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Horses 18 Swine 15
Sheep 61 Neat Cattle 1,031 Fowl 60,632
All Other (Turkeys) 275
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed - 2,960
Number of Acres of Land Assessed - 35,004.77 (this represents the computed figure - many parcels assessed do not give the area)
Abatements and Exemptions Taxes Abated and Exempted in 1959
Polls
Personal
Real Estate
Excise
Farm Animal Excise
Levy of 1957
$ 28.00
$468.72
$ 200.64
$ 561.73
None
Levy of 1958
120.00
804.10
2,542.16
3,844.09
$55.61
Levy of 1959
1,366.00
327.60
50,640.42
18,788.26
None
Abatement Cancellations in 1959
Levy of 1951
None
None
None
$ 3.75
None
Levy of 1954
None
None
None
2.00
None
Levy of 1955
None
None
None
10.67
None
Levy of 1956
None
None
None
2.00
None
Levy of 1957
$4.00
$179.92
None
135.59
None
Levy of 1958
2.00
None
$ 8.60
185.09
$16.88
Levy of 1959
None
None
176.00
15.64
None
Polls
Personal
Real Estate
Excise
Farm Animal Excise
Apportioned Betterments committed and paid in advance Interest on Apportioned Betterments paid in advance Water Liens added to 1959 Taxes
$ 1,982.24
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These figures represent both Abatements and Exemptions - of them in the year 1956 - 2.0%; in the year 1957 - 2.4%; in the year 1958 - 2.6%; and in the year 1959 - 2.1% were Abatements. The remaining are Exemptions allowed by Law, over which the Assessors have no con- trol and are compelled to grant.
EXEMPT PROPERTY VALUATIONS
Real Estate
Property of the Commonwealth
$ 243,000.00
Property of the United States
120,000.00
Literary, Charitable and Benevolent Institutions
446,150.00
War Veterans
252,960.00
Churches
496,250.00
Parsonages
25,880.00
Cemeteries
62,240.00
Schools
1,225,500.00
All Other Town Owned Property
2,119,560.00
Total Exempt Real Estate
$4,991,540.00
Personal Estate
Literary, Charitable and Benevolent Institutions War Veterans
$ 58,900.00
1,500.00
All Other Town Owned Property
373,500.00
Total Exempt Personal Property $ 433,900.00
WINTHROP LLOYD STURGIS, Chairman ' THEODORE V. DEANE RALPH S. CRANE
Board of Assessors, Middleboro, Mass.
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Protection of Persons and Property
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit the fifty-first annual report and detailed statement of duties performed by the police department of the Town of Middle- borough, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1959.
Chief of Police William E. Gardiner
Deputy Chief of Police William C. Elliott
Sergeants
Benjamin J. Mackiewicz
Frank A. Pierce
Patrolmen
William W. Briggs Raymond J. Moffett (Retired) William Greene
Harold Tower Francis A. Bell Douglas Marshall
Richard Ray
Provisional Patrolmen
William Perry Wilfred Lavallie, Jr. Daniel Guertin (Resigned)
Norman Record Joseph Quelle Joseph Ortelt
Intermittent Patrolmen
Clarence H. Hayward Roy Pendleton (Retired)
Alfred Mackiewicz Leonard Ditano
H. John Hayward (Resigned)
Special Police Officers
Lloyd Banks John Rebell Arthur Benson William Greeley Lorenzo Judge Patrick McMahon Ernest Bigelow
John LaCombe Ernest Crowell Ralph Sampson Samuel Foye John Dutra Joseph Ortelt Joseph Dutra
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Robert Bowman Charles Brown George Wheeler Raymond Chapman
Ray Delano
Roy Pendleton (Retired)
Morris Marshall
Clerk Kenneth Greene
Matron
Laura Norris
Constables
William E. Gardiner
John Dutra
Offenses
Male
Female Juvenile Total
Assault and Battery
35
2
4
41
Break and Enter, Nighttime and Larceny
24
5
7
36
Break and Enter, Daytime and Larceny
7
0
3
10
Capias
11
1
0
12
Drunkenness
- 179
4
0
183
Insane
8
3
1
12
Larceny
28
1
1
30
Motor Vehicle Violations
210
6
7
223
Non-Support
55
0
0
55
Operating under influence Intoxicating Liquor
98
1
0
99
Operating to Endanger
114
1
0
115
Adultery
2
2
0
4
Affray
2
0
0
2
A.W.O.L.
