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110 <br />McCrassen <br />application <br />to keep <br />goats and <br />poultry <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING <br />February 16, 1951 <br />A regular meeting of the Hoard of Health was <br />held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building on <br />Friday, February 16,11951, at 3:00 p.m. Chairman <br />Cosgrove, Messrs. Russell, and McQuillan were present. <br />Mr. Jackson, Health Sanitarian, and the Agent were also <br />present. <br />Dr. and Mrs. V. A. McCrassen, 627 Massachusetts <br />Avenue, and a Mr. McCarthy met with the Board. Mr. <br />McCrassen had requested tti e appointment due to the fact <br />that the Board of kealth/ffOgied his application for <br />a permit to keep goats and poultry. The discussion, <br />although not verbatim, was somewhat as follows: <br />Chairman: <br />McCrassen: <br />'hairman: <br />McCrassen: <br />We will hear what you have to say personally <br />and then we will take action on this. <br />Since I received your letter there are sever- <br />al things I have done. <br />(a) Made a call on everyone in the neighbor- <br />hood for an approximate quarter of a mile, more <br />or less, perhplas on the more side. Everyone <br />not only has no objection to our keeping dom- <br />estic animals and fowls but have even made <br />a much more positive statement that they support <br />my request. They have of -fixed their signatures <br />and that represents 100% of the property owners <br />within a quarter of a mile, nearly everyone in <br />sight or hearing distance of our property. <br />On the Application there is no dumber as to <br />how many goats or how many Rhode Island red <br />chiekens you want to keep. <br />The number of goats is not absolutely determined. <br />The denial of this request could actually mean <br />a hospital situation for my wife who has to have <br />a quart and a half of goat milk each day. That <br />goat milk has to come from a single goat. To <br />effect a production of one and a half quarts <br />per day throughout the year one must have from <br />four to six goats. We have four at the present <br />time. The Chickens are an avoidance of waste. <br />Part of the year we would have an excess of milk <br />and we have the chickens to consume the milk. <br />That might fluctuate. We keep killing them off. <br />At the present time I have literally forty-one. <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />