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17.98
Tax Title Possessions
......
1,432.44
Fire Insurance
59.67
Tax Title Account
1,095.22
Unexpended Appropriation Balances:
Departmental:
Snow Fighter
ยท 12,000.00
Temporary Aid .....
961.85
Power Grader
9,450.00
Aid Dept. Children
16.69
Constr. Groton Road
7,980.45
Old Age Assistance
89.11
Highway Equipment
1,842.43
World War II
75.00
Machinery Fund
1,881.01
Infirmary
251.21
New Fire House
14,422.76
Health
3.57
Library ..
105.01
Schools
39.60
Cemetery
165.94
Town Hall
13.50
New Snow Plow
295.00
Cemeteries-
104.00
1,554.53
$ 48,142.60
136.55
State Highways
7,883.57
Tailings Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
5,178.60
1005.61
Taxes
Levy of 1946
Cemetery
10.00
..
...
..
County Tax $ 183.50 Overlay Reserved For Abate- ments of Taxes:
Levy of 1945
$ 278.53
Levy of 1946
472.40
$ 750.93
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax .. .....
202.55
Tax Title
2,527.66
Departmental
1,554.53
State Highways
7,883.57
..
$ 12,168.31
Surplus Revenue
$ 76,105.25
.$144,363.00
$144,363.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash & Securities:
Whitney Shade Tree Fund
$ 2,500.00
Principal
$ 58,569.19
Library Trust Fund
12,706.08
Income
9,978.33
Fred Burbeck Library Fund
1,000.00
Fletcher Lecture Fund
2,000.00
Metcalf Monument Fund
1,300.00
Wilkins Cemetery Fund
1,413.11
Whitney Playground Fund
10,000.00
Cemetery Perp. care Fund
27,650.00
58,569.19
Whitney Shade Tree Inc. ..
691.97
Library Trust Fund Inc.
517.12
Fletcher Lecture Fund Inc. ....
683.74
Metcalf Monument Fund Inc. .... 554.53
Wilkins Fund Inc.
193.73
Whitney Playground Fund Inc .. 537.78
Cemetery Perp. Care Fund Inc.
6,799.46
9,978.33
$ 68,547.52
$ 68,547.52
REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR TOWN OF WESTFORD- BALANCE SHEET, MARCH 18, 1946 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
Withholding Taxes
$ 364.81
In Banks and Office
$ 92,041.47
Overestimate :- State Parks and Reservations 1945 40.94
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes:
Due County :- Dog Licenses.
19.20
Levy of 1944:
Sale of Lots and Graves Fund ....
106.07
Real Estate
$ 1,516.38
Trust Fund Income:
Levy of 1945:
Whitney Shade Tree Fund ...... $
9.77
Poll
6.00
Whitney Playground Fund. ......
329.82
Personal
183.60
Metcalf Monument Fund 5.21
344.80
Real Estate
7,117.18
8,823.16
Tailings
137.87
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Unexpended Federal Grants:
Levy of 1945
184.71
Aid to Dependent Children ....
163.55
Tax Titles
883.09
Old Age Assistance Adm.
33.31
Tax Possessions
1,432.44
Old Age Assistance
2,370.31
2,567.17
Departmental:
Appropriation Balances
238,055.65
Health
3.57
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
3,662.22
Temporary Aid
961.85
Overlays Reserved for Abate-
Aid to Dependent Children
899.36
ments:
Old Age Assistance
947.06
War Allowance
128.00
Levy of 1945
632.23
2,148.61
Cemetery
251.00
3,190.84
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax ........ 184.71
Revenue 1946
214,521.83
Less Est. Receipts
13,863.57
Tax Titles and Possession ....
2,315.53
$200,658.26
Departmental
3,190.84
5,691.08
...
Levy of 1944 $ 1,516.38
54,117.78
Underestimated-County Tax 1945
17.02
Overdrawn Account-
Town Reports
25.21
$307,256.20
$307,256.20
TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities: Principal
$ 58,569.19
Library Trust Funds 13,706.08
Income
9,841.86
Emily Fletcher Library Lecture Fund 2,000.00
Whitney Playground Fund
10,000.00
Metcalf Monument Fund .....