1
0
0
1
Assault with Dangerous Weapon
3
0
0
3
Assault with intent to Murder
1
0
0
1
Cruelty to animals
0
0
1
1
Concealing stolen property
1
0
0
1
Carrying pistol without permit
1
0
0
1
Disturbing the peace
18
1
1
20
Expectorating on sidewalk
0
0
1 0
1.
Illegitimate Child Act
10
0
0
10
Lewd and lascivious, speech and behaviour
1
0
0
1
Larceny by check
8
0
0
8
Malicious destruction of property
10
0
2
12
Make and Utter checks
4
0
0
4
Possession of Burglar tools
4
0
0
4
Receiving stolen property
3
0
0
3
Resisting arrest
1
0
0
1
Robbery
1
0
0
1
Suspicious Person
1
0
0
1
Stubborn Child
0
0
7
7
5
0
2
7
1
Fugitive from justice
1
0
Kidnapping
Robert Richardson, Jr. Francis Crowley Samuel Whitehead Charles Lang
Custodian
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Statutory Rape
3
0
0
3
Selling leased property
5
0
0
5
Truancy
0
0
2
2
Violation of plumbing laws
1
0
0
1
Violation Narcotic laws
2
0
0
2
Violation of Lord's Day
2
0
0
2
2
0
0
2
Vagrancy
864
28
39
931
Statistical Report of Police Department
Amount of fines imposed in Middleboro Court
$13,962.00
Bonds posted and forfeited to the Court
60.00
Buildings found open
276
Complaints investigated
1,034
Disturbances quelled without arrest
104
Defective street lights reported by police
110
Arrests for the year 1959
931
Males
864
Females
28
Juveniles
39
Non-residents
515
Local
416
Lodgers
32
Summons served
378
Arrests for other police departments
14
Overtime parking tags issued, warnings
345
Three-way motor vehicle violation tickets issued, request to Registry for warning or suspension of license
194
Three-way motor vehicle violation tickets issued, action left to discretion of Registry
17
Three-way motor vehicle violation tickets issued, Court action taken by police
187
Motor vehicle operators stopped for minor offenses and warn- ings given
338
Motor vehicles tagged for defective lights
115
Motor vehicle accidents involving both personal and property damage
97
Motor vehicle accidents involving one or more cars, property damage over $200.00
55
Motor vehicle accidents involving one or more cars, property damage less than $200.00
124
Bicycles registered in 1959
102
Pistol and revolver permits granted
License to sell firearms issued
49 2 7,850.00 4,932
Motor vehicle licenses suspended or revoked in Middleboro
147
Motor vehicle registrations revoked in Middleboro
18
Motor vehicle licenses granted after revocation or suspension
64
Bicycle plates fees turned in to Town Treasurer
25.50
Permits to carry firearms fees turned in to Town Treasurer
98.00
40.00
Licenses to sell firearms fees turned in to Town Treasurer Miscellaneous fees turned in to Town Treasurer
3.00
Value of lost and stolen property recovered
Sales or transfers of motor vehicles reported
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Conclusion
The police department has a personnel of fifteen police officers, one clerk, three intermittent patrolmen, twenty-three special police officers and one matron. The department is equipped with two ranch type cruisers which are equipped with two-way radios and emergency ambu- lance equipment, one auxiliary ambulance equipped with two-way radio for emergency use only.
All accident and emergency ambulance work in the police department is handled by a privately owned ambulance service. This service is paid from the police budget. This ambulance service has two fully equipped ambulances with two-way radios which are hooked up with the police department. This service is on a twenty-four hour basis and has proven to be a success.
