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laboratories were visited in order to check methods and pass upon equipment in 

 use. As a result of this inspection, four machines were condemned, and repairs 

 were ordered on twelve. Six plants were re-inspected to approve repairs. 



Advanced Registry Testing. (P. H. Smith.) Advanced registry testing 

 has been supervised by this department since its beginning in 1902. There 

 are now on yearly test 331 cows located on 40 different farms. This does not 

 include the nerd tests where all animals in each herd are placed on test. Of 

 these there are thirty, three of which are supervised by men sent out from this 

 office and twenty-seven by cow-test association supervisors. 



Miscellaneous Work. (P. H. Smith, A. F. Spelman, J. W. Kuzmeski. ) 

 Numerous analyses have been made for residents of the State and other de- 

 partments of the college. 



Summary of Miscellaneous Work, 1935 

 Materials sent in: 



Milk and cream, butterfat only 237 



Ice cream, for fat 41 



Feeds, from farmers and dealers 116 



Feeds, from State Institutions... 114 



For other departments of Experiment Station and College: 



Milk, for butterfat 301 



Dry matter, forage crops 553 



Complete fodder analyses 30 



Dry matter and nitrogen 12 



FERTILIZER CONTROL SERVICE 

 H. D. Haskins in Charge 



Fertilizer Inspection. (H. D. Haskins, H. R. DeRose, A. F. Spelman, 

 J. W. Kuzmeski, Chemists; J. T. Howard, C. L. Whiting, G. E. Taylor, 

 Sampling Agents; Harry L. Allen, Laboratory Assistant.) Records for the 

 year show that 115 firms have registered for sale in the State of Massachusetts 

 489 brands of mixed fertilizer and fertilizing materials and 54 brands of agri- 

 cultural lime and gypsum. Results of analysis show that about 82 percent of 

 the fertilizer brands and 69 percent of the lime brands showed no deficiencies. 

 The gross receipts from the registration of the fertilizer and lime products and 

 from fertilizer tonnage fees for the year 1935 were $14,190. 



For ten weeks beginning April 1, three experienced men employed to draw 

 samples for inspection purposes sampled 22,458 sacks or containers, representing 

 13,178 tons of materials; 1,025 agents were visited. The following summary 

 shows the character of these substances, as well as statistics with reference to 

 their inspection. 