1,300.00
Lyman E. Wilkins Cemetery
Fund 1,413.11
Cemetery Perp. Care Fund
27,650.00
58,569.19
Whitney Shade Tree Fund Income 644.65
Library Trust Fund Income
611.94
Emily Fletcher Library Lecture Fund Income .... 775.80
Metcalf Monument Fund Income
514.26
Whitney Playground Fund Income
524.42
Lyman E. Wilkins Cemetery Fund Income
155.35
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
Income
6,615.44
9,841.86
$ 68,411.05
$ 68,411.05
Surplus Revenue
Whitney Shade Tree Fund $ 2,500.00
REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS
The board of Fire Engineers submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1946:
The various Companies responded to thirty-six alarms other than Forest fires; namely, 8 house, 9 chimney, 2 camps, 5 trucks and cars, 2 false alarms, 1 chicken coop, 2 sheds, 3 oil stoves, 1 saw mill, 2 barns, 1 Electric Light pole. 44 forest or grass and 3 dump fires were answered making a total of 83 calls.
The Companies were called in to assist at three drownings and one electrocution.
Repairs were made to the roof of cottage and also back porch. This building should have a coat of paint this year.
Water leak in roof of Fire House at Westford was fixed and ceil- ing repaired. This building should be refinished inside this year.
The pump on the Forge Village truck, which originally was in- stalled on the old White chassis in 1925, is badly worn and will not meet the Underwriters' requirements. This pump cannot be repaired to pass these tests and should be replaced as soon as possible.
When the present board of Engineers was appointed, one of their first acts was to meet with a representative of the National Board of Underwriters for the purpose of lowering the insurance rates in the Town. At this time the Town had a class D rating.
We were told that the following requirements would have to be met in order to improve this rating:
1. A centrally controlled alarm system would have to be installed.
2. A person would be required to be on duty at all times to operate the above system.
3. Three pumping engines of at least 500 gallons per minute capacity would have to be purchased. One pumper was to be located in each fire station.
4. A sufficient amount of hose was to be purchased to eventually have a complete change for each truck.
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On the basis of the above requirements the Town was given a Class "C" rating with the provision that the Town would meet these requirements within a reasonable length of time.
In order to complete these requirements a new pumper must be purchased for the Graniteville station.
Plans and specifications were secured for a Fire House in Granite- ville and bids were called for. Because of the increase in prices we were unable to build a fire house as all bids were for a larger amount than appropriated. Bids were rejected. We feel that the money should be left as is until such time as the house can be built for this amount.
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND D. ROGERS, HAROLD E. WRIGHT, RICHARD W. HALL, Board of Fire Engineers.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER
Balance on hand January 1, 1946
$117,745.33
Total receipts to December 31, 1946
279,908.25
$397,653.58
Balance on hand December 31, 1946
$119,048.73
Total payments to December 31, 1946
278,604.85
$397,653.58
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLOTTE P. GREIG,
Treasurer.
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REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN
To The Board of Selectmen,
Westford, Mass.
Dear Sirs:
There were two large brush fires this year. One on West Street and one on Carlisle Road.
One thousand feet of new forestry hose was bought this year for $300. At the present time the price is $490 per one thousand feet.
Because of the expected raise in firemen's pay, I am asking $1800 for this department.
Respectfully yours,
LEO R. LARKIN,
Forest Warden.
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REPORT OF FISH AND GAME WARDEN
I hereby submit my annual report as Game Warden for the Town of Westford.
The following is the list of fish and game liberated in Westford for the year of 1946.