179 persons were injured in motor vehicle accidents which were in- vestigated by police in 1959, 16 of those injured were of a serious nature, 163 were of a lesser nature. Middleboro had three fatal . acci- dents in 1959 in which three persons were killed, of these one was a pedestrian and was the first fatal pedestrian accident in over five years.
149 motor vehicle accidents were investigated by police involving both personal and property damage accidents with damage over $200.00 to motor vehicle or other property. 124 minor motor vehicle accidents were either investigated by police or reported by operators to the police department, with damage of less than $200.00.
Cruiser car number 1 traveled 14,564 miles from January to May when it was turned it. New cruiser car number 1 traveled 7,233 miles from May toyend of December: Car number 2 traveled 31,123 miles for the full year, a total of 52,920 miles. This was in patrols and investi- gations. Fifteen persons were taken either to a doctor or hospital for emergency treatment not requiring à regular ambulance service.
I wish to express my thanks and appreciation to the Board of Select- men, Town Manager and his staff, the Finance Board, the Superintendent of Schools and .. the teachers, the Fourth District Court and the Mass- achusetts State Police for their, assistance and cooperation given me during the past year. To the officers of my department who have. helped to make the administration of this department a success by their efforts go my many thanks for a job well done. To the Civilian Defense Aux- iliary Police, who have given so much of their time and efforts in helping on directing traffic, patrolling and foot duty, all done without pay, my most grateful. thanks and appreciation to your organization.
Respectfully submitted,
..
WILLIAM E. GARDINER, Chief of Police
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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit for your approval the thirty-eighth annual report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1959.
Apparatus
Engine No. 1 Dodge - 500 gal. pumper
Engine No. 2 Maxim - 1000 gal. pumper
Engine No. 3 Maxim - 750 gal. pumper
Engine No. 4 Maxim - 500 gal. pumper Ladder No. 1 Maxim
Aerial Ladder - Maxim
Dodge 1 Ton Truck
Dodge Tank Truck
1 Trailer Unit
1 Rescue Boat, Trailer and Equipment
Purchased Oct. 15, 1954 Purchased April 23, 1928 Purchased March 29, 1934 Purchased March 29, 1934 Purchased April 26, 1946 Purchased Jan. 18, 1956 Purchased Sept. 8, 1956 Purchased May 26, 1949 Donated Donated
Organization
The personnel of the Fire Department as of December 31, 1959, is as follows:
1 Permanent Chief
1 Permanent Deputy Chief
1 Permanent Captain
12 Permanent Men
Box Alarms - 10
False - 8 Stills - 112
Squads -37
Calls to Dump - 10 Resusitator - 9
5 Call Captains 38 Call Men 7 Substitute Call Men Total Number of Men - 65
Operation
Rescue Boat to Lakeville - 2 Aid to Lakeville, Building Fire-2
Aid to Rochester, Woods - 2
Aid to Bridgewater - 1
Civil Defense - 2
National Guard - 1
194 - Total Number of Calls
Outside Aid to Middleboro
Lakeville - 1 Wareham - 1 Bridgewater - 1
South Middleboro Unit
1 Ford - 500 gal. pumper 1 Tractor Trailer Tank Truck 1 Chevrolet - 500 gal. pumper
Number of alarms responded to - 40
Personnel
1 Call Captain
14 Call Men - Total 15
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Property Loss
Valuation - $148,100.00
Total Insurance - $137421.00
Estimated Damage - $42,341.13
Insurance Paid - $29,941.13
Loss Not Covered
by Insurance - $12,400.00
Contents
Estimated Value - $49,900.00
Total Insurance - $32,570.00
Estimated Damage - $14,721.47
Insurance Paid - $7,218.97
Loss Not Covered by Insurance - $7,502.50
The apparatus is in good condition with the exception of Engine No. 4 which should be replaced.
The roof on the north wing of the building has been repaired. All doors and outside woodwork have been painted by the permanent men this past year.
The Fire Alarm System is in good condition. Two new fire alarm boxes were installed and one new one added to the system.
Repairs have been done to the West Side Whistle House. More to be done this year.
The usual inspections were made at the hospital, rest homes, lodging houses, etc.
Also, oil burners and bottled gas installations.
6,561 Burning permits were issued during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
BERTRAM TRIPP, Chief of Fire Department.
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REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my report for the year 1959:
Warden Calls Still Alarms, Grass and Brush
39
28
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Total
67
Estimated Damage
$110.00
Cost of Extinguishing
Wages
$1,037.82
Maintenance and Operation
417.84
Total Cost
$1,455.66
Receipts
For Burning Grass $184.00
Respectfully submitted,
BERTRAM TRIPP, Forest Warden.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRES
During 1959 I travelled 2,570 miles as your Inspector of Wires. There were 48 new inspections. 101 customers changed from two wire to three wire service. 10 trailers and 23 temporary services were inspected. Also there were 30 re-inspections made, plus rough wiring on new construc- tions and additions to existing wiring, making a total of 472 inspections for the year.
Respectfully yours,
E. N. NIRO, Wire Inspector.
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REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR
For the year 1959 I received 171 applications for new and remodelling work on plumbing. 49 applications for cesspools and septic tanks. 346 inspections were made of plumbing and 54 inspections on cesspools and septic tanks.
All written complaints during the year have been investigated and properly disposed of.
The Old Age Housing development was built and all plumbing in- cluding domestic hot water was completed and inspected.
I also am pleased to report that the drainage from several more plumbing systems which were draining into cesspools and septic tanks have been changed to drain into the sewerage system.
Everyone of these changes is an improvement to the plumbing sys- tem in the town and an improvement toward making this a better town.
I wish to thank Mr. Joseph Brown for his co-operation. Also Mr. Edwin Wilson, Town Manager; Mr. Wilson's secretary, Mrs. Anne Rogers; members of the Board of Health, and Mr. Robert Cartmell, Health Officer, for their co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY ROWE, Plumbing Inspector.
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REPORT OF THE DOG OFFICER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Town of Middleboro
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Dog Officer.
Number of dogs picked up
151
Number of dogs redeemed by owners
96
Number of dogs dead on highway
73
Number of dogs sold
4
Number of dogs destroyed for individuals
160
Number of cats destroyed for individuals 611
Number of complaints answered 42
Also called to help in capture of many other animals such as horses, cows, pigs, sheep, and other small animals.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR F. BENSON, Dog Officer
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK, ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTERING
MILK
All producers of milk have a certificate of registration from the Division of Dairying.
All milk dealers have a license issued by the Milk Control Board and one issued by me for the Town of Middleboro to sell milk and cream.
Seventy-five samples of dealers' milk and thirty-five samples of school milk and ten samples of producers milk were taken to Steel's Laboratory in East Bridgewater for tests. No Mastitis was found in any of the samples.
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Two hundred and forty-eight inspections were made of roadside stands, restaurants and stores to see that milk was properly refrigerated.
Thirty-two inspections were made of milk trucks on the streets, forty- five inspections were made on dairies and barns about the handling of their milk.
Forty inspections were made on producers for conditions of their milking machine and other equipment. Seventy-eight inspections were made on milk dispensers.
Three days were spent inspecting premises with the State Milk Inspector.
Thirty-six milk applications were sent to dealers for them to sell milk and cream.
One hundred and fifty notices were sent to dairies and owners of milk dispensers about the results from tests and inspections.
One hundred and thirty-one inspections were made before licenses were issued.
31 Dealers licenses were issued to sell milk and cream
$15.50
19 Oleomargarine licenses were issued
9.50
83 Store licenses were issued to sell milk and cream
41.50
Total $66.50
ANIMALS
A survey of two hundred and sixty-seven premises were made for the State Department of Disease Control with a coverage of seven hun- dred and sixty-seven miles.
