REPORT OF STATE DAIRY INSTRUCTOR. 167 



REPORT OF STATE DAIRY INSTRUCTOR. 



To the Hon. A. JV. Gilman, Commissioner of Agriculture: 



I herewith submit my fourth annual report, as Dairy In- 

 structor, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1906. 



The year just passed has been a prosperous one for the dairy- 

 men generally. The prices have been particularly gratifying 

 from the producers' point of view and conditions in general have 

 been favorable to the producer, and a good feeling seems to exist. 

 During the year, I have done much work to protect the public 

 against the use of adulterated and imitation dairy products, in 



■accordance with the laws of 1905, and Mr. E. L. Cobb, Jr., of 

 Portland, a former milk inspector in that city, has been employed 

 a considerable portion of the time in making inspections of both 

 milk and butter. We have made 11 78 inspections of stores and 

 taken 144 samples ; 270 inspections of restaurants and taken 30 

 samples ; we have also taken 257 samples of milk for chemical 

 analysis and 136 samples for Wisconsin Curd Test analysis, or a 

 total of 1 84 1 inspections and 567 samples of both milk and but- 

 ter. 



We have examined butter in the following places : Auburn, 

 Augusta, Anson, Bangor, Bar Harbor, Bath, Belfast, Biddeford, 

 Brewer, Bridgewater, Brownville, Brunswick, Calais, Caribou, 

 Cherryfield, Dexter, Dover, Eagle Lake, Eastport, Ellsworth, 

 Fairfield, Farmington, Ft. Fairfield, Ft. Kent, Foxcroft, Gardi- 

 ner, Greenville, Hallowell, Houlton, Island Falls, Kennebunk, 

 Kittery, Lewiston, Livermore Falls, Machias, Madison, Mars 

 Hill, Mechanic Falls, Millinocket, Milo, North Berwick, North 

 Jay, Newport, Norway, Oakland, Oldtown, Old Orchard, Orono, 

 Patten, Pittsfield, Portage, Portland, Presque Isle, Rockland, 

 Rumford Falls, Saco, Sanford, Skowhegan, South Berwick, 

 South Paris, South Portland, Springvale, Van Buren, and 

 Waterville, sixty-four in all. 



We have examined milk in Auburn, Augusta, Bangor, Bar 

 Harbor, Bath, Belfast, Biddeford, Brewer, Brunswick, Gardiner, 



