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Total Expenditures
$406,963.84
Balance on hand, December 31, 1950
143,951.18
$550,915.02
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TOWN OF WESTFORD - BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1950 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash:
Dog Licenses-Due County $ 43.80
In Bank and Office $143,951.18
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1949:
Real Estate
$ 1,544.71
Levy of 1950:
Poll
24.00
Personal
757.55
Real Estate
10,415.61 $ 12,741.87
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise: Levy of 1950 $ 2,426.93 $ 2,426.93
Tax Titles
1,334.28
Tax Possessions
1,495.66 $ 2,829.94
Departmental:
Temporary Aid
$
321.93
Aid to Dependent Children
939.16
Old Age Assistance
.83
Schools
146.92
Highways
51.00
Cemetery
165.00 $ 1,624.84
Unexpended Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance-Aid $ 1,161.16 Old Age Assistance- Administration 40.36
Aid to Dependent Children-Aid
3,399.79
Aid to Dependent Children- Administration 185.89 $ 4,787.20
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 2,426.93
Tax Titles and Tax Possessions 2,829.94
Departmental 1,624.84
State and County Aid to
Highways 5,467.85 $ 12,349.56
Overlay Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1949 $ 1,985.92
Levy of 1950 2,869.24 $ 4,855.16
Sale of Lots and Graves Fund 525.16
Sale of Real Estate 1,010.00
Old Age Assistance Recovery 160.00
Road Machinery Fund
4,568.75
Tailings 134.41
State Aid to Highways:
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
----
$
6,338.04
Chapter 81
$
4,067.85
Chapter 90
700.00
Unexpended Appropriation Balances
1,736.52
County Aid to Highways
700.00 $ 5,467.85
Underestimate:
County Tuberculosis Hospital
Assessment 1950
$
520.88
Celebrating Veterans' Fund
$
1,000.00
Overestimate: County Tax 1950
2,112.50
Surplus Reserve 129,531.52
$169,691.61
School Activities Funds:
Athletic Fund
$
333.39
School Milk Program
205.00 $
538.99
State Parks and Reservations
1950
128.12 $
649.00
$169,691.61
TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities:
Principal
-$ - 63,204.19
Income
11,911.07 --
Whitney Shade Tree Fund $ 2,500.00
Library Trust Funds 13,706.08
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 Perpetual Care Funds ---- 32,285.00 $ 63,204.19
Whitney Shade Tree Fund Income $ 429.78
Library Trust Funds Income 969.80
Emily Fletcher Library Lecture Fund Income 424.15
Whitney Playground Fund Income
124.52
Metcalf Monument Fund Income ---- Lyman E. Wilkins Cemetery Fund Income
645.94
340.02
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
Income 8,976,86 $ 11,911.07
$ 75,115.26
$ 75,115.26
State Audit TOWN OF WESTFORD Balance Sheet - October 5, 1950 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash:
In banks and office
$ 66,726.86
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1949:
Personal Property $ 27.11
Real Estate
2,484.17
Levy of 1950:
Poll $ 78.00
Personal Property
18,452.68
Real Estate 103,779.98 $124,821.94
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1949 $
9.58
Levy of 1950
575.03 $ 584.61
Tax Titles $ 1,133.03
Tax Possessions
1,495.66 $ 2,628.69
Liabilities and Reserves
Payroll Deductions :
Federal Taxes $
59.55
Retirement System 41.51 $ 101.06
Dog Licenses-Due County
518.40
State Assessments 1950
1,060.82
County Tax 1950
11,461.71
Old Age Assistance Recovery
160.00
Sale of Lots and Graves Fund 469.64
Sale of Real Estate 1,010.00
Road Machinery Fund
4,232.75
Trust Fund Income:
Whitney Shade Tree Fund $
28.11
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund. 8.75 $ 36.86
Tailings 134.41
Unexpended Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children-Aid $ 1,580.73
Departmental:
Highways $
78.00
Temporary Aid 2,932.78
Old Age Assistance
1,519.13
Infirmary
583.93
Schools
100.72
Veterans' Services
380.57
Cemetery
