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trend over a period of several years. An effort was made to determine the effect 

 of important factors on the trend of milk consumption especially as it is influenced 

 by various regulatory measures and retail price policies. A total of 306 family 

 schedules was obtained in Northampton, 751 in Holyoke and 719 in Pittsfield. 

 From the preliminary tabulations so far obtained it appears that the average 

 consumption of milk in these cities varied from 6.45 pints per week per capita 

 in Northampton, to 6.87 in Holyoke and 5.47 in Pittsfield. 



The available information points to the fact that a lower rate of consumption in 

 Pittsfield has been partly due to the higher prices for retail milk, while in Holyoke 

 lower prices for delivered milk and the fact that a considerable number of the 

 people bought their milk from the store at lower prices accounted for higher con- 

 sumption. However the deficiency in fluid milk consumption in Pittsfield was 

 compensated to a certain e.xtent by a greater use of canned milk, as it appears 

 that about one-half of the families included in this survey purchased this product, 

 as compared with only one-fourth in Holyoke. 



Land Use Problems in Massachusetts in Relation to the Balanced Program 

 of Land Utilization. (David Rozman.) The work on this project was originally 

 inaugurated in cooperation with the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and the 

 Agricultural Adjustment Administration, and for two consecutive years has been 

 carried out under two projects: A Study of Adjustments in Farming by Regions 

 and Type-of-Farming Areas, from the standpoint of Agricultural Adjustment and 

 Planning, including Soil Conservation; and A Study of Farm Organization and 

 Soil Management Practices in Massachusetts in Relation to Agricultural Con- 

 servation and Adjustment, with Special Reference to the Formulation of a 

 Program under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. 



In the process of the work it has become apparent that the pattern of land use 

 in Massachusetts is extremely varied and complicated and that a basis for an 

 adequate land program should include the study of other important land uses 

 in Massachusetts, covering recreational, forestry, industrial, part-time farming, 

 and other developments. During the past year it has been possible to make con- 

 siderable advance in providing an adequate basis for a land use program in co- 

 operation with the State Planning Board and the W. P. A. organization. A 

 complete survey of land resources was carried out covering all the rural areas of 

 the State. The results are being reproduced in a series of maps showing the most 

 important physical characteristics by individual towns. 



Five basic maps are being prepared for each town, drawn to the scale of two 

 nches to the mile. The first map shows the existing land use and cover for in- 

 dividual tracts of land, indicating areas devoted to various agricultural uses^ 

 types of forests, recreational uses, as well as industrial, commercial, and residen- 

 tial developments. The second map in the field survey indicates the exact location 

 of roads and buildings by their type and condition. A special map is devoted to 

 the character of the soil, classified in several groups on the basis of productivity 

 and adaptability for agriculture, forestry, and other uses. Other information 

 includes the topography of each town by means of contours with 20-foot intervals, 

 and also roads and waterways. With the results of this survey available it will be 

 possible to work out a program for scientific land classification indicating the area 

 especially adapted for agriculture, as well as for forestry, recreational, industrial, 

 and part-time farming development. 



