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the State were serving their crews with oleomargarine while tied 

 up to the docks in Buffalo, notices were sent to the managers 

 of the principal transportation lines that they were violating 

 Section 28, Article I, of the Agricultural Law, and that in future 

 the law would be strictly enforced on all boats within our juris- 

 diction. Following these notices an inspection was made on the 

 boats with the result that six of them were found still serving 

 the stuff on the crew's mess tables. These cases were referred 

 to the Department at Albany for proscution. 



A great quantity of so-called renovated or process butter has 

 been on sale in this division, and as a rule the original packages 

 have been found marked as required by law, but in many in- 

 stances, as in the prints, the law has not been fully observed, 

 the words " Renovated Butter " being placed in an obscure part 

 of the paper covering the print and sometimes entirely hidden 

 by a fold of the paper. Again, rubber stamps are used which, 

 while conforming to the law as regards length of letter, violates" 

 its spirit by making the letter in hair-like lines and does not 

 fulfill the clear intent of the law in requiring that the words 

 u Renovated Butter" be plainly seen. Again, on the markets, 

 the mass of butter is emptied from tubs and exposed on the 

 counters for sale with good butter unmarked contrary to law. 

 Some of the most flagrant cases have been reported to your 

 office for prosecution. The excuse these marketmen give is 

 that if the process butter be marked it can not be sold at their 

 price, and if they do mark it they lose trade while their neighbor 

 at the next stand with the same material unmarked has no 

 trouble in selling. 



