Annual Report -8- 



Personnel of this Division attended the following meetings:— 

 New York & New England Marketing Officials stunmer meeting at 

 Rochester, New York; National Harketing Officials annual meeting 

 at Miami, Florida; Association of Seed Control Officials of the 

 Northeastern States at Atlantic City, New Jersey; Atlantic States 

 Division, National Association of Marketing Officials at Washington, 

 D.C.J New York and New England Marketing Officials summer meeting 

 held in Boston, refresher course for New England apple inspectors 

 held at Concord, Massachusetts, workshop for market reporters held 

 in Washington, D.C. These meetings are very valuable in keeping 

 our personnel abreast of the times. 



In conclusion we wish to eii5>hasize the increasing ia^jortance 

 of our shipping point inspection which has become so valuable to 

 the agriculture of Massachusetts. When you consider the phenomlnal 

 increase of fees received by the General Fund for cranberry inspec- 

 tion and realize that this is unforseeable when the budget is set 

 up, it is very clear why a deficit budget was necessary. Consider- 

 ing the fact that Inspection fees were raised slightly as of 

 July 1, 1962 so as to make this shipping point inspection self- 

 supporting, we should have an ample budget approved each year to 

 adequately take care of this unf ox*seeable inspection without cur- 

 tailing and crippling other inspection services, as was the case 

 this spring. Furthermore, the pay and travel expenses of the in- 

 spectors who carry out this work faithfully should not be held up 

 for lack of funds, as was the case this spring. The following 

 figures clearly point up the inqportance of this inspection service. 



