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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  general 
  nsc 
  at 
  the 
  receiving 
  stations 
  of 
  

   the 
  Babcock 
  test 
  for 
  the 
  pnrposc 
  of 
  ascertaining 
  the 
  amounts 
  

   of 
  butter 
  fat, 
  and 
  tlu' 
  hictonieter 
  for 
  the 
  determination 
  of 
  its 
  spe- 
  

   cific 
  gravity, 
  the 
  producer 
  is 
  being 
  consta7itly 
  watched 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   quality 
  of 
  the 
  milk 
  he 
  delivers. 
  The 
  j)er 
  centum 
  of 
  adulteration 
  

   by 
  the 
  producer 
  is 
  now 
  small. 
  Unfortunately 
  this 
  knowledge, 
  so 
  

   useful 
  to 
  the 
  creamery 
  man 
  in 
  obtaining 
  pure 
  milk, 
  has 
  been 
  

   turned 
  to 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  profit 
  by 
  not 
  a 
  few 
  wholesalers, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  

   expense 
  of 
  their 
  honesty 
  and 
  justice 
  to 
  the 
  retailer 
  and 
  con- 
  

   sumer. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  assured 
  fact 
  that 
  much 
  high-grade 
  milk 
  is 
  being 
  

   robbed 
  of 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  cream 
  before 
  shipment, 
  but 
  generally 
  not 
  

   in 
  sufficient 
  quantities 
  to 
  bring 
  it 
  below 
  the 
  three 
  per 
  centum 
  

   of 
  butter 
  fats 
  required 
  by 
  law. 
  The 
  proof 
  of 
  this 
  misdemeanor