Town of Tewksbury annual report 1950-1954, Part 27

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1950
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 786


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ART. 85. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Building Inspector to act as an agent of the Board of Health, insofar as enforcement of sewage disposal regulations is concerned.


Board of Health


ART. 86. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Health to negotiate future rubbish and garbage contracts for either a one, or a three year period, whichever may be advantageous to the Town. Board of Health


ART. 87. To see if the Town will vote to establish a committee to investigate the need of an expanded public health nursing program in the community; said committee to consist of five members appointed by the Moderator. Board of Health


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ART. 88. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $103.75 to reimburse Leslie Collins, Dog Officer, this balance due him for keeping and boarding of dogs. Town Auditor


ART. 89. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health in accordance with G.L. (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, section 4A, to enter into an agreement for the Town of Tewksbury with the Towns of Billerica, Chelmsford and Dracut, separately or together, to use, operate, and maintain a laboratory in Chelmsford for Public Health purposes in said Towns, or any of them; and to raise and appropriate in conjunction with such other Towns and expend such sums of money as may-be deter- mined is necessary therefor, or take any other action in relation thereto.


ART. 90. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50.00 in support of the trustees for County Aid to Agriculture to be expended by the Town Director in coniunc- tion with the Extension Service or act in any other way relative thereto. Board of Selectmen


ART. 91. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light on Rogers Street. pole #16, near the residence of Edward J. Walsh; and make appropriations for installation and main- tenance of same. Edward J. Walsh


ART. 92. To see if the Town will vote to install a street light on pole #42, on Marshall Street. Edward F. Sweeney


ART. 93. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for control of Dutch Elm disease under Chapter 761 General Laws, Acts of 1949. Tree Warden


ART. 94. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for the control of Gypsy Moth, in conformance with Section 11, Chapter 660, Acts of 1948. Tree Warden


ART. 95. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $5,457.60 for the Tree Department. Tree Warden


ART. 96. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purchase of a portable generator and power saw and 125 ft. of cord: or take any other action thereto. Tree Warden


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And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof upon the Town Hall and at each of the Post Offices and by leaving at least 500 copies at the Post Offices and at the Town Hall in said Town, twelve (12) days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.


Given under our hands this twenty-eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three.


VICTOR N. CLUFF WILLIAM B. CARTER JOSEPH J. WHELAN Selectmen of Tewksbury, Mass.


A true copy, Attest:


Constable


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INDEX TO TEWKSBURY TOWN REPORT


Year Ending December 31, 1952


Reports of:


Page


Appeals Board


69


Assessors


65


Auditor


78


Board of Health


71


Board of Registrars


46


Board of Public Welfare


56


Civil Defense Director


57


Dog Officer


62


Fire Department


54


Highway Commissioners


62


Inspector of Animals


72


Jury List


70


Librarian


68


Circulation of Books


68


Middlesex County Extension Service


63


Park Commissioners


53


Planning Board


58


Police Department


51


Selectmen


74


Special Town Meeting, April 9, 1952


31


Special Town Meeting, June 25, 1952


35


Table of Estimates


76


Tax Collector


60


Town Clerk


8


Annual Town Election, Feb. 27, 1952


25


Annual Town Meeting, Feb. 20, 1952


18


Births


36


Deaths


43


Marriages


40


Financial Report


45


Recapitulation


45


Town Officers


3


143


Page


Treasurer


50


Tree Warden 47


Trustees of Tewksbury Public Library 67


Water Commissioners 48


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, Feb. 18, 1953 129


Warrant for Special Town Meeting, April 9, 1952


28


Warrant for Special Town Meeting, June 25, 1952 33


INDEX TO REPORT OF TEWKSBURY SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Year Ending December 31, 1952


Age - Grade Distribution 111


Reports of:


Dental Clinic 126


Head Master, High School


113


Household Arts Instructor 119


Rinehart Handwriting System


124


School Committee


104


School Nurse 125


Superintendent of Schools


108


Supervisor of Art


121


Supervisor of Music 122


127


School Calendar for 1953 103


School Census 103


School Department Officials


102


Reports of:


