Table 5. Comparison of 1947-48 and 1948-49 Testing 



County 



Flocks 



Birds 



Tests 



Positive Non- 

 Tests reacting 

 Percent Flocks 



Barnstable 3 



Berkshire 7 



Bristol 75 



Dukes 1 



Essex 64 



Franklin 20 



Hampden 23 



Hampshire 28 



Middlesex 84 



Norfolk 44 



Plymouth 70 



Worcester 75 



Totals 



Barnstable 



Berkshire 



Bristol 



Dukes 



Essex 



Franklin 



Hampden 



Hampshire 



Middlesex 



Norfolk 



Plymouth 



Worcester 



Totals 458 



1947-48 Season 



25,630 



25,417 



145,764 



4,243 



148,305 



36,924 



31,040 



43,907 

 214,444 

 165,430 

 190,775 

 188,078 



25,630 



29,314 



156,440 



4,243 



148,305 



37,945 



31,644 



43,907 



219,968 



169,206 



208,359 



197,586 



0.00 



0.16 



0.14 



0.00 



0.05 



0.002 



1.24 



0.00 



0.14 



0.02 



0.008 



0.10 



3 

 5 

 71 

 1 

 61 

 20 

 21 

 28 

 80 

 43 

 70 

 73 



1,179.481 



1,213,073 



TWENTY-NINE YEAR TESTING SUMMARY 



Table 6 gives a twenty-nine year testing summary. The average percentage 

 of reactors for 1948-49 is the lowest in the twenty-nine year period. Furthermore, 

 the percentage (99.31) of total birds tested which are located in non-reacting 

 flocks is the highest on record for Massachusetts. While there have been de- 

 creases in the number of flocks, birds, and samples tested, the general picture 

 reveals that Massachusetts flock owners are making progress in establishing and 

 maintaining a poultry industr}- which is relatively free of pullorum disease. 



