124 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Sept., 



any acid; or (3) any vinegar not having an acetic acidity equivalent 

 therein of not less than four per centum by weight of absolute acetic 

 acid, and in case of cider vinegar, not less than one and six-tenths per 

 centum by weight of cider vinegar solids upon full evaporation over 

 boiling water. Every person violating any provision of this section 

 shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for a first offense, and for a 

 subsequent offense not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned 

 thirty days or both. The delivery of any of the above mentioned ar- 

 ticles upon an order solicited or received within the state shall be 

 conclusive evidence that the order upon which such delivery was made 

 was for such articles. 



Sec. 2450. Sale of vinegar regulated. Xo person shall make and 

 sell, or make and offer for sale, any vinegar without conspicuously 

 branding, stenciling or painting, upon the head of the barrel, cask, keg 

 or package containing the same, the name of the maker, his residence, 

 place of manufacture, and the true name of the kind of vinegar con- 

 tained therein as "cider vinegar," "wine vinegar," "malt vinegar," or 

 "wood acid vinegar"; provided, this section shall not apply to retail sales 

 at the place of manufacture in quantifies of less than five gallons, and 

 in open packages. Every person violating any provision of this section 

 shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the first offense, and for 

 each subsequent offense not more than one hundred dollars. 



Sec. 2461. Sale of eggs regulated. Every person, firm or corpora- 

 tion who shall sell or offer for sale any eggs which have been preserved 

 by any artificial process, or which have been kept in storage for more 

 than fifteen days, in any place where the temperature is reduced by 

 means of chemicals or other agents, or which have been incubated for 

 twenty-four hours or more, shall affix to the package or receptacle con- 

 taining such eggs, and the package or receptacle in which they are 

 delivered, conspicuously displayed with such eggs a label or placard 

 bearing in plain letters not less than one inch in height, the words 

 "cold storage eggs," or "preserved eggs," or "incubated eggs," as the 

 case may be. No eggs shall be brought into this state that have been 

 held in cold storage or preserved by any process, or incubated, unless 

 the package containing said eggs shall be marked or labeled in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of this section. 



Sec. 2464. Testing of milk and cream. The dairy and food commis- 

 sioner shall make rules and regulations for the examination of persons 

 who may engage in testing milk or cream to be sold to the public upon 

 the basis of the butter fat content. He shall cause to be published in 

 at least three newspapers in each county the time when and the place 

 where such examinations are to be held. An examination fee of one 

 dollar shall be charged to cover the expense of such examination. Xo 

 person shall test any milk or cream for the purpose of determining its 

 butter fat content, the result of which test is to serve as a basis of pay- 

 ment for such milk or cream, without having obtained such certificate. 

 Any person violating any provision of this section, or any person who 

 shall obtain a certificate by authority of the provisions of this section 

 and shall be guilty of practicing any fraud in the testing of any milk or 

 cream shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more 

 than sixty days or both. 



Sec. 2465. PVIilk; standard quality defined. Any milk which is sold 

 or exchanged or offered for sale or exchange, shall be deemed to be 

 sold, exchanged or offered as ot standard quality, unless otherwise ex- 

 pressly stated at the time of such sale, exchange or offer. Milk of 

 standard quality shall contain not more than eighty-eight and one- 

 quarter per centum of watery fluid, not less than eleven and three- 