Roster of School Employees


144


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TABLE OF CONTENTS


Page


General Information


(Inside front cover)


List of Town Officers 3


Reports of Town Departments and Officers 6


Financial Information


26


Jury List


68


Vital Statistics


69


Reports of Town Meetings


78


Election Results 106


Warrant for 1954 Annual Meeting


109


School Committee Report


125


Telephone Directory


(Inside back cover)


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Town of Tewksbury


TOWN OFFICERS -1953


(Date indicates expiration of term)


Assessors


Austin F. French, Chairman (1956) Ethel M. Phillips (1955) Edward J. Sullivan (1954)


Auditor


Thomas J. Berube (1954)


Board of Health


John D. Sullivan, Chairman (1956) Joseph J. Whelan (1955) Gilbert E. French (1954)


Board of Public Welfare


William B. Carter, Chairman (1954) Joseph J. Whelan (1955) John D. Sullivan (1956)


Board of Selectmen


Joseph J. Whelan, Chairman (1955) William B. Carter (1954) John D. Sullivan (1956)


Constables


Walter A. Jop, Victor N. Cluff, Jr., Phillip D. Bradanick (all 1954)


Moderator


James J. Gaffney, Jr. (1954)


Park Commissioners


Frank P. Sherlock, Chairman (1954) Phaida J. Roux (1955) Leslie Collins (1956)


Planning Board


John J. Belton, Chairman (1955)


John J. Cooney (1958)


Thomas K. Mckenzie (1957)


Edward B. Stevens (1956)


Wilmer F. Garlick (1954)-resigned


Dana F. Perkins (1954) (appointed Nov. 3)


Road Commissioners


George R. Gray, Chairman (1956) Thomas F. Sullivan (1955) Chester M. Roper (1954)


School Committee


Ralph S. Battles, Chairman (1954) Loella F. Dewing (1955) Joseph A. Aubut (1956)


Town Clerk


Alice A. Pike (1954)


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Town Collector


Louis H. Amiot (1954)


Treasurer


Tree Warden


Trust Fund Commissioners


Trustees Public Library


Harold H. Sloan, Chairman (1955) Edgar Smith (1955) Harry Priestly (1955) Harold J. Patten (1954) Marian E. French (1956)


Water Commissioners


Eben A. Prescott, Chairman (1954) John J. Cooney (1955) Charles R. Carter (1956)


APPOINTMENTS


Gardner G. Hague


Phaida J. Roux, Chairman


John J. Cooney


Dana F. Perkins


Joseph J. Whelan


William B. Carter


John D. Sullivan


Earl R. Sands .


Henry J. Patenaude


George A. McDermott


Leslie Collins


Joseph J. Whelan


William B. Carter John D. Sullivan


Lenox S. Karner, Jr., Chairman (1954)


Walter C. Wilson, Jr. (1954)


Albert Gillissen (1954)


Thomas P. Sawyer (1954)


Harold J. Patten (1955) Anthony F. Anderson (1955)


John F. Gleason (1955) Allen C. Wilson (1955) Lester W. Bell (1956)


Arthur W. Wells, Jr. (1956)


Elmer Olsen (1956) O. Rex Read, Secretary (1956)


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Animal Inspector Appeals Board


Appraisers


Attendance Officer Building Inspector


Civil Defense Director Dog Officer Fence Viewers


Finance Committee


William J. O'Neill (1954) Walter R. Doucette (1954) Frederick M. Carter (1956) Edwin W. Osterman (1955) Roy G. Lanner (1954)


Fire Chief and Forest Fire Warden


Health Agent


Highway Superintendent Librarian


Measurer of Wood and Surveyor of Lumber


Moth Suppression Agent


Police Chief (Temporary)


Public Welfare Agent


Registrars of Voters


Herbert A. Fairbrother, Chairman


Alice A. Pike, Clerk


William H. Bennett George J. McCoy


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Slaughtering Inspector


Superintendent of Schools


Town Hall Custodian


Undertaker and Agent for Burial Indigent Soldiers


Veterans Agent


Water Superintendent Weighers


Frank J. Sullivan, Jr.