195.00 $ 5,790.13
State Aid to Highways:
Chapter 81
$ 11,435.31
Chapter 90
5,700.00
County Aid to Highways
3,700.00 $ 20,835.31
Estimated Receipts to be Collected $ 35,591.17
Underestimate: County Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment 1950
$ 520.88
$257,499.59
Aid to Dependent Children- Administration $
151.54 Old Age Assistance-Aid 4,523.61 Old Age Assistance --- Administration 138,48 $ 6,394.36
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus 6,338.04
Appropriation Balances 96,535.17
Overlay Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1949
$
2,000.62
Levy of 1950
3,073.79 $ 5,074.41
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $ 584.61
Tax Titles and Tax Possessions 2,628.69
Departmental 5,790.13
State and County Aid to Highways 20,835.31 $ 29,838.74
Surplus Revenue
94,133.22
$257,499.59
TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities: Principal $ 63,104.19
Income 11,609.37
$ 74,713.56
Whitney Shade Tree Fund $ 2,500.00 Library Trust Funds 13,706.08
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 Perpetual Care Funds.
32,185.00 $ 63,104.19
Whitney Shade Tree Fund Income $ 400.78
Library Trust Funds Income 948.32
Emily Fletcher library Lecture Fund Income 424.15
Whitney Playground Fund Income
221.58
Metcalf Monument Fund Income 623.51
Lyman E. Wilkins Cemetery Fund Income
335.77
Cemetery Perpetual Care
Fund Income 8,655.26 $ 11,609.37
$ 74,713.56
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
The Board of Fire Engineers submit the following report for the .. year ending December 31, 1950:
The three Companies responded to 53 alarms other than Forest Fires, namely: 8 houses, 10 chimneys, 3 camps, 5 automobiles, 5 dump, 1 shed, 1 garage, 1 motorcycle, 1 tractor, 1 old tire, 3 out of town, 1 flooded oil burner, 1 brooder house, 5 still alarms, 2 false alarms. The Fire Dept. assisted in the following rescue work: 1 lost child, 1 drowning, 2 dogs, 1 horse. In addition to the above, 46 alarms for brush fires were responded to.
For another year Mr. Robert Spinner and Mr. George St. Onge with the help of several other firemen deserve a lot of credit for the free time they gave in answering 88 ambulance calls.
The kitchen of the Fire House Cottage was modernized which makes it a lot more convenient.
Due to the present conditions prevailing we feel it advisable to pur- chase extra hose this coming year. This would insure that the town would be supplied with first quality hose and not the inferior quality which is expected to be on the market.
Only routine maintenance and repairs were required again this year and the apparatus and equipment is in good shape.
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND D. ROGERS HAROLD E. WRIGHT RICHARD W. HALL
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER
Balance on hand January 1, 1950
$125,844.35
Total Receipts to December 31, 1950
425,070.67
$550,915.02
Balance on hand December 31, 1950
$143,951.18
Total. payments to December 31, 1950
406,963.84
$550,915.02
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLOTTE P. GREIG, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE FOREST WARDEN
In spite of a record dry year, all fires were confined to small areas. 1000' of forestry hose was purchased for $360.00. The price was kept low by using couplings from old forestry hose.
I am asking $1500.00 for the usual expenses of the Department, and $3000.00 to purchase a chassis to replace the present chassis on the For- estry truck, which is over twenty years old, and make necessary changes to the body, tank and pump.
It might be well at this time to remind the Taxpayers that the cost of all fires in the open such as grass, brush, forest, trash barrels and dump fires are paid for out of the Forest Fire Appropriation. Fires at the Town Dump used one-sixth of the Forestry appropriation in 1950.