LONG-SOUGHT-FOR POND
500 Rainbow-9-11 inches
500 Browns-9-11 inches
250 Brookies-9-12 inches-Spring
50 Browns-15-21 inches NASHOBA BROOK-(WESTFORD END)
600 Brookies-6-8 inches
150 Brookies-9-11 inches-Spring SNAKE MEADOW BROOK
500 Brookies-6-8 inches-Spring FORGE POND
2000 Small Mouth Black Bass-3 inches-July 26, 1946
4000 Yellow Perch-4-5 inches-November 6, 1946
35 Yellow Perch-7-9 inches
500 Horned Pout-6 inches
400 Calico Bass-4-5 inches KEYES POND
1000 Horned Pout-4-5 inches-November 2, 1946 3000 Yellow Perch-3 inches NABNASSET POND
4800 Horned Pout-4-5 inches-November 2, 1946
1200 Yellow Perch-3 inches
2000 Small Mouth Black Bass-3 inches-July 26, 1946 BURGESS POND
1000 Horned Pout-4-5 inches-November 2, 1946 3000 Yellow Perch-3 inches
TOWN OF WESTFORD COVERS 45 Pheasants-12-16 weeks old-September-October, 1946
In addition to what fish that are listed above, the Lowell Sports- men's Club put about 1000 Rainbows into Long-Sought-For Pond this fall through the Federal Hatchery at Nashua, N. H.
This year two arrests were made for the carrying of firearms on Sunday. The defendants were tried and found guilty in the Ayer Court.
May I take this time to thank all for their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND L. PROVOST, Game Warden for Westford.
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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
As Sealer of Weights and Measures for the Town of Westford I submit the following report for the year 1946:
Number of Platform Scales over 10,000 1bs.
3
Number of Platforms Scales under 5,000 1bs. 29
Number of Counter Scales under 100 1bs.
17
Number of Spring Scales under 100 1bs.
16
Number of Spring Scales over 100 1bs.
15
Number of Computing Scales under 100 1bs.
9
Number of Weights Sealed
91
Number of Gasolene Meters Sealed
15
Number of Gasolene Pumps Sealed
1
Number of Quantity Measures on Pumps
15
Number of Kerosene Pumps
5
Number of Grease Measuring Pumps
3
Number of Vehicle Tank Sealed
2
Number of Liquid Measures
6
Total 227
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT A. HILDRETH, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1946
Values of Buildings, January 1, 1946
$ 2,564,960.00
Value of Land, January 1, 1946
787,900.00
Value of Personal Property, January 1, 1946
415,244.00
Total Valuation $ 3,768,104.00
APPROPRIATIONS FOR YEAR 1946
Annual Town Meeting, February 18, 1946
$ 258,835.02
Special Town Meeting, November 15, 1946
7,631.35
Total Appropriation
$ 266,466.37
State Taxes
4,056.27
County Taxes
7,800.44
1946 Overlay Fund
1,861.47
Total Amount to be Raised
$ 280,184.55
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
132,523.73
Total Amount to be Raised on Polls and Property
147,660.82
Total Excise Tax Commitments
$
4,479.79
Tax Rate $38.60 per Thousand.
Number of Polls
1,106
Number of Horses
47
Number of Cows
318
Number of Neat Cattle
67
Number of Swine
515
Number of Sheep and Goats
59
Number of Fowl
31,611
Number of Acres of Land
18,000
Number of Dwelling Houses
1,166
ABATEMENTS
Poll
Property
Excise
1944
$ 8.00 $
326.55 $
14.71
1945
734.00
1,118.70
40.25
1946
768.00
689.34
106.87
Respectfully submitted
JOHN J. O'CONNELL, SAMUEL A. FLETCHER, VICTOR B. DALY,
Assessors of Westford.
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REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR
I herewith submit my report as Tax Collector for the Town of Westford for the year ending December 31, 1946.
Any questions in regard to the assessments of taxes should be presented to the Board of Assessors.