Edward J. Sullivan


Thomas L. Rivard


George R. Collins


H. Louis Farmer, Jr. (Reg. Embalmer)


John K. Eaton


Charles F. Kent


George B. Tanner Coleman A. McFarlane


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Anthony Obdens


Joseph E. Risoli, M. D. (deceased) Morris Kelman, M. D. (appointed May 12th)


Richard F. O'Neill


Abbie M. Dempsey


George R. Collins


Walter R. Doucette


John F. Sullivan


John J. Kelley


ANIMAL INSPECTOR


The following is my report as animal inspector for 1953:


Animals checked from out of state 6 Barn Inspections 23 Dogs Quarantined 68


GARDNER HAGUE Animal Inspector


APPEALS BOARD


During the past year the Board of Appeals considered five re- quests for a variance from the Zoning By-Laws.


The Board of Appeals met several times to advise residents on various problems pertaining to Zoning By-Laws.


The Board appeals to the voters to consider changes in our industrial districts so that small industry would have an opportunity to locate in town. This would help to defray our tax burden.


For a number of years past the Board of Appeals has recom- mended that the people consider changes in the Zoning By-Laws to allow more business and industry. With this in mind the members of the board and other interested citizens formed an independent group called The Tewksbury Industrial Group to sponsor industry. The group has operated since April 1953. All expenses have been paid by the group members themselves with no expense to the Town. Two public meetings, one in April and another in December were held with prominent speakers from industry attending. The group sponsored a movie entitled "Enterprise" at the public hearing in January 1954 on proposed Zoning By-Law changes. These proposed Zoning By-Law changes were prepared and presented to the Plan- ning Board.


The Tewksbury Industrial Group feels that if Industry is to come to Tewksbury it will be through the efforts of Tewksbury citizens and not any representative of any outside group.


We hope the voters will consider the Zoning By-Law changes wisely and vote the recommended changes.


The taxes derived from industry in Tewksbury at present help the tax burden considerably. Let's have more.


PHAIDA J. ROUX, Chairman JOHN J. COONEY DANA F. PERKINS


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CIVIL DEFENSE


It gives me great pleasure to submit the annual report for The Department of Civil Defense. During the past year the Department continued keeping in step with the State and Federal program.


The Department added more equipment to its already growing supply. Among other things the new Portable Radio which was pur- chased proved very valuable both in town and in emergency calls from out of town. One week after delivery of the apparatus its value was more than indicated when we received a call from the City of Worcester for assistance in the tornado. The Director, Fire Chief Obdens and several members of both Civil Defense and thé Fire De- partment through the splendid cooperation of your board answered the call and were on their way to the stricken city within 15 minutes. Much credit was given the town in general for its aid and the fact that the local group set up and manned the control point for the National Guard companies is indicative of the value of trained per- sonnel and equipment. +


On another occasion Acting Chief John Sullivan requested the assistance of the Civil Defense Department to set up an organized plan in an effort to locate an elderly man lost in the woods. The search was successful and the aged person was more than apprecia- tive of the efforts in his behalf.


Within a few days of this incident another person became lost iri the Great Swamp; once again Acting Chief Sullivan requested and received the aid of the Director and the Department. On this occasion the Auxiliary Police under Captain Albert LaBonte quickly responded and set out in the search. Through our portable unit, calls were put in to Billerica, Chelmsford, Carlisle and Westford Police and Fire Departments who responded with lighting and more com- munication equipment. Toward dawn the Director contacted the U. S. Coast Guard, who sent a heliocopter to the scene, and the Civil Air Patrol, through the efforts of Mr. Dana Fitzgerald, a group officer of the C. A. P. planes from the Beverly Squadron were alerted to assist in the search. At daybreak the gentleman. was found and returned to his home.


