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delivery to consumer, and we recommend such legislation as will 

 place authority in the State Department of Agriculture. 



An interesting and encouraging phase of this work appears 

 in the improved conditions of those dairies where inspection 

 has been made the second time. The average improvement as 

 revealed by the score cards amounts to 2.1%. 



The towns of Brunswick and Rumford have through their 

 milk inspector made thorough inspection of all the dairies sup- 

 plying the people with milk, and copies of those inspections are 

 now on file at the Department. D. Whiting and Sons of Boston, 

 owners of creameries at Pittsfield, Canton, Winterport, New- 

 burg, Bucksport, Belfast, Corinna, Dexter, Dover and Guilford, 

 but which are under the direct management of Mr. C. E. Henry 

 of Pittsfield, have also made inspection of all the patrons sup- 

 plying those creameries with milk and cream and at about half 

 of the creameries inspection has been made for the second time 

 with the result as stated above. Several other creameries have 

 engaged in the work to a lesser extent and report their belief in 

 the efiicacy of official barn inspection. 



INSPECTION OF CREAMERIES. 



In the early part of the year the government score card for 

 the inspection of creameries was adopted and while the press 

 of other important work has prevented carrying into effect 

 wholly the plans of the Department, there was found time to 

 personally visit thirty-eight different creameries in the State, on 

 seventeen of which the score card was used. It is the opinion 

 of the Dairy Instructor that the thorough use of this score card 

 will prove beneficial. 



Wherever used it has attracted considerable attention and 

 much interest on the part, not only of the owners of the differ- 

 ent plants but of the local managers and help. In several 

 instances my attention has been called to improvements made 

 in construction, equipment and methods since the inspection 

 and I have been invited when in the vicinitv to call and score 

 the plant again. 



It is the purpose of the Dair)'- Division that during the com- 

 ing year every creamer}^ in the State shall be visited and the 

 report of the inspection made upon the official score card. 