Amount
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1946
1944 Warrant Dated July 20, 1944 Real Estate $ 1,658.39
None
1945 Warrant Dated July 26, 1945 Real Estate
8,594.36
1,708.59
1945 Warrant Dated Dec. 20, 1945 Real Estate
100.80
3.60
1945 Warrant Dated July 26, 1945 Personal
Property
254.42
None
1945 Warrant Dated Dec. Property
20, 1945 Personal
102.96
None
1945 Warrant Dated Dec. 20, 1945 Poll
12.00
None
1945 Warrant Dated Oct. 23, 1945 Excise
22.00
None
1945 Warrant Dated Dec. 20, 1945 Excise
917.55
None
1945 Warrant Dated Dec. 20, 1945 Excise
32.00
None
1945 Warrant Dated Dec. 20, 1945 Excise
4.00
None
1946 Warrant Dated Nov. 26, 1946 Poll
18.00
6.00
1946 Warrant Dated July 23, 1946 Personal Property
16,028.56
429.53
1946 Warrant Dated Nov. 26, 1946 Personal Property
57.90
44.39
1946 Warrant Dated July 23, 1946 Real Estate
129,420.23
10,622.35
1946 Warrant Dated Nov. 26, 1946 Real Estate
779.72
115.80
1946 Warrant Dated April 23, 1946 Excise
2,055.48
8.86
1946 Warrant Dated Aug. 7, 1946 Excise
1,150.93
77.41
1946 Warrant Dated Oct. 10, 1946 Excise
936.85
53.60
1946 Warrant Dated Nov. 26, 1946 Excise
296.53
65.05
Totals
$164,654.68
Total Outstanding Dec. 31, 1946
$ 13,167.18
DAVID I. OLSSON,
Tax Collector
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1946 Warrant Dated May 24, 1946 Poll
2,212.00
32.00
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Following is the report of the Board of Health for the year end- ing December 31, 1946:
The usual pre-school clinics for vaccination and diphtheria toxoid injections were held. In addition the Board held extra clinics in order to give those children, previously immunized against diphtheria, complete protection by an additional diphtheria toxoid injection. Various clinics were held to determine the health of pre-school child- ren by the Visiting Nurse Association under the auspices of the Board of Health.
Periodic inspections of milk and dairies were made during the year, and the general sanitation of the dairies and milk supply showed a marked improvement.
A new car was purchased for the use of the Public Health Nurse during this year, using the old car as part payment.
Strenuous endeavors were made to procure a school dentist during the year, with no result, due to shortage of dentists, and con- ditions over which the Board had no control.
The work and cooperation of the Public Health Nurse during the year was highly commendable as shown in her report to follow.
Respectfully submitted,
CYRIL A. BLANEY, M. D., Chairman
DWIGHT W. COWLES, M. D., RALPH E. COLE, M. D.
Secretary
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
January 13, 1946
Cyril A. Blaney, M.D.
Chairman, Board of Health,
Westford, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
Following is the report of the Public Health Nurse from January 1, to December 31, 1946:
Absentees from school visited in their homes. .... 295
Children taken home from school because of illness 40
Children taken to school physician 40
Contagious disease cases visited 123
Nursing visits 159
Home visits 125
To Crippled Children's Clinic at St. John's Hospital. 13
To Speech Clinic at St. John's Hospital
4
To St. John's Eye Clinic 37
To Physicians' Optical Co. 12
To Hospitals for Tonsil and Adenoid Operations 9
To Lowell General Pediatric Clinic 17
To St. John's Fracture Clinic
3
To St. John's Hospital for X-ray 1
To St. Joseph's Medical Clinic 2
To Children's Hospital, Boston
1
To St. John's Hospital for admission
1
To St. Joseph's Hospital for admission 1
To Lowell General Hospital for admission 1
To Crocker Nursing Home for admission 1
To Gardner State Hospital 2
To Dr. Blaney's office for treatment 3
To Middlesex County Sanatorium for X-ray 53
To Middlesex County Sanatorium for treatment 16
To Middlesex County Sanatorium to be admitted. 3
Public Health Meetings Attended 9
Board of Health Permits issued.
Milk specimens collected and taken to laboratory.
Diphtheria Immunization Clinics conducted by Board of Health:
Number of innoculations, three injections each 107
Unfinished cases 18
Booster doses 92
Vaccinations 31
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Contagious Diseases reported to the Westford Board of Health:
Chicken Pox
62
Dog Bite
9
Lobar Pneumonia
2
Measles
6
Mumps
76
Scarlet Fever
2
Septic Sore Throat
4
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
1
Whooping Cough
13
Gonorrhea
.
