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it possible to leave behind a concrete force for carrying out the 

 plans outlined. 



During the year many requests have come to the Dairy Divi- 

 sion for lectures upon matters of dairy interest and so far as 

 possible these invitations have been accepted. 



Following the above general plan eighty-seven lectures have 

 been delivered before granges, cow test associations, the Cream- 

 erymen's Association, farmers institutes and special dairy meet- 

 ings, and in addition, lectures were delivered in the Farmers' 

 Week course at the i\Iaine Agricultural College on "Cow Test 

 Associations" and before the State Board of Trade on "The 

 Live Stock Interests of Maine." 



A summary of the lecture work of this division for the year, 

 follows : 



Number. Attendance. 



Institutes 9 769 



Special dairy meetings 11 1,098 



Grange meetings, subordinate 19 1^734 



Grange meetings, Pomona 6 999 



Grange meetings, field day 14 11,900 



Cow Test Association meetings 23 1.105 



Creamerymen's Association meetings 5 131 



Total 87 17,736 



I attended the meeting of the Alaine State Grange held at 

 Waterville December 14-16, 1908, and was again honored by 

 the State Master by being appointed chairman of the Committee 

 on Dairy Interests. 



INSPECTION OF DAIRIES. 



Dairy inspection has received considerable attention during 

 the past year and quite a large number of dairies have been 

 visited. Early in the year the score card in use by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture at Washington was given careful trial in 

 actual field work, and believing it to be practical in its applica- 

 tion to the average dairy, the Department adopted it as the 

 official Maine score card. 



In December, 1907, there appeared in some of the newspapers 

 a report somewhat damaging in its character to the dairies of 



