REPORT OF STATE DAIRY INSTRUCTOR. 1 89 



CITY MILK PLANTS. 



Eighteen milk plants have been visited diiring the year and 

 on some of them the score card was used. The condition of 

 many of the plants visited should be improved materially. A 

 few of them were in good condition and appeared to be making 

 every effort to handle the milk in a proper manner but others 

 should receive immediate attention from the Milk Inspectors 

 and the Boards of Health. 



It is the opinion of the writer of this report that the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture or some officer having authority should at 

 once make a thorough inspection of city milk plants and where 

 necessary bring about such healthful changes as the present law 

 will allow. 



STATE DAIRY CONFERENCE. 



The State Dairy Conference held jointly by the Commissioner 

 of Agriculture and the Alaine Dairymen's Association, being 

 the great annual conclave of dairymen from all over Maine, it 

 was felt by the Dairy Instructor that such time and attention as 

 might be necessary should be given to working up an interest 

 in the meeting. Especially was this true as the association for 

 the first time in its history offered premiums for market milk 

 and cream open to any producer in the State. 



The prominence and reputation of Maine as a producer of 

 sweet cream made it appear desirable to secure for the confer- 

 ence an exhibit of both milk and cream that would be creditable 

 to the State. 



That the exhibit exceeded in size and quality the hope of the 

 most sanguine is now a well known fact. Prof. Ivan C. Weld 

 of the Dairy Division, Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 who acted as judge in the scoring of the milk and cream, stated 

 in his address before the convention that it was the largest 

 exhibit ever held in this country and at this time we know that 

 a larger per cent of samples scored over ninety points than at 

 any other contest thus far held. 



To the Dairy Instructor the one disappointing thing about the 

 exhibit was the fact that but very few of what is known as milk 

 men entered samples for competition. Nearly all competitors 

 were dairymen who are selling their product to creameries. 

 This fact, however, and the splendid score of the samples, 



