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operating under the Approved and Certified stages of the plan with 14 breed- 

 ing flocks carrying on advanced breeding under the Record of Performance 

 and Register of Merit stages. In these 14 R.O.P. flocks, 9,600 birds have 

 been trapped and there have been 253 R.O.P. matings involving 3,400 birds. 

 There were 257 check inspections and 57 R.O.P. inspections made during 

 the year. 



T. B. Charles, E. T. Bardvvell 



Dairy Testing 



For the year ending June 30, 1947, 284 samples of milk and cream were 

 tested for butterfat. and o9 samples were tested for bacteria. In addition 

 1,236 milk test bottles, 744 pipettes, and 288 cream bottles were calibrated. 



Dairy Bacteriology Testing involves other services, more particularly 

 the supplying of Babcock glassware to D.H.I. A. testers. 



H. C. Moore 



A total of 234 samples of milk, submitted by New Hampshire dairymen 



L. W. Slanetz 



and veterinarians, were diagnosed for bovine mastitis 



