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State in this matter, and try to have all see that the test is accurate or 

 can be made so. 



Rule 3. He shall visit some patrons of each factory to ascertain the 

 amount of profit per cow in different locaHties. He shall also assist 

 such patrons as are having difficulty in sending their product in such 

 condition as is required by the factories. 



He shall demonstrate the use of the Babcock test, and wherever pos- 

 sible explain to patrons or others the reasons for variations in the test 

 and show that the work of the test may be relied on. 



He shall take note of the conditions of the stable, the cows and sur- 

 roundings where milk is kept and he shall be ready to render all the 

 assistance in his power to improve methods where lacking and strive 

 to bring the dairy practices to a higher standard. 



Rule 4. Those dairymen who are manufacturing their product on 

 the farm it shall be his special duty to assist in producing a more 

 uniform product and one that will demand a higher price generally on 

 the market. 



The care of the milk, skimming, ripening the cream, churning and 

 working the butter, showing losses of fat in skim-milk and buttermilk, 

 shall receive his special attention. 



Rule 5. All dairymen, whether factory patrons or not, who are find- 

 ing difficulties in their work, of whatever kind, should notify the Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture, at Augusta, or the Instructor at Winterport, 

 so that when work is being done in their county they will be sure to 

 receive attention. 



Rule 6. He shall assist, whenever possible, those dairymen who 

 deliver milk in cities and towns or are shipping their milk to be deliv- 

 ered by others, in determining the quality of the milk so delivered or 

 sold, that the producer may get credit for such quality as he may pro- 

 duce. Also, when complaints arise in regard to milk not being of 

 standard quality, or containing preservatives or being impure, he shall 

 investigate, and if possible locate the difficulty and assist in having it 

 remedied, and he shall co-operate with the milk inspectors of different 

 cities when they so desire, to accomplish this result. 



Rule 7. Whenever a number of persons in a locality so desire he will 

 give instruction and practical demonstration in converting milk into the 

 finished product. 



Whenever any grange or farmer's club shall desire an address upon 

 dairy matters, the secretary shall notify the Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture, and whenever practicable the instructor will be sent. 



He shall work in conjunction with the dairymen's and creamery men's 

 associations for the general advancement of dairying and the placing 

 of Maine's dairy products still higher in the list and increasing the 

 revenue to the dairymen of the State." 



It will be seen that these rules embraced a variety of subjects 

 which necessarily meant that his work must be considerably 

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