Respectfully yours,
LEO R. LARKIN,
Forest Warden
72
REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
The Moth Department sprayed all trees in town once, with Resatox D 25. And as far as possible the elms were sprayed twice. There have been no cases of Dutch elm in Westford as yet.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK J. FITZPATRICK Moth Superintendent.
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
The Tree Department used all $600 of the appropriation plus an additional $200 to take care of storm damage which occurred Nov. 25, 1950. The department trimmed lightly in Forge Village, Granitevillei and Nabnassett. Removed 18 dead or dangerous trees and planted 21 sugar maples, of which two did not take.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK J. FITZPATRICK
Tree Warden.
73
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
As Sealer of Weights and Measures for the Town of Westford, I submit my report for the year 1950.
Number of Platform Scales over 5,000 lbs. 3
Number of Platform Scales 100 lbs. or over 26
Number of Platform Scales under 100 lbs. 33
Number of Weights 20
Number of Liquid Measures 4
Number of Meters on Gasoline Pumps
19
Number of Kerosene Pumps 2
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Total 107
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT A. HILDRETH,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
74
ASSESSORS' REPORT Year Ending December 31, 1950
Value of Buildings, January 1, 1950
$2,925,435.00
Value of Land, January 1, 1950
838,100.00
Value of Personal Property, January 1, 1950
466,540.00
Total Valuation
$4,230,075.00
APPROPRIATIONS FOR YEAR 1950
Annual Town Meeting, March 11, 1950
$ 312,606.75
State Taxes
1,228.96
County Taxes
14,260.86
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health
1,526.00
1950 Overlay Fund
5,237.11
Total Amount to be Raised
$ 384,534.68
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
$ 146,170.25
Total Amount to be Raised on Polls and Property
188,449.30
Total Excise Commitments
27,046.47
Tax Rate $44.00 per Thousand.
Number of Polls
1,163
Number of Horses
34
Number of Cows
308
Number of Neat Cattle
81
Number of Swine
212
Number of Sheep and Goats
26
Number of Fowl
41,541
All Others
124
Number of Acres of Land
18,000
Number of Dwellings
1,291
ABATEMENTS
Polls
Property
Excise
1948
$ 13.62
1949
85.05
$ 112.97
1950
$ 78.00
2,276.67
2,268.84
Respectfully submitted,
CARROLL J. ROLLINS JOHN J. O'CONNELL NORMAN K. NESMITH Assessors of Westford
75
REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR
I herewith submit my report as Tax Collector for the Town of Westford for the year ending December 31, 1950.
Any questions in regard to the assessment of taxes should be presented to the Board of Assessors.
Warrants Dated
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1949
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1950
May 18, 1948 Real Estate
$ 1,148.55
none
April 1, 1949 Poll
26.00
none
Dec. 9, 1949 Poll
10.00
none
May 27, 1949 Real Estate
10,065.33
$ 1,530.01
Dec. 9, 1949 Real Estate
299.25
14.70
May 27, 1949 Personal Property
680.37
none
Dec. 9, 1949 Personal Property
12.60
none
April 1, 1949 Excise
41.22
none
June 9, 1949 Excise
41.87
none
Aug. 29, 1949 Excise
90.12
none
Sept. 23, 1949 Excise
217.08
none
Nov. 15, 1949 Excise
319.53
none
Nov. 22, 1949 Excise
78.44
none
Dec. 6, 1949 Excise
80.16
none
Dec. 27, 1949 Excise
102.89
none
May 25, 1950 Real Estate
165,595.54
10,386.79
Dec. 16, 1950 Real Estate
33.22
28.82
May 25, 1950 Personal Property
20,527.76
724.33
Dec. 16, 1950 Personal Property
35.42
33.22
April 17, 1950 Poll
2,326.00
14.00
May 9, 1950 Poll
30.00
none
Dec. 16, 1950 Poll
14.00
10.00
April 11, 1950 Excise
4,821.33
none
April 18, 1950 Excise
966.48
none
June 15, 1950 Excise
5,790.23
60.40
July 6, 1950 Excise
1,493.45
57.96
Nov. 1, 1950 Excise
11,218.72
1,735.89
76
Nov. 14, 1950 Excise
544.41
185.07
Nov. 30, 1950 Excise
401.55
141.92
Dec. 6, 1950 Excise
216.72
107.43
Dec. 9, 1950 Excise
1,300.00
6.00
Dec. 16, 1950 Excise
116.33
86.30
Dec. 26, 1950 Excise
70.00
51.86
1950 Excise Dated Jan. 10, 1951
146.67
none
1950 Excise Dated Jan. 24, 1951
50.31
none
Total Warrants $228,911.55
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1950
$ 15,174.70
DAVID I. OLSSON, Tax Collector.
