MISCELLANEOUS 



Maple 24 



Floriculture 25 



Massachusetts Rank Among States 28 



Fann Numbers 28 



Fertilizer 29 



Prices Paid 29 



Farm Balance Sheet 30 



Production Expenses 30 



Gross Farm Income 30 



Cash Receipts 31 



Farm Production Expenditures - Northeast 32 



Consumpti on 34 



PHOTOGRAPHS OF DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES 



SECTION II— ANNUAL REPORT, STATE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 



Board of Food and Agri cul ture. Staff Members 36 



Agricultural Preservation Restriction Program 38 



Division of Agricultural Land Use...„.o o h6 



Division of Animal Health o 0....48 



Annual Report of the Counsel o..51 



Division of Dairying o 53 



Division of Fairs, Thoroughbred and Standardbred Horse Programs 5^ 



Division of Markets » <> ooo o57 



Milk Market i ngo 63 



Pest i cide Program 64 



Plant Pest Control Division „„„ 66 



State Reclamation Board o - o ... .70 



Centerfold Photo Captions o , o o . . . « .72 



COVER PHOTO : 



At bogs owned by Decas Cranberry Company in Carver, helicopter lifts a large crate 

 containing 1000 pounds (10 barrels) of cranberries. This technique speeds up the 

 harvest operation, dramatically reduces damage to cranberry vines, and saves on 

 labor expenseso Also, it helps increase cranberry production; Waiting to assist 

 in the innovative harvest procedure used on dry harvested bogs is John Co Decas 

 (left). Photo by UP! photographer George Rileyo 



