Boston Research & Management 13F-HR Quarterly holdings report by institutional manager

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM 13F

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			VALUE	SHRS OR	SH/	PUT/	INVESTMENT	OTHER	VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER	TITLE OF CLASS	CUSIP	(x$1000)	PRN AMT	PRN	CALL	DISCRETION	MANAGER	SOLE	SHARED	NONE
3M Co	COM	88579Y101	3,819	21,676	SH		SOLE		0	0	21,676
AMEX Energy Sector SPDR	COM	81369y506	353	5,000	SH		SOLE		0	0	5,000
AT&T Corp	COM	00206r102	1,626	40,060	SH		SOLE		0	0	40,060
AbbVie Inc.	COM	00287y109	3,281	52,024	SH		SOLE		0	0	52,024
Abbott Laboratories	COM	002824100	2,652	62,727	SH		SOLE		0	0	62,727
Accenture PLC	COM	G1151C101	3,507	28,706	SH		SOLE		0	0	28,706
Alcoa, Inc.	COM	013817507	2,253	222,230	SH		SOLE		0	0	222,230
Alerian MLP	COM	00162q866	553	43,584	SH		SOLE		0	0	43,584
Alerian MLP Index ETN	COM	46625h365	1,139	36,190	SH		SOLE		0	0	36,190
Alphabet, Inc. - Class A	COM	02079k305	2,566	3,192	SH		SOLE		0	0	3,192
Alphabet, Inc. - Class C	COM	02079k107	1,093	1,407	SH		SOLE		0	0	1,407
Apple Inc.	COM	037833100	3,626	32,077	SH		SOLE		0	0	32,077
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.	COM	064058100	2,405	60,320	SH		SOLE		0	0	60,320
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class	COM	084670702	3,412	23,622	SH		SOLE		0	0	23,622
Boston Properties, Inc.	COM	101121101	661	4,850	SH		SOLE		0	0	4,850
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	COM	110122108	438	8,130	SH		SOLE		0	0	8,130
CH Robinson Worldwide Inc	COM	12541W209	2,897	41,121	SH		SOLE		0	0	41,121
CVS Health Corp	COM	126650100	2,745	30,857	SH		SOLE		0	0	30,857
Caterpillar	COM	149123101	295	3,332	SH		SOLE		0	0	3,332
Chevron Corp	COM	166764100	1,092	10,612	SH		SOLE		0	0	10,612
Cintas Corporation	COM	172908105	712	6,329	SH		SOLE		0	0	6,329
Cisco Systems, Inc.	COM	17275r102	4,576	144,286	SH		SOLE		0	0	144,286
Coca-Cola Company	COM	191216100	3,478	82,197	SH		SOLE		0	0	82,197
Colgate-Palmolive Company	COM	194162103	2,899	39,115	SH		SOLE		0	0	39,115
Comcast Corp Cl A Vtg	COM	20030N101	2,925	44,093	SH		SOLE		0	0	44,093
ConocoPhillips	COM	20825C104	2,422	55,731	SH		SOLE		0	0	55,731
Deere & Co.	COM	244199105	2,588	30,327	SH		SOLE		0	0	30,327
Du Pont	COM	263534109	236	3,530	SH		SOLE		0	0	3,530
Duke Energy Corp.	COM	26441c204	672	8,403	SH		SOLE		0	0	8,403
Eli Lilly & Co	COM	532457108	386	4,815	SH		SOLE		0	0	4,815
Emerson Electric Co	COM	291011104	315	5,780	SH		SOLE		0	0	5,780
Exxon Mobil Corp.	COM	30231g102	3,854	44,161	SH		SOLE		0	0	44,161
Fastenal Co	COM	311900104	2,978	71,294	SH		SOLE		0	0	71,294
General Electric Company	COM	369604103	3,693	124,712	SH		SOLE		0	0	124,712
Genuine Parts	COM	372460105	240	2,390	SH		SOLE		0	0	2,390
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.	COM	42824c109	202	8,880	SH		SOLE		0	0	8,880
Home Depot, Inc.	COM	437076102	1,377	10,705	SH		SOLE		0	0	10,705
Illinois Tool Works	COM	452308109	309	2,580	SH		SOLE		0	0	2,580
Intel Corp	COM	458140100	4,433	117,448	SH		SOLE		0	0	117,448
Intl Business Machines Corp	COM	459200101	685	4,318	SH		SOLE		0	0	4,318
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	COM	46625h100	600	9,016	SH		SOLE		0	0	9,016
Johnson & Johnson	COM	478160104	1,227	10,390	SH		SOLE		0	0	10,390
Kimberly-Clark Corp	COM	494368103	466	3,700	SH		SOLE		0	0	3,700
Laboratory CP Amer Hldgs	COM	50540R409	3,184	23,161	SH		SOLE		0	0	23,161