REPORT OF THE WESTFORD BOARD OF HEALTH
The Westford Board of Health submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1950:
The Board of Health organized in March with Cyril A. Blaney, M.D., Chairman, Dwight W. Cowles, M. D., Secretary, and Ralph E. Cole, M.D., as the third member.
The Board of Health is still without a school dentist due to the fact that we have no available room in which to conduct a dental clinic. We do feel that a dental program is necessary for the health of the school child.
The usual vaccination and diphtheria clinics were held. These clinics have been held for the past 23 years as Westford was one of the first towns in the state to conduct diphtheria clinics.
The Well Child Conferences have been held under the auspices of the Board of Health with Dr. Sidney Cobb, Director of the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health and Dr. Stanton Garfield, Acting Director of the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health, as attending physicians.
The milk situation has been well supervised by the Board of Health agents.
The Board of Health was one of the organizations sponsoring the Sodium Fluoride Treatments given to the second grade children in the Westford schools by Miss Barbara Desmond, Dental Hygienist, with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
The Board of Health has functioned well during the year receiving the fullest cooperation of its members. The work and cooperation of the Public Health Nurse was highly commendable as shown by her report to follow.
Respectfully submitted,
CYRIL A. BLANEY, M. D. RALPH E. COLE, M. D. DWIGHT W. COWLES, M. D. Westford Board of Health
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Cyril A. Blaney, M. D., Chairman
Westford Board of Health
Westford, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
Following is the report of the public Health nurse from January 1, to December 31, 1950:
Children taken home from school because of illness 17
Children taken to school physician 24
Nursing Visits:
Acute Communicable 62
Tuberculosis :
Case 221
Suspect
6
Contact 26
Crippled Children 32
Other 67
Health Supervision Visits:
Under 1 month 3
1-12 months 55
1 year-school 172
School 322
Adult 8
To Crippled Children's Clinic at St. John's Hospital 5
To Treatment Center at Nashoba Building (Crippled Children) 3
To Chest Clinic at Nashoba Building, Ayer 2
To Eye Clinic at St. John's Hospital
10
To Physicians' Optical Co.
2
To St. John's Hospital for treatment
47
To Ear, Nose, and Throat Clinic at St. John's Hospital
1
To St. John's Hospital for T. & A.
1
To St. Joseph's Hospital for T. & A. 1
To Heart Association Office 3
To Heart Clinic at Lowell General Hospital
3
To Pediatric Clinic at Lowell General Hospital 3
To Orthopedic Clinic at Lowell General Hospital 2
To Tumor Clinic at Lowell General Hospital 1
To Lowell General Hospital for T. & A. 1
To Lowell General Hospital to be admitted 1
To Child Guidance Clinic at Lowell General Hospital 45
To North Reading Rheumatic Fever Clinic 2
To Dr. Record's Orthopedic Clinic, Mass. General Hospital 1 To Dentist (state ward) 6
79
To Chiropodist (state ward) 4
To Middlesex County Sanatorium to be admitted
To Middlesex County Sanatorium for X-ray 26
To Middlesex County Sanatorium for treatment 12 Conferences and Meetings attended 17
Well child conferences conducted by Dr. Sidney Cobb and Dr. Stanton Garfield 12
133 visits made by 74 children.
Diphtheria Immunization Clinics conducted by Board of Health:
Number of children receiving complete immunization 18
Number of children receiving Booster doses 275
Number receiving complete immunization with triple vaccine. 6
Number receiving Booster doses of triple vaccine 2
Vaccination Clinic conducted by Board of Health: Number of children vaccinated 37
Dangerous Diseases Reported to Board of Health:
Chicken Pox 2 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1
Diphtheria
1
Whooping Cough 34
German Measles 1
Dog Bite 11
Measles
5
Septic Sore Throat 2
Mumps
2
Meningitis
1
Scarlet Fever
4
Respectfully submitted,
DOROTHY A. HEALY, R. N.
EXPENDITURES HEALTH DEPARTMENT, 1950
Administration:
Salaries and Wages
$ 186.00
All other
50.99
Tuberculosis, Board and Treatment
1,018.50
Nurse, Salary
2,300.00
Auto:
Upkeep
348.22
Insurance
57.33
Dump
300.10
Dairy Inspector
50.00
Other Inspections
30.00
Clinics
289.35
Balance
$4,630.49 39.51
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ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
Animal Inspector
$ 200.00
New Car
658.90
Tuberculosis Hospital
2,331.81
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health
1,526.00
RECEIPTS OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT-1950
Milk Dealers' Permits
$13.00
Oleomargarine Permits
4.00
Permits to Manufacture Ice Cream
15.00
Camp Licenses
3.00
$35.00
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Cyril A. Blaney, M. D., Chairman
Westford Board of Health
Westford, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
Following is the report of the Inspector of Animals from January i, to December 31, 1950:
12 dog bites
24 visits
Inspecting barns
59 barns
No. of cows 2 years and older
335
Heifers 1-2 years
75
Heifers 1 year
45
Bulls
9
Steers
5
Horses
33
Pigs
698
Sheep
44
Goats
25
Inspecting cattle shipped out of state
14
Sent reports to state
39
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. BLODGETT Inspector of Animals
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
The average monthly case load on Temporary Aid was 9 cases per month, Old Age Assistance 66 cases, and Aid to Dependent Children 6 cases. There were still two settled cases at the Tewksbury State Hospital, and no children were aided through the Division of Child Guardianship this year.
At the Westford Infirmary there were 11 inmates in 1950. Four of these had out of town settlements, two have paid their own board, and five have local settlements. The rate of board charged is $12.00 per week.
Beginning in October the Old Age Survivor's Insurance program was amended in which all persons currently in receipt of Old Age Sur- vivor's benefits were increased and others were made eligible that did not previously qualify. As these benefits are deducted as income from Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children budgets, all cases receiving these payments were adjusted and for the remaining three months of the year there was a considerable reduction in these categories.
Another amendment to the Social Security Act provides for Federal matching to a needy parent with whom any child receiving Aid to De- pendent Children lives. Before this only the dependent child partici- pated in federal reimbursement. Thus we will now receive a larger fed- eral grant on Aid to Dependent Children cases.
Throughout the year many repairs were made at the Infirmary. These were necessary due to storm damage and general breakdown of the property. Mr. Rooks, the superintendent made most of these repairs himself without outside assistance. The milk room was rebuilt, the roof on house and barn patched after hailstorm damage, and a new roof was required for the hog house and brooder house. Window panes throughout the house and barn were replaced. The cow barn was re- paired when a special appropriation was granted for this purpose. This property is still badly in need of more repairs and household equip- ment, and a downstairs lavatory is necessary.
A new Chevrolet truck was purchased last year and this has proved to be a big help in the efficient operation of the Infirmary.