The following are the results obtained from the survey.
Cattle
1363
Sheep
482
Calves
221
Bulls
30
Goats
37
Swine
266
Horses
194
Steers
30
Elks
4
Foxes
2
Baboons
2
Deer
25
Total number of animals
2,656
Total number of herds 66
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Received new order No. 54 from the State on Transportation and garbage feeding of swine, Chapter 129, Section 2, Tercentenary Edition.
Seventy-four permits were received from State to ship cattle into Middleboro with three hundred and sixty-eight head checked under these permits.
All cattle in Middleboro were tested for tuberculosis by either Drs. Briggs, Wood or Delano. No cases of tuberculosis were found in Middle- boro during 1959.
Burcellosis tests were made by the State with twenty-five reactors found which were condemned. Premises were ordered to be disinfected, cleaned and inspected by me to see that the orders were complied with.
Five cases of neglected manure piles were ordered to be cleaned up. Four cases of neglected animals were reported and investigated and then reported to State Department. One complaint made about dogs chasing sheep. Two complaints received and investigated about animals not hav- ing proper shelter.
One fox bite was reported and as the animal died the head had to be sent to laboratory in Boston as ordered by the State Disease Control.
Forty dogs were put under quarantine. Six persons were bitten by stray dogs.
No horse sleeping sickness was reported in Middleboro during 1959.
SLAUGHTERING
Monthly requests are received by me to be filled out for the State Department of Public Health for reports of any slaughtering done in Middleboro.
I wish to thank the Board of Health, Town Manager and other em- ployees for their assistance and cooperation during the past year.
JOHN REBELL, Inspector of Milk, Animals and Slaughtering.
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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
January 12, 1960
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Middleboro, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit, for your consideration and approval, the report of the Weights and Measures Department for the year 1959.
The office of the Department of Weights and Measures and the State Standards, ars located in the Water Department building at 13 Forest Street.
This year our apothecary weights (office standards) were checked by the State Division of Standards at the State House, Boston, and upon return, our working weights were carefully compared and adjusted to these standards.
The revenue turned in to the Town Treasurer's Office, for the year 1959, is as follows:
Sealing Fees Adjustment Fees
$362.05
11.70
Total Fees
$373.75
Respectfully submitted, ROBERT COBURN, Sealer of Weights and Measures
Adjusted
Sealed
Not Sealed Condemned
SCALES AND BALANCES
Over 10,000 lbs.
1
5,000 to 10,000 lbs.
1
1
100 to 5,000 lbs.
14
49
1
Under 100 lbs.
9
146
WEIGHTS
Avoirdupois Apothecary and Troy
211
12
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CAPACITY MEASURES
Farm tanks
4
Liquid 1 gallon or under
4
METERS
Inlet 1 inch or less
Gas pumps
11
99
1
1
Oil and grease
18
Inlet 1 inch or more
Vehicle tank
2
20
Bulk storage
2
PUMPS
Kerosene - oil
7
11
3
MEASURING DEVICES
Cloth
2
LINEAR MEASURE
Yard sticks
10
Totals
44
590
2
4
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT COBURN, Sealer of Weights and Measures
REPORT OF THE CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
:
The year of 1959 has been one of steady expansion of our existing organization and facilities.
There have been some changes in the organizational plan on both the State and Federal levels, that have made necessary a complete re- organization of a number of departments. This has now been completed and the revised plan sent in to State Headquarters.
Both the mobile feeding unit and the mobile communications unit are now completely operational and may be called upon for any emer- gency.
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A number of training courses were set up and were well attended, they included the following:
General C.D. Orientation
Intelligence Fallout Plotting Map Reading Communications
We have received and stored two emergency hospitals at the Union Street School, these may be used in any emergncy.
The Medical storeroom and first aid center in town hall basement has been completed and equipped, and is ready for use.
The Auxiliary Police have continued training throughout the year under the able leadership of Capt. D'elia.