Mastercard, Inc.	COM	57636q104	3,560	34,985	SH		SOLE		0	0	34,985
McDonald's Corp	COM	580135101	3,169	27,477	SH		SOLE		0	0	27,477
Medtronic Plc	COM	G5960L103	3,382	39,144	SH		SOLE		0	0	39,144
Merck & Co. Inc.	COM	58933Y105	452	7,243	SH		SOLE		0	0	7,243
Microsoft Corp	COM	594918104	4,970	86,299	SH		SOLE		0	0	86,299
Nextera Energy Inc.	COM	65339F101	445	3,640	SH		SOLE		0	0	3,640
Occidental Petroleum	COM	674599105	259	3,560	SH		SOLE		0	0	3,560
Omnicom Group Inc Com	COM	681919106	2,721	32,014	SH		SOLE		0	0	32,014
Oracle Corp.	COM	68389X105	373	9,510	SH		SOLE		0	0	9,510
PPG Industries	COM	693506107	382	3,700	SH		SOLE		0	0	3,700
Paychex, Inc.	COM	704326107	448	7,755	SH		SOLE		0	0	7,755
Pepsi Co Inc	COM	713448108	3,889	35,756	SH		SOLE		0	0	35,756
Pfizer Inc.	COM	717081103	710	20,972	SH		SOLE		0	0	20,972
Praxair, Inc.	COM	74005P104	1,984	16,425	SH		SOLE		0	0	16,425
Procter & Gamble Co	COM	742718109	2,939	32,747	SH		SOLE		0	0	32,747
Qualcomm, Inc.	COM	747525103	202	2,960	SH		SOLE		0	0	2,960
SPDR Tr Unit Ser 1	COM	78462F103	2,278	10,534	SH		SOLE		0	0	10,534
Southern Co	COM	842587107	243	4,750	SH		SOLE		0	0	4,750
State Str Corp Com	COM	857477103	2,413	34,656	SH		SOLE		0	0	34,656
Stryker Corp	COM	863667101	539	4,634	SH		SOLE		0	0	4,634
Sysco Corp	COM	871829107	437	8,920	SH		SOLE		0	0	8,920
The Mosaic Company	COM	61945c103	1,362	55,720	SH		SOLE		0	0	55,720
US Bancorp	COM	902973304	1,832	42,725	SH		SOLE		0	0	42,725
Union Pacific	COM	907818108	255	2,620	SH		SOLE		0	0	2,620
United Parcel Services	COM	911312106	3,094	28,301	SH		SOLE		0	0	28,301
United Technologies Corp	COM	913017109	2,925	28,799	SH		SOLE		0	0	28,799
VanEck Vectors Biotech ETF	COM	92189F726	2,473	21,468	SH		SOLE		0	0	21,468
VanEck Vectors Oil Services ET	COM	92189f718	1,614	55,130	SH		SOLE		0	0	55,130
Vanguard FTSE All-World Ex-US	COM	922042775	630	13,869	SH		SOLE		0	0	13,869
Vanguard Small-Cap ETF	COM	922908751	1,836	15,030	SH		SOLE		0	0	15,030
Vanguard Total Stock Market ET	COM	922908769	1,378	12,380	SH		SOLE		0	0	12,380
Verizon Communications	COM	92343v104	1,977	38,034	SH		SOLE		0	0	38,034
Wal-Mart Stores	COM	931142103	3,481	48,267	SH		SOLE		0	0	48,267
Walt Disney Co.	COM	254687106	674	7,260	SH		SOLE		0	0	7,260
Waste Management, Inc.	COM	94106l109	263	4,140	SH		SOLE		0	0	4,140
Wells Fargo & Co.	COM	949746101	2,607	58,894	SH		SOLE		0	0	58,894
Western Union Company	COM	959802109	3,065	147,255	SH		SOLE		0	0	147,255
Xylem Inc.	COM	98419m100	3,561	67,912	SH		SOLE		0	0	67,912
Yum! Brands Inc.	COM	988498101	392	4,320	SH		SOLE		0	0	4,320
iShares Comex Gold Trust	COM	464285105	940	74,130	SH		SOLE		0	0	74,130
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF	COM	46432f842	2,443	44,317	SH		SOLE		0	0	44,317
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Mar	COM	46434g103	3,251	71,285	SH		SOLE		0	0	71,285
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	COM	464287200	2,521	11,591	SH		SOLE		0	0	11,591
iShares Core S&P SmallCap ETF	COM	464287804	3,024	24,362	SH		SOLE		0	0	24,362
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund	COM	464287465	257	4,356	SH		SOLE		0	0	4,356
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets	COM	464287234	232	6,208	SH		SOLE		0	0	6,208
iShares Russell 2000 Index Fun	COM	464287655	3,534	28,458	SH		SOLE		0	0	28,458
iShares S&P Growth Allocation	COM	464289867	849	20,632	SH		SOLE		0	0	20,632
iShares iBoxx High Yield Corp	COM	464288513	1,972	22,605	SH		SOLE		0	0	22,605