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and has satisfied himself that he is not an agent of the State, then 

 he will sell the agent oleo for butter. lu one instance, I went into a 

 store and asked for some butter, some cheap butter. The dealer said, 

 "I have not got any of that cheap butter." He said, "My neighbor 

 has it for sale. I have no license to sell it." I said, "Do you mean 

 to tell me that butter is licensed like liquor in this State?" "Oh!" 

 said he, "I see you are all right; how much do you want?" I said, 

 I will thke three pounds." He reached under the counter and 

 pulled out a good sized basketful of the genuine oleomargarine. 

 These are but several of the many experiences of special agents in 

 the field. 



I want to say to you that Commissioner Warren and his 

 force are not leaving a stone unturned in their efforts to rigidly en- 

 force the pure food laws of the State of Pennsylvania. Where per- 

 sons are caught violating the law, prosecutions are inevitable. The 

 work of the Dairy and Food officials is sometimes discouraging, but 

 it is gratifying to report that the time and energy expended has 

 been productive of definite and unquestionably beneficial results. 

 For the continued friendly support and encouragement received in 

 the past, grateful acknowledgments are due and hereby cheerfully 

 tendered, and especially since the active work now in progress in 

 this State originated under the care and auspices of the State Board 

 of Agriculture, of which honored body many of you claim member- 

 ship and maintained constant loyalty to all that which is good and 

 for the best interests of the people of this Commonwealth. 



I thank you most cordially for your patience and attention in list- 

 ening to these somewhat rambling and disconnected, but earnest 

 and heartfelt expressions in behalf of pure food, and consequent bet- 

 ter health. 



The CHAIR: We will now take up the first number on our pro- 

 gram for this afternoon entitled "Soil Improvement Without Stable 

 Manures," by Prof. R. L. Watts, of Scalp Level, Pa. 



Prof. Watts gave an address on the above subject, which for lack 

 of time to prepare a copy, the same is not inserted. 



The CHAIR: We will now take up the next number on the pro- 

 gram, "Economy in Beef Production," by Prof. T. I. Mairs, State Col- 

 lege, Pa. 



PROF. MAIRS: Mr. Chairman, I feel a little bit out of place here 

 this afternoon after hearing so much talk about the dairy cow; but 

 I want to assure you that had I given my talk as contemplated, I 

 should not have antagonized the dairymen in the least. It is not 

 the purpose of the beef advocate to say anything against the dairy 

 industry, but so many of us eat meat as well as milk and butter, 

 that it is necessary that some of us produce that meat. Most of our 

 meat is beef. Of course there are a great many vegetarians in the 

 United States but they do not seem to have any very great influence 

 as against the rank and file of the country. The consumption of 

 meat does not seem to have been especially affected by the com- 

 paratively small number of vegetarians, who say that the consump- 

 tion of meat makes us beastly and gives us all the attributes of wild 

 animals, which are carniverous. 



The questions which I was expecting to discuss here, are some 

 of those which are connected with the production of beef, particu 