1
Syphilis
1
Respectfully submitted,
DOROTHY HEALY, R. N.
EXPENDITURES HEALTH DEPARTMENT-1946
Administration :
Salaries and Wages
$ 65.00
All Other 38.78
Contagious Diseases:
Medicine and Medical Attendance
12.00
Tuberculosis, Board and Treatment
532.50
Nurse's Salary
1,670.00
Auto, Upkeep
211.53
Insurance
28.96
Dump, Labor
338.00
Milk
7.00
Camp Inspections
30.00
Vaccination and Diphtheria Immunization
Clinics
452.72
All Other
72.48
3,458.97 $
Balance
41.03
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
New Board of Health Car (1945 Appropriation) $ 625.00
Dump:
Land
170.00
Expenses-Title on Land
50.00
Cattle Inspector
150.00
Tuberculosis Hospital
989.56
$ 1,984.56
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RECEIPTS HEALTH DEPARTMENT-1946
Milk Dealers' Permits $ 13.00
Oleomargarine Permits 3.50
Permit to Manufacture Ice Cream
5.00
Camp Licenses
2.00 $ 23.50
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
TEMPORARY AID
Appropriated
$ 13,250.00
Transferred
1,000.00 $ 14,250.00
Expended-Infirmary
$ 9,305.75
Temporary Aid
4,943.93
Total Expended
$ 14,249.68
Balance
$ .32
Amount Received from :
State
$ 138.79
Other Towns
147.40
Total Received
$ 286.19
The present case load on Temporary Aid is four cases comprising eight persons. There have been five Westford-settled persons at the Tewksbury Infirmary during the year which cost $823.50. Three chil- dren are being cared for by the Division of Child Guardianship amounting to $770.00, and Out-of-Town relief totalled $91.90 for the year. There are eight inmates at the Infirmary at this time. Four of these are boarded here by other towns at $9.00 per week.
The following is the case load of the department by months:
January
6
February
6
March
5
April
4
May
4
June
4
July
3
August
3
September
3
October
3
November
3
December
4
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Appropriated
$ 3,700.00
Federal Grants Received 1,593.40
1945 Federal Grant Balance
163.55
Total
$ 5,456.95
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Expended
4,532.20
Balance
$ 924.75
Administration Received-Federal
96.74
Administration Expended 96.74
Amount Received from State
1,540.65
This form of aid given to widows with minor children or incapa- citated parents of minor children remained about the same as last year. Reimbursement from the Federal Government has increased to $24.00 monthly for first eligible child and $15.00 monthly for each addi- tional child. The following is the monthly case load.
January
6 families, 21 children
February
6 families, 21 children
March
5 families, 17 children
April
5 families, 18 children
May
5 families, 18 children
June
5 families, 18 children
July
5 families, 18 children
August
5 families, 18 children
September
5 families, 17 children
October
6 families, 19 children
November
6 families, 19 children
December
6 families, 19 children
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriated
$ 15,400.00
Federal Grants Received
12,509.67
1945 Balance
1,063.30
Refunds
54.40
Total
$ 29,027.37
Expended
$ 29,082.13
Deficit December 31, 1946
54.76
Administration Received-Federal
416.98
AdministrationExpended
416.98
Received from State
10,667.19
The case load on Old Age Assistance increased during the year ending with 62 cases. Changes in the law regarding children's liabili- ty became effective January 1, 1946 and this provided for a higher exemption for children before they have a legal liability to support their parents. This change in law however does not affect the basic responsibility of the Board of Public Welfare to determine the ability
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of children to assist their parents financially. Beginning October 1, 1946 the Federal Government matching increased from one-half up to $40.00 spent on each case to one-half up to $45.00. Two-thirds is re- ceived from the state on remaining settled cases, and total reimburse- ment on unsettled cases. The following is the monthly case load:
January
59
February
57
March
58
April
57
May
60
June
63
July
62
August
61
September
59
October
60
November
62
December
62
Respectfully submitted,
EILEEN McGLINCHEY,
Agent.
INFIRMARY DEBITS
Superintendent's Salary
$ 1,536.00
Employees' Wages
900.00
Provisions
1,198.54
Clothing
108.36
Tobacco
56.76
Gas and Electricity
201.64
Fuel
68.22
Coal
186.36
Telephone
73.25
Medical
193.00
Burial
100.00
Water Bill
51.30
Gasoline
226.55
Truck Insurance
39.97
Hay, Grain and Feed
3,405.34
Seed and Fertilizer
57.69
Sawdust and Shavings
14.35
Garbage
8.00
Slaughtering
5.00
Bull
85.00
Blacksmith
19.00
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Veterinary
23.00
Egg boxes and paper bags
25.25
Food Locker
111.91
Supplies
271.04
Repairs
268.59
Appraisers
15.00
Miscellaneous
56.63
$ 9,305.75
INFIRMARY CREDITS
Milk
$ 5,382.14
Eggs
724.38
Potatoes
173.25
Cucumbers
2.25
Corn
43.20
Asparagus
52.70
Calves
97.00
Pigs
24.00
Fowl
129.35
Hay
55.00
Silage
27.45
Soil Conservation
21.50
Milk Refund
51.90
Teaming and Outside Labor
592.75
Bags
70.33
Telephone
1.55
Sawing Wood
62.00
Bull Service
12.00
Use of Potato Digger
12.00
Trade Beef Cow
25.00
Board-Other Towns
1,613.83
$ 9,173.58
Wood
$ 40.00
Board and Care of Inmates
2,268.00
Children boarded during emergencies
45.00
22 Meals to Men in Lockup
11.00
Clothing, tobacco, medical
358.12
$ 2,722.12
$ 11.895.70
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM L. WALL, SAMUEL A. RICHARDS, REGINALD BLOWEY, Board of Public Welfare.
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WESTFORD INFIRMARY APPRAISAL
1 Fifteen Cords Manure
$ 120.00
2 One Manure Spreader 100.00
3 One-Horse Hay Rake 25.00
4 One Sulky Plow 45.00
5 One Two-Horse Disc Harrow
35.00
6 One Potato Digger 65.00
1 Four Wagons and Two Sleds
75.00
8 One Tip Cart
75.00
9 Lumber
175.00
10 One Drag (steel head)
8.00
11 One Lime Spreader
20.00
12 One Power Sprayer 60.00
50.00
14 One Two-Horse Cultivator
27.00
15 One Hay Tedder
25.00
16 One Tractor. Harrow
55.00
17 One Spring Tooth Harrow
10.00
18 One Smoothing Harrow
3.00
19 One Seedsower and Weeder
35.00
20 Two One-Horse Cultivators
6.00
21 Two Walking Plows
15.00
22 One Two-Horse Hoe
10.00
23 One Ford Tractor
600.00
24 One Tractor Plow
100.00
25 One Tractor Pulley
30.00
26 One Tractor Cultivator
135.00
27 One Root Cutter
5.00
28 Blacksmith Tools
20.00
29 One Feed Cooker
5.00
30 One Galvanized Tank
5.00
31 One Saw Frame and Two Saws
25.00
32
Grindstone and Mowing Machine Grinder
15.00
33 One Gas Tank and Gasoline
30.00
34 One Two-Horse Mowing Machine
100.00
35 Four Swine
165.00
36 Wood
175.00
37 175 Laying Hens
350.00
38 Milk Room and Milking Equipment
650.00
39 Thirteen Cows
2,800.00
40 One Bull
90.00
41 Two Heifers
150.00
42 Forty-two Tons Ensilage
420.00
13 One Two-Horse Corn Planter
75
43 Grain
90.00
44 Twenty-four Grain Bags
6.00
45 One Corn Harvester 100.00
46 One Ensilage Cutter
125.00
47 One One-Horse Corn Planter
15.00
48 One Motor Truck
300.00
49 Two Wheel Barrows
10.00
50 Harness and Blankets
70.00
51 Two Horses
300.00
52 One-Horse Hay Fork
25.00
53
Twenty-five Tons Hay
625.00
54 Chains, Eveners and Whiffletrees
35.00
55 Farm Tools
100.00
56 Block and Tackle
7.50
57 Snow Plow
5.00
58 One Extension and Three Stepladders
15.00
59 One Planet Junior Seeder
10.00
60 Three Chicken Crates
5.00
61 One Gas Stove
3.00
62 Two Cross Cut Saws
7.50
63 Carpenter's Tools
35.00
64 Garden Hose and Lawn Mower
12.00
65 Fire Hose and Nozzle
56.00
66 Work Shop Material 10.00
67 One Electric Drill 30.00
30.00
69 Soft Coal
140.00
70 Milk Separator
65.00
71 Platform Scales 15.00
72 50 Gallons Fuel Oil
5.00
73 15 Gallons Motor Oil
15.00
HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT
Superintendent's Furniture
$ 350.00
Kitchen and Pantry
675.00
Inmates' Furniture
375.00
Contents of Attic
60.00
Canned Goods and Empty Jars
225.00
Provisions
300.00
Potatoes
90.00
Blankets, Sheets and Towels
130.00
68 Brooder Equipment
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Dry Goods
50.00
STOCK AND FARM EQUIPMENT
9,176.00
HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT
2,255.00
FISHER BUCKSHORN
JAMES KELLY,
FRED R. BLODGETT,
Westford Infirmary Appraisers
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REPORT OF THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE
Food Production was of the utmost importance during 1946 and the main effort of the Extension Service was along this line. Through meetings, radio, farm and home visits, county bulletin, news releases and calls in person and by telephone at the office, assistance was given to as many people as possible.
Fruit growers this year were interested especially in knowing more about frost damage and its prevention and the latest materials to use in spraying to overcome insects and diseases. Because of the wet season, there was a severe infestation of scab and growers re- quired all the assistance possible to produce a good quality crop. Twilight meetings of interest to local growers were held in various parts of the county. Information was sent out to local papers and through town libraries as well as over the radio to help all those interested in home gardens.
Three projects were emphasized to assist those interested in poul- try-namely, Better Use of Ranges; Brooding and Rearing; Disease Control and Sanitation.
Of interest to dairymen, the Selective Breeding Association and the Herd Improvement Association were developed and expanded during the year.
Because of the many food shortages experienced during the year, homemakers were given assistance to help them in problems in feed- ing their families the right foods essential to health despite the shortages. Demonstrations and illustrated talks were given on: When Meat is Scarce; Sugar-Saving Desserts; Use of Available Foods; Oil- Sparing Salad Dressings. Homemakers were interested in clothing renovation and Short Cuts and Speed Tricks in clothing construction. Food preservation was the main project followed during the summer to assist homemakers in the best procedure to insure satisfaction in home canning and preparation of foods for freezing.
4-H Club work was carried on under the direction of the 4-H Committee of which Mrs. Willard Moore was chairman, who also made home visits to agricultural club members during the summer. Clothing clubs were led by Mrs. Mary Van Norden, Mrs. Dorothy Mann, and Miss Ethel Cleary. Peter Perry completed his twentieth year as a leader of a handicraft club at school. There were two agri- cultural clubs-one at the Frost School and one at the Academy, which met once a month in school time with the County Club Agent.
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These clubs were for boys interested in gardening, poultry, and live- stock. Mrs. Moore was one of four mothers who made Camp Middle- sex possible this past summer by being the cook for two weeks. George Fletcher was awarded $5. by the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture on his dairy work, while Lawrence Shea re- ceived $5. on his pig club work from the same organization. George Fletcher was also awarded a prize by the Middlesex North Agricul- tural Society on garden work. Edwin Nixon did the outstanding work in the town, being the county winner in the National Poultry Contest, for which he was awarded a medal and a $25. Savings Bond. He was awarded a prize by the Middlesex North Agricultural Society on his garden work and was first prize winner in a State Poultry Judging Contest held at State College and a member of the county team, which was second. He was third in the Boston Poultry Show Judging Contest. He exhibited a dozen eggs at Worcester and was awarded the sweepstakes prize, receiving $8. and 25 baby chicks on one dozen eggs.
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