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we already liave. The cases lose nothing by pending, except that the 

 people have taken a new lease of life, as it were, since the action of 

 the grand! jury. 



The law is being well administered, I believo, in all parts of the 

 State, except in Allegheny county and perhaps in Westmoreland 

 countv. Of course, that doesn't mean that there are no sales of oleo- 

 margarine in other places, but that the sale is not openly carried on. 

 There was a recent deciision in a case in Avhich much trouble has 

 been given. Agents of western firms have been taking orders in the 

 country, and having the goods shii)ped, as they supposed, under the 

 Inter-State Commerce Law. The etl'ort was to evade our law. Two 

 men, however, were convicted and obliged to pay a fine of over |20U. 

 1 t'liiuk there will be other similar cases. 



The food authorities in the State need the sympathy, support and 

 confidence of the citizens in their effort to administer this law im- 

 partially and faithfully. There have been some criticisms, by per- 

 sons who do not know the facts, but the books of the Department are 

 open to inspection, and an itemized list of suits and prosecutions 

 wi'I be published. Just how far we shall be able to proceed in the 

 future, in Pitisburg, depends altogether upon the courts. We can 

 take samples, but if we cannot get beyond the grand jury the De- 

 partment of course is helpless. The members of the Pennsylvania 

 Dairy Union can do a great deal to correct public sentiment, and to 

 help the Department in its efforts to enforce the law. 



Discussion followed participated in by Messrs. Paschall, Edge, 

 Embree, Cope, Hamilton and McSparran. 



SOILING AND SOILING CROPS. 



By Dii. EDWARD B. VOORHEES, Director New Jersey Experiment Station. 



The growing of animal goods is particularly important at the pres- 

 ent time. The various crops found to be suitable for soiling or dry 

 forage will be considered from the following standpoints: Their use- 

 fulness in a system of continuous soiling; their adaptability for 

 pasture and hay; and the advantage of their use in reducing the ne- 

 cessity for purchased feeds. Furtkermore, a systematic growing of 

 forage crops will result in obtaining a very much larger yield of food 

 per acre, thus concentrating our efforts upon fewer acres and per- 

 mitting a larger number of animals. The soiling system, however, 

 has the chief advantage, of course, of providing a continuous sup- 