The Department answered a distress call from the Lowell Fire Department in the drowning of a young man in the canal. Captain William Chandler who is assistant director responded with the Fire Department lighting unit and the C. D. Portable Radio.


The Auxiliary Police have been called out on three or four oc- casions to assist our local Police Department in traffic and patrolling details. On Halloween, the Auxiliary did an exceptionally fine job as will be seen in the fact that no vandalism or incidents occurred in


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the town. Again, on Thanksgiving Day, they assisted in traffic details throughout the town.


It has been a pleasure to serve the town as Civil Defense Direc- tor and I would like to thank your Board, the Chiefs of Police and Fire and the many other persons who have given me the cooperation so necessary to make this Department a success.


GEORGE A. MCDERMOTT Civil Defense Director


DOG OFFICER


Kennel Licenses: 10-$10.00 4-$25.00 1- $50.00


Dogs Licensed 782


Dogs Sheltered 43


Dogs Destroyed 58


Dogs returned to owners


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Investigations (Licenses) complaints, barking dogs,


dogs killing chickens, chasing cows, etc. 173


LESLIE COLLINS Dog Officer


FIRE DEPARTMENT


I wish to submit my report for the year 1953:


From our records we find an increase of 46 runs over last year, 318 to 364. This was expected with the increase in building, popula- tion and more foot and automobile traffic.


Grass and Brush


174


False


12


Buildings


36


Resuscitator


8


Chimneys


12


Miscellaneous


38


Vehicles


13


Out of Town


26


Dumps


29


Oil Burners


6


Arcing Wires in Trees


10


Total


364


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Approximate Value - Buildings and Contents $253,050.00 Approximate Loss - Buildings and Contents 19,500.00 Insurance Paid - Buildings and Contents 6,990.61


Oil Permits Issued 137


L. P. Gas Permits Issued 65


Total 20


With the overall general increase, we in the fire service should have three more permanent men. This would place two men in the Central Station 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This would mean immediate action in rolling on one piece of apparatus. The second piece of apparatus could wait a few moments for call men before rolling, if needed.


I find it necessary to ask for a horn alarm, coded system. This would mean that I could get more call men as the horns would have a greater carrying range. This should take care of the shortage of men during the day. Using a coded horn system the Town would be set up with a phantom box system.


A new Central Fire Station is sorely needed. With the building in its present condition I don't see how it could be repaired with the apparatus kept inside.


With a new station, the present station might be completely repaired and renovated and other departments could use it, with the American Legion quarters upstairs, providing the cost is reason- able.


I wish to thank all the local Church, Civic and Veterans organi- zations as well as the M. S. I. and citizens for their co-operation; also our very capable Assistant Chief, Edgar Hinton and the crew under his command, also the officers and men in the Central and Wamesit Stations who did their job well.


To you, our selectmen, please accept my thanks. You never interferred and were always open for constructive suggestions to- wards the Fire Department. It was an honor and a privilege to serve you and the people of Tewksbury.


I hope to serve you again and will always try to better the Fire Department.


ANTHONY OBDENS


Chief of The Fire Department


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HEALTH AGENT


As your agent, I submit the following report for the year end- ing December 31, 1953.


Diseases reported :


Chicken Pox 7


Mumps


6


Scarlet Fever 3


Tuberculosis 3


Dog Bites 20


Other


6


Licenses Granted :


Oleomargarine 1


Store-Milk and Cream 17


Vehicle Milk and Cream 12


Pasteurization 4


Slaughtering


1


Overnight Cabins


2


Mfg. Ice Cream 2


Burial permits 34


Trailer Park


1


A clinic was held and all the children of the Town were im- munized against Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus.


Respectfully submitted,


MORRIS KELMAN, M. D.


