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years 1903 and 1904, to be expended by the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture in aiding and protecting the dairy interests of the 

 State, by appointing a dairy expert and such assistants as were 

 necessary. 



I had the honor of receiving the first appointment and have 

 noted with satisfaction the changes that have taken place during 

 the four years of work along this line. 



Soon after the appointment was made in May, 1903, the offi- 

 cers of the Dairymen's Association consisting of. President, 

 Rutillus Alden, Winthrop; Vice-President, W. C. Whitman, 

 South Turner; Secretary, L. W. Dyer, Woodfords; Treasurer, 

 F. S. Adams, Bowdoinham; Trustee, W. K. Hamlin, South 

 Waterford, were invited to meet at your office to formulate 

 rules to govern the work of the dairy instructor, which were as 

 follows : 



"Rule I. He shall take up the work systematically by counties, and 

 one county shall be completed before another is commenced, and requests 

 from other counties for his attendance at any special meeting must be 

 made to the Commissioner of Agriculture, who may or may not grant 

 it, according to his judgment. 



The amount of time spent in each county will be governed by the 

 amount of dairying done, and the desire of the dairymen as shown by 

 their co-operation with the instructor for better methods and practices 

 in dairy work. 



He shall make monthly reports to the Commissioner of Agriculture 

 on all conditions coming under his observation, none of which will be 

 published that in the judgment of the Commissioner of Agriculture will 

 be to the detriment of any factory or dairyman. 



Rule 2. He shall visit every creamery and cheese factory in the 

 county, and will be ready to give any and all information he may 

 possess for the aid and advancement of the industry in the State. 



It shall be his duty to co-operate with the creamery managers for 

 better methods, both as regards better products and cheaper production, 

 thus giving better returns to the producer. ' 



He shall take note of the condition of the factory, the machinery and 

 the product, also the sanitary condition of every plant, and gather all 

 statistics possible concerning the industry. It shall be his duty to ascer- 

 tain if the testing for the dairymen is correctly done at the factory, 

 and it is hoped that all factories will assist in establishing more con- 

 fidence in the Babcock test by inviting parties to come in and have the 

 Instructor do the testing at the factory in the presence of both buyer 

 and seller. As the testing is at present the greatest point of a conten- 

 tion it is hoped that every factory will accept the good offices of the 



