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analysis in the laboratories, and the results have been published as 

 Bulletin 149. 



Representatives of the Dairy Division scored butter at 12 fairs, 15 

 conventions, and 21 scoring contests; also at the National Dairy Show 

 at Chicago and the International Dairy Show at Milwaukee, and at 

 various creameries in the North Iowa Dairy Iniprovcnient Associa- 

 tion. 



BUTTER FOR THE NAVY. 



During the summer of 1911 the Dairy Division superintended the 

 packing of butter for the use of the United States Navy, amounting 

 to 612,000 pounds. The total cost of inspection was $2,450, or less 

 than half a cent a pound. The average score of the butter when 

 packed was 94.75, and after 8 months in storage it was 92.37, a 

 deterioration of 2.38 points, as against 3.03 the year before. The only 

 defect of any importance was a slight storage flavor. 



Cans lacquered on the inside were found perfectly free from rust 

 when removed from storage. A case of 24 cans was sent to Cuba 

 and held at high temperature for 2 months to determine whether the 

 melted butter affected the lacquer. It was found it did not, and 

 probably the next specifications for Navy butter will require all cans 

 to be lacquered on the inside. 



The 1912 contracts were also packed under the supervision of this 

 division. 



CONDENSED MILK. 



Early in the year an investigation was made of the condensed-milk 

 industry of the^ country, securing as far as possible information on 

 the size of the industry, its distribution by States, the capacity of 

 the various factories, their sanitary condition, and the processes em- 

 ployed. The data secured have been compiled and submitted for 

 publication in the department Yearbook. 



UENOVATED-BUTTER INSPECTION. 



The inspection of renovated or "process" butter and of the fac- 

 tories where it is produced is carried on under the act of Congress of 

 May 9, 1902, and is under the direction of Mr. Kobert McAdam. The 

 Dairy Division is assisted in this work by some of the members of 

 the meat-inspection force of the Inspection Division. 



Thirty-seven factories bonded for manufacturing renovated butter 

 were in operation during the liscal year. Two of these are new ones, 

 and three others have gone out of business, leaving 34 at the close 

 of the year. 



The total amount of renovated butter produced during the year 

 ending June 30, 1912, was 40.230.589 {)ounds. The amount for 1911 

 was 39,352,445 pounds. The amount exported in the fiscal year 1912 

 was 952,510 pounds, as compared with 118.990 pounds in the fi.scal 

 year 1911. 



Frequent inspection of these factories has been made by the regular 

 inspectors of the Dairy Division. Twenty-seven factories are in- 

 spected daily, semiweekly, or weekly by inspectors from the local 

 offices of the Inspection Division. Every factory in the country has 

 had regular inspection at intervals varying from 1 day to 10 days, with 