Agent for the Board of Health


BOARD OF HEALTH


During the past year the duties of the Board of Health were somewhat increased as a result of legislative action which required certification as to adequacy of drainage, sewage disposal and water supply of all proposed sub-divisions. In order to meet the require- ments of the new law the Building Inspector was engaged to make the necessary tests and observations prior to taking action on any plans submitted for approval.


For several years it has been brought to the attention of the taxpayers that, under the provisions of a Union Health Act passed


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by the Legislature, it would be necessary for the Town to join with adjacent towns in setting up an elaborate and expensive district health unit. We are pleased to report that the basic law has been amended considerably and most objectionable features have been repealed. As now written, the law makes it desirable and attractive for towns to join in a Union Health District but the mandatory pro- vision is no longer in effect. The Board is studying the new plan and will make recommendations on this matter in the future.


A three year contract was awarded to the Canelas company of Wilmington for a three year period for the sum of eleven thousand dollars per year. The contract provides for the weekly collection of rubbish and garbage on a town-wide basis. The terms of the new contract were broadened to provide better service to the Town and the dearth of complaints subsequent to the award of the contract in- dicates general satisfaction with the service.


The Chest X-Ray clinic sponsored jointly by the Board of Health and the local Tuberculosis Committee proved to be a great success. Only one active case was discovered but many other conditions re- quiring medical attention were made known to the physicians of those examined. The Board is grateful to all who participated in this community endeavor.


JOHN D. SULLIVAN Chairman


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


The following is our report for the year ending December 31, 1953.


Chapter 81 and General Highway


The usual highway work on maintenance was done this year and the streets are gradually being brought back into good condition after the destruction caused by water installation. We completed the culvert on Shawsheen Street and also cut down the hill at the intersection of Whipple Road and Chandler Street, thereby remov- ing two of the most dangerous spots in town. We filled 6 water holes which were another hazard. These water holes were those we re- ceived complaints about in writing. We also installed a drain on Main Street to remove the bad water condition at the corner of Erlin Avenue. The following is a list of materials used on General Highway and Chapter 81 work:


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Gravel 11,530 yards


Asphalt and Tar


63,172 gals.


Sand 4,244 yards


Pea Stone 370 tons


Bituminous Concrete


500 tons


We also installed 7 catch basins and installed or replaced 5 culverts.


Chapter 90 Maintenance


Work was done on Shawsheen Street, East Street and Whipple Road.


Chapter 90 Construction


Fiske Street was nearly completed this year on Chapter 90 Construction. All that needs to be done is trimming up, which will be completed this spring.


A full account of departmental expenditures will be found in the Auditor's Report.


We wish to thank the Finance Board, State and County officials, Board of Selectmen and all others who have aided us.


Respectfully, GEORGE R. GRAY, Chairman CHESTER M. ROPER THOMAS F. SULLIVAN Road Commissioners


LIBRARY TRUSTEES


The Trustees of the Public Library submit the following report: Details of expenditures will be found in the report of the auditor and the librarian's report contains pertinent facts regarding circula- tion of books and magazines.


Eight monthly meetings have been held.


The Trustees take this opportunity to thank Mrs. Abbie Dempsey for her long and faithful service and to express their appreciation to Mrs. Marion Carlson and Mrs. Ella Marshall for their cooperation as assistant librarians.


It is hoped that the request for $1,300, found in the warrant, together with money received for the dog licenses be granted.


Respectfully submitted,


HAROLD H. SLOAN, Chairman MARION E. FRENCH, Secretary EDGAR SMITH DOROTHY FITZGERALD HARRY PRIESTLY HAROLD J. PATTEN


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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT


To the Trustees of the Tewksbury Public Library:


The following report is respectfully submitted: During the year 686 books were added, 340 adult fiction, 223 adult non-fiction, 91 juvenile fiction, 32 non-fiction.


We gratefully acknowledge a year's gift subscription to "You" magazine from Mrs. Harry C. Dawson and gifts of books from Mr. Normand Dufresne, Mr. Melvin Rogers and Mr. Harold H. Sloan.


