60 ExPFRiMEXT Station Bullf.iin 363 



Approved. Two hundred and eight>-four flocks with a total of 

 519,116 birds were approved during the year. This is an increase of 125 

 flocks and 282,367 birds over the previous year. 



Certified. Seventeen flocks with 34,951 birds were certified, an in- 

 crease of two flocks and 200 birds. 



Record of Perjoninvice. (R. O. P.) During the 1943-44 R. O. P. 

 year, there were 13 poultry flocks on 10 farms and one turkey flock un- 

 der supervision. Of the 5,281 birds entered 2580 or 49 per cent qualified 

 as U. S. N. H. R. O. P. The 1944-45 R. O. P year has 14 poultry flocks 

 on 1 1 farms plus t\\ o turkey flocks under supervision. Trapnesting in- 

 cludes 6031 chickens and 400 turkeys. 



Register of Merit. The R. O. M. is the most advanced stage of the 

 National Poultry Improvement Plan. Females that have qualified for 

 R. O. P. are individually mated to R. O. P. males in single male matings 

 and the eggs and chicks are pedigree hatched. Under R. O. P. the per- 

 formance of the daughters of these matings qualifies the dams and sires 

 for R. O. M. New Hampshire breeders had 2744 birds in 200 special 

 matings during the past hatching season. 



E. T. BARD^^•ELL, T. B. Charles 



Dairy Bacteriological and Mastitis Testing 



For the year ending June 30, 1945, 227 samples of milk have been 

 tested for bacteria, over 200 for butterfat and 53 for total solids. 



Other services conveyed under Bacteriology Testing include the 

 calibration of Babcock glassware and the supplying of the Babcock glass- 

 ware to the D. H. I. A. testers. 



During the year, 789 milk test bottles and 460 pipettes were cali- 

 brated. 



H. C. MoORE 



A total of 419 samples of milk submitted by New Hampshire dairy- 

 men and veterinarians were diagnosed for bovine mastitis. 



L. W. Slanetz 



