ANNUAL REPORT 

 Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry 

 J. Peter Griffin, Director 



July 1, 1969 - June 30, 1970 



Inspection and registration of all dairy farms that 

 produce milk for the Massachusetts markets, as provided by 

 Chapter 94, Sects. 16 - 16K of the General Laws continues. 

 The volume of milk produced on farms that are under our 

 inspection amounts to approximately 180^ of the fluid milk 

 needs of our market. Accordingly then a great deal of 

 milk which comes under our inspection goes into by-products 

 such as cottage cheese, cream, ice cream mix and powder. 



Insufficient amounts of money in the travel account of 

 our budget have slowed down and hampered our inspection pro- 

 gram for the months of March, April, May and June. It is 

 hoped that this v/ork can be caught up with after July 1,1970 

 in order that the law may be complied with pertaining to the 

 inspection of all farms before renewal of Certificates of 

 Registration on January 1, of 1971. 



Some of the men in this Division are licensed by the 

 United States Department of Agriculture for grading and 

 testing dairy products. This year they have been called 

 upon to investigate complaints and ascertain the quality of 

 U.S.D.A. graded dairy products at the commodity distribu- 

 tion centers for donated foods. 



The certified rating officers employed in this division 

 have been making inspections and computing ratings of 

 supplies of milk according to the Milk Ordinance and Code 

 of the United States Public Health S.^rvice as a service to 