The Library is now open to the public Wednesday evenings from 7 to 8:30 and Saturdays from 2 to 8:30. Legal holidays and the sum- mer vacation excepted.


The Librarian and Assistants wish to thank our patrons for the prompt return of their books and magazines and to request all patrons having overdue books and magazines to return these to the Library.


CIRCULATION OF BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY


Wednesday Evenings


Fiction


1578


Sociology


31


History


59


Religion


7


Literature


24


Science


22


Travel


24


Poetry


5


Arts


157


Philosophy


16


Biography


115


Total


2043


Saturdays


Fiction


5280


Sociology


80


History


152


Religion


36


Literature


130


Science


118


Travel


80


Poetry


26


Arts


367


Philosophy


30


Biography


293


Total


6592


Wednesdays and Saturdays


8,635


Library and Districts 9,645


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CIRCULATION OF BOOKS IN DISTRICTS


Wamesit


Fiction


261


Sociology


3


History


0


Religion


0


Literature


0


Science


1


Travel


0


Poetry


0


Arts


51


Philosophy


0


Biography


0


Total


316


Silver Lake Bakery


Fiction


324


Sociology


0


History


6


Religion


1


Literature


6


Science


2


Travel


0


Poetry


0


Arts


5


Philosophy


0


Biography


9


Total


353


North


Fiction


327


Sociology


2


History


2


Religion


0


Literature


4


Science


0


Travel


1


Poetry


0


Arts


4


Philosophy


0


Biography


11


Total


351


Total Circulation in Districts 1,010


CIRCULATION OF MAGAZINES


American


54


Mademoiselle 39


fAmerican Home


105


McCall's


54


Atlantic Monthly


37


Mechanics Illustrated


60


Better Homes & Gardens


60


+National Geographic


112


Coming Events in Britain


15


*Playmate (old)


4


Cosmopolitan


54


tPopular Mechanics


152


Good Housekeeping


78


Readers' Digest


96


Harper's


31


Red Book


89


Hobbies


26


Woman's Home Comp.


52


Holiday


49


*Yankee


9


Ladies' Home Journal


65


*You


5


+Life


320


Others


29


Total


1595


*Donated 12 Copies


ABBIE M. DEMPSEY Librarian


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REPORT OF THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE 19 EVERETT STREET, CONCORD FOR TEWKSBURY


The Middlesex County Extension Service is a publicly sup- ported educational institution to serve all the towns of the county in agriculture and home economics. In agriculture the work is de- veloped county-wide under the direction of county councils made up of leading farmers in each of the main commodities as vegetables, fruit, poultry, dairying, livestock, and commercial flowers. A County Bulletin is mailed monthly to all cooperating farmers and timely in- formation sent to anyone on request.


4-H Club Work is developed under a town committee and lead- ers, and the home economics work is available through a town di- rector, organized groups, or direct requests. Your town director furnishes counsel to the Extension Office on the needs of the towns, services desired, or leadership needed.


Information and assistance were made available on the plan- ning and operation of a poultry farm or enterprise covering the sub- jects of poultry housing and equipment, ventilation and litter man- agement, brooding and rearing, marketing, and management for egg production.


Specialized information on turkey and poultry health was made available through the 1953 Middlesex Flock Health Program. Prisco Coviello, Ernest Salemi, and Stephen L. Smith, Sr., participated in the 1953 Middlesex Flock Health Program.


The Middlesex County Extension Service renders many services to the dairymen in this area. There are in the county herd testing facilities which include complete herd records, pasture, hay, and silage production programs which aim at producing more and better roughage at a lower cost, a soil testing laboratory where a complete analysis can be run to determine needed soil nutrients. Also, on application for membership, any dairyman has access to one of the best bull studs in the northeast for use in his own herd through the artificial breeding program.


The largest dairy herd in the county is at the State hospital. Anderson Brothers, Battles Farm, and Homer Carson are active in county dairy work.


Lenox Karner at the State Hospital has served on the County Advisory Council for the dairy industry and has been very active in other phases of the program.




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