Communications under Deputy Dr. Crowell have been busy at weekly training sessions.
Deputy Dr. Hayward of the Medical service continued classes in first aid.
We participated in the national alert with a full staff at the control center.
During the hunt for the Coyle brothers the mobile feeding unit was out with a pass from the State Police, patroling all areas and dispensing food and coffee. The mobile communications unit was in reserve.
The Middleborough Civil Defense Agency is now in a state of readi- ness in all Departments except for the Rescue Service. This particular department is not operational, and will not be for some time. A suitable truck has not been found for this purpose as yet. However as soon as one can be found this department will function.
I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the town officials and to all the members of the C.D. organization who have given their cooperation and help throughout the year.
Respectfully submitted,
PAUL WEAVER, Director of Civil Defense
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Public Services
REPORT OF THE VETERANS' SERVICES DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Middleboro, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith for your consideration and approval the report of the Department of Veterans' Services for the year 1959.
I was appointed by the Town Manager and confirmed by your Hon- orable Board on July 15, 1959 to try to fill the shoes of our good friend and public servant Louis A. Cole.
Mr. Cole has been Veterans' Agent continuously since this depart- ment was established in 1946. He has given the veterans of Middleboro and the surrounding towns untiring effort to help solve their problems and has retired honorably to a less active and restful life.
With the increase in living costs, hospital services and general expenses the work load of this office is constantly increasing.
As the Congress last session passed a new Pension Law known as the Veterans' Pension Act of 1959 Public Law 86-211 which becomes effective on July 1, 1960 there will be a tremendous amount of work necessary to advise veterans, widows and orphans of World War II and the Korean Conflict as to their rights under the new law.
This new law allows veterans, widows and orphans of World War II and the Korean Conflict to become eligible for pensions for a non- service connected disability which until this time was reserved for only veterans, widows and orphans of World War I.
As our veterans and their dependents of all wars grow older there will be definite growth of our assistance to them.
During 1959 we were able without transfers to turn back to the Town $3,213.77. Our budget for 1960 has increased over 1959 a total of $173.35.
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We have increased the charges for services to the Town of Lake- ville, Carver and Rochester by agreement with these respective towns $700.00. These towns will pay to Middleboro $1,550.00 for services ren- dered to their veterans and dependents by this office.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE E. WHEELER, Veterans' Agent
REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN
The program of tree removal, made necessary by Dutch Elm Disease, has continued throughout the year. The amount of money spent for this purpose has made the Town eligible for State reimbursement in the form of labor. An application has been made for this reimbursement and it is anticipated that a State crew will be in Town in the early spring. The replacement of these trees has continued on a limited scale be- cause of the amount of work required of a reduced number of Highway Department employees.
Stump removal has been accomplished in many parts of town at very little expense. This has eliminated several hazardous conditions and has improved appearances on many streets.
The Gypsy Moth trapping program was accomplished and again the Town was found to be relatively free from this pest.
LOUIS H. FORNEY,
Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE
By Robert B. Ewing, County Agent-Manager
The Plymouth County Extension Service, located in the Court House, Brockton, Mass., in cooperation with the University of Massachusetts and the United States Department of Agriculture, supplies information concerning the Home, 4-H Club Work, and Agriculture to any citizen residing in Plymouth County.
The Extension Service, through its Agricultural Agents, provides Plymouth County farmers with information pertaining to all phases of commercial agriculture, including Farm Management, Production, Mar- keting, Insect and Disease Control Programs, etc.
More people continue to move into our Plymouth County towns. Many of these folks, coming from urban areas, make their first contact with "Agriculture" when they arrive here. Each year we receive an in- creasing number of requests from this group for information about the Home Lawns and Home Grounds. We endeavor to provide the infor- mation.
While we have always been asked to identify insects, along with injury caused by insects and diseases, this year we have received an exceptional number of requests for assistance in controlling or eradi- cating squirrels, raccoons, skunks, flies, ants, and woodticks.
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