INFIRMARY CREDITS
Milk
$ 5,569.50
Eggs
756.16
Asparagus
100.02
Potatoes
35.94
Corn
103.95
Calves
65.00
82
Poultry
172.00
Pigs
1,255.22
Telephone
41.95
Tel. Extension
4.63
Bags
205.95
Dividend
121.95
Tractor
184.80
Bull Service
6.00
Inmates Board (Private)
467.00
Inmates Board (Out of Town)
2,599.32
$11,689.39
Wood
$ 180.00
Inmates Board (Westford)
3,048.00
Meals in Lockup
13.50
$ 3,241.50
INFIRMARY DEBITS
Salary-Superintendent
$ 1,704.00
Salaries-Employees
783.50
Provisions
1,920.07
Clothing & Dry Goods
229.48
Tobacco
61.42
Medical
22.00
Glasses
12.00
Telephone
160.43
Food Locker
104.94
Oil and Coal
357.58
Gas & Electricity
231.72
Gasoline
524.89
Grain & Feed
4,756.05
Fertilizer & Seed
153.48
Veterinary
101.50
Blacksmith
14.00
Pasturing
30.00
Poultry
80.00
Grass Cutter
181.12
Rope
35.00
Sawdust & Shavings
113.22
Slaughtering
6.00
Use of Equipment
37.40
Repairs
261.74
83
Supplies
290.15
Water Bills
133.22
Milk Sampler Testing
32.25
Truck Insurance
75.93
Retirement System
60.00
Appraisers, 1949-1950
30.00
Miscellaneous
51.02
$12,554.11
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL RICHARDS
REGINALD BLOWEY
WILLIAM L. WALL Board Public Welfare.
84
WESTFORD INFIRMARY APPRAISAL December 16. 1950
STOCK AND FARM EQUIPMENT
1 Hay Loader
$ 250.00
2 Manure
160.00
3 One Manure Spreader 50.00
4 Two One-horse Hay Rakes 60.00
5 One Sulky Plow 35.00
6 One Two-horse Disc Harrow
5.00
7 One Potato Digger
50.00
8 Two Wagons and Two Sleds 15.00
9 One Tip Cart 25.00
10 Lumber
300.00
11 One Drag (Steel Head)
8.00
12 One Lime Spreader
50.00
13 One Power Sprayer 10.00
50.00
15 One Two-horse Cultivator
25.00
16 One Hay Tedder
40.00
17 One Tractor Harrow
65.00
18 One Spring Tooth Harrow
10.00
19 One Smoothing Harrow
3.00
20 One Seed Sower and Weeder
40.00
21 Two One-horse Cultivators
5.00
22
Two Walking Plows
10.00
23
One Two-horse Hoe
5.00
24
One Ford Tractor
700.00
25 One Tractor Plow
90.00
26
One Tractor Pulley
30.00
27 One Root Cutter
5.00
28 Blacksmith Tools
15.00
29 One Feed Cooker
5.00
30 One Saw Frame
25.00
31 One Gas Tank and Gas
50.00
32 One Two-horse Mowing Machine
50.00
33 Swine
1,036.25
34 Wood
80.00
35 335 Laying Hens
837.50
36 Milk Room and Milking Equipment
500.00
37 Fourteen Cows
2,550.00
38 One Bull
175.00
39 Four two-year old Heifers
575.00
40 One one-year old Heifer
75.00
41 One Bull Calf 45.00
85
14 One Two-horse Cornplanter
42 Two Calves
40.00
43 Grain
84.00
44 Forty Ton Ensilage 375.00
45 125 Grain Bags 44.00
46 One Corn Harvester 65.00
47 One New Ensilage Cutter
175.00
48 One One-horse Corn Planter
15.00
49 Three Wheelbarrows
15.00
50 One Motor Truck
2,180.00
51 Harness and Blankets
100.00
52 Two Horses
75.00
53
One Hay Fork, Hoist and Motor
225.00
54 Twenty-nine Tons Hay
1,050.00
55 Fence Posts and Insulators
5.00
56 Grindstone, Motor, and Scythe Grinder
30.00
57 Chains, Whiffletrees, and Eveners
20.00
58 Farm Tools
60.00
59 Block and Tackle
10.00
60 Snow Plow
1.00
61
One Extension and Two-Step Ladders
25.00
62 One Planet Junior Seeder
8.00
63 Three Chicken Crates
5.00
64 Two Gas Stoves
5.00
65
Two Cross Cut Saws
8.00
66
Garden Hose and Lawn Mower
15.00
67 Carpenter's Tools
20.00
68
Fire Hose and Nozzle 56.00
69 One Electric Drill
35.00
70 Brooder Equipment
32.00
71 Soft Coal
246.92
72 Milk Separator
15.00
73 Platform Scales
20.00
74 75 Gallons Fuel Oil
14.00
75 50 Gallons Motor Oil
53.00
76 Fertilizer
55.50
77 Shavings and Sawdust
50.00
78 Three Dusters
35.00
79 One Electric Fence Unit
