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prices to aid in the favorable movement of the crop. This special 

 report is mailed to a subscription list, even to subscribers on the 

 West Coast, and it has been called the best and most complete 

 apple report issued in the east. For many it acts as a guide to 

 the better marketing of the apple crop. 



A retail market report of prices covering fruits, vegetables, 

 fish, meat, and dairy products collected from a cross-section of 

 markets in Greater Boston, with cotnnients and emphasis being placed 

 on nearby fruit and produce and best buys, is issued each Wednesday, 

 This is mailed without charge to a large list requesting this 

 service. In addition, this investigator is responsible for furnish- 

 ing a guest of the Department on Channel 5 TV each Friday 1:00- 

 1:30 PM. This TV spot is furnished without charge to the Depart- 

 ment as a public service and is used to promote all phases of agri- 

 culture* 



The Massachusetts Milk Flavor Program provided flavor quality 

 control service to 72 milk plants receiving milk directly from 

 2,000 producers located in Massachusetts and adjacent states in 

 addition to direct tank shipments from out-of-state sources. 



In addition, the flavor quality service was used by the 

 processing plants to maintain good flavor quality in the milk 

 products offered to the constimer, including milk supplied to the 

 School Lvmch and/or Milk Programs, 



The Massachusetts Vegetable Crop Survey, carried on coop- 

 eratively by the Statistical Reporting Service, U.S.D.A,, and the 

 Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, compiled data and pre- 

 pared estimates on forty-eight vegetable crops regarding planting 

 intentions, harvested acreage, lost or abandoned acreage, yield. 



