of birds entered under R. O. P. supervision . . . ! 8,311 



Number of birds passed R. 0. P, supervision 3,147 



Average production all birds passing R. O. P. supervision .... 245.14 



Average egg weight all birds passing R. O. P. supervision 25.65 ozs. 



Average body weight all birds passing R. 0. P. supervision 6.08 lbs. 



Number of birds in individual pedigree pens 2,648 



The above records are the best records obtained by our R. 0. P. Breeders to 

 date, showing consistent improvement from our breeding program. 



