46 DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



ods of preparation, chemical composition, and keejjiug quality of cream- 

 ery butter, and special methods of preparing and packing butter for 

 export to warm climates; also to test the recommended methods of 

 curing cheese at low temperature. 



The very imj)ortant subject of municipal milk supplj^ needs further 

 attention, and the i^ reparation of a special report upon it is intended. 



Other reports are also in preparation and proposed. Among them 

 will be a compilation of dairy statistics of this and other countries, 

 and the latest available. 



The inspection of dairy products exported from this countrj^ which 

 has been largely experimental during the past year, is expected to 

 assume a sj^stematic condition during the present one. Much depends, 

 however, upon the dairy markets at home and abroad and the com- 

 mercial conditions which influence the export trade. 



Inspection of the manufacture and interstate commerce of renovated 

 butter will be begun at once under act approved May 9, 1902, going 

 into effect July 1, 1902. In this connection it is proposed to make 

 special exertions to have all renovated butter hereafter exported from 

 this country so thoroughly stamped, marked, and labeled as to insure 

 its commercial identity and make known its true name and character 

 to buyers and consumers, so long as the merchandise is within the 

 jurisdiction of the United States; also to inform the princij)al import- 

 ers of foreign countries, and of Great Britain in particular, in regard 

 to the law and the action thereunder by this Department. 