18.00
80 Wooden Tank 10.00
81 Land Roller, One-horse
5.00
82 Ten Steel Cow-stanchions
20.00
83 Twenty Gallons Asbestos Roof Coating 20.00
84 Twenty Gallons Molasses and Barrel 13.40
85 Old Truck 35.00
Total
$13,503.57
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HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT
1 Superintendent's Furniture $ 175.00
2 Kitchen and Pantry
475.00
3 Inmates' Furniture 380.00
4 Contents of Attic
50.00
5 Canned Goods and Empty Jars
269.00
6 Provisions
137.00
7 Potatoes and Vegetables
113.25
8 Blankets, Sheets and Towels
135.00
9 Dry Goods
45.00
Total
1,779.25
Grand Total
$15,282.82
CHARLES A. BLODGETT WALLACE N. YOUNG RAYMOND S. WILSON
Appraisers.
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REPORT OF THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE IN THE TOWN OF WESTFORD-1950
Much of the organized programs conducted by the Middlesex County Extension Service are planned on a county basis with these programs available to every town in the county. Organized projects such as mastitis or Green Pastures for dairymen; flock health for the poultrymen; clothing and food for the homemakers or the various 4-H Club programs for boys and girls, are brought to the individual farmers or homemakers in a general way through the County Bulletin, radio, newspaper publicity, meetings or through correspondence and farm and home visits. In addition to this general work of the Extension Service, work in each town is developed under the guidance of the town director and the local groups interested in agriculture, homemaking and Boys' and Girls' 4-H Club work.
The Extension Service worked with poultrymen on virtually every aspect of poultry farming during the year. With efficiency the watch- word, attention was given to the Poultry Farm Account Program, through which poultrymen are assisted with their farm records. Sev- eral poultrymen were assisted with flock health problems. Through the quality Egg and Turkey Marketing Programs, poultrymen and turkey growers have been helped in improving their marketing facilities and practices. The county-wide Middlesex Turkey and Poultry Trade Show was held in Concord on October 11 and 12 with features both for pro- ducers and consumers.
Of interest to fruit growers one orchard twilight meeting was held within the town, and local growers participated in many of the meetings in other fruit towns. Because of the growing interest in small fruits created by the opportunity of the freezing plant in Nabnasset, meetings were held and assistance given to interested strawberry growers.
Judges were furnished for the local Grange Fair.
Increased milk production per cow, better roughage and a reduc- tion of disease loss were the aims of the Extension dairy projects. The Dairy Herd Improvement Association and the recently organized Own- er-Sampler Testing Association both are assisting farmers, through use of production records, to locate low producing cows. Local members include L. F. Bunker, George Tebbetts, Westford Infirmary and George Wilder. Breeding also is important in increasing production, and during 1950 the Selective Breeding Association has continued to grow and more farmers have made use of the proven sires available to members. The Green Pasture Program was used by the Extension Service to demon- strate the value of high quality roughage. Mastitis is one of the most
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