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No longer can feed regulations be based on the small elevator, 

 or farm unit, or by state boundaries. 



Reference in the bill to the Federal requirements will help 

 insure uniformity. The present law is not adequate for effective 

 control for feed or the future. Changes which must be recognized 

 are: (1) Trend to bulk handling; (2) Use of drugs - effect on 

 consumer of milk, meat and eggs; (3) Contracting between a feed 

 mill and feeder; (4) Integration; (5) Distribution direct to con- 

 sumer; (5) Custom mixing; on the farm mixing; and (7) Authority to 

 provide for the use of collective terms. 



No. 2 - AN ACT RELATI^/E TO THE CONTROL OF NOXIOUS WEEDS. 



On October 17, 1968, President Johnson signed the Carlson- 

 Foley Act, which would permit State officials to destroy noxious 

 plants on Federal lands, and the State would be reimbursed to the 

 extent of available Federal funds. 



In order to fully utilize the provisions of this Federal Act, 

 it is necessary to have enabling legislation, so that the 

 Massachusetts Department of Agriculture may have a qualified weed 

 control lav/ and receive full benefits of the Act. 



It has been estimated that weeds, by limiting yields and im- 

 pairing quality, reduce potential agricultural productivity by 

 about 3% each year. V/e have other losses by v;eeds including human 

 discomfort from weed pollens and poisonous plants, streams clogged 

 by weeds and made useless for boating and fishing, water wasted 

 by aquatic plants, and scenic values impaired by unattractive 

 vegetation. 



