Annual Report -7- 



This is mailed without charge to a large list requesting this service. 



In addition, this investigator is responsible for furnishing a guest of 



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the Department on Channel 5 TV each Friday 1:00-1:30 PM. This TV spot 



is furnished without charge to the Department as a public service and 

 is used to promote all phases of agriculture. This assignment has been 

 carried out for this entire year by a secretary in the Commissioner's 

 office on a temporary basis until a list is established as result of an 

 examination. 



At the request of the Massachusetts potato growers, one of our mar- 

 ket investigators based in the Connecticut Valley gathered and furnished 

 to certain papers of the Connecticut Valley for printing F.Q.B. prices 

 being received by growers each week. 



All press releases from the entire Department are cleared and 

 issued by one of our secretaries; also, a monthly crop estimate on 

 ^ apples, potatoes, onions, and cranberries, received by teletype from 

 Washington through the Boston office is mailed to a list requesting 

 this service. 



The legislature included advertising of vegetables and fruits under 

 the Native Branding I^aw. This overcomes a weakness in the law. The law 

 now reads — "No person shall sell or offer to sell or pack for sale or 

 distribution in the Commonwealth vegetables or fruit in a container 

 bearing the label or designation "Native* nor cause vegetables or fruit 

 to be advertised as "Native" unless the name of the state in which such 

 vegetables or fruit were grown appears immediately after the word "Native." 

 Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a 

 fine of not more than one hundred dollars. 



In April a new position, Assistant Director, Division of Markets, 

 was created and appointment of Nathaniel Tilden, well-known former 

 market gardener and legislator, was made to fill this position. 



