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pending the result of instruction, have resulted more favorably. 



Samples have been secured in forty-two cities and towns in 

 every part of the state and the results published in the Quarterly 

 Dairy Bulletin. 



The results of the analyses of the samples of milk and cream 

 are as follows: Whole number of samples, 1056; number 

 above standard and clean, 600; containing visible sediment, 

 295 ; below standard in butter fat, 22 ; below standard in solids, 

 109; skimmed, 11; watered, 19. 



The result of prosecution for violations is as follows: 



Probation pending prosecutions 34 



Pleaded nolo contendere. Found guilty and fined 3 



Pleaded guilty and fined i 



Pleaded not guilty. Found guilty and fined 5 



Nol prossed i 



Appealed cases, pending trial 2 



EDUCATIONAL. 



As much as possible, I have endeavored to make the work of 

 thisi office enlightening to the producer and consumer alike, 

 realizing that sometimes improvements result from education 

 along the right lines rather than prosecution and payment of 

 small fines. 



Visiting farms has had to be given second place to the secur- 

 ing of milk from dealers, because of pressure of time. This 

 inspection of farms should not be neglected, as the source of 

 supply is the proper place to begin improvements. Later in 

 this report, under the subject of "Recommendations," I have 

 some suggestions for more efficient work along this line. 



When farms have been visited and scored it has always been 

 done with the idea of helping the farmer to improve rather 

 than to criticize and censor his methods. 



It has been pointed out that the dairyman who puts on the 

 market a clean, wholesome product, becomes a benefactor to 

 the community in which he does business, as well as to the 

 entire state. On the other hand, it has been pointed out that 

 unclean, unwholesome and disease-carrying milk is the founda- 

 tion of the high death rate of infants and that it may be the 

 source of serious disease epidemics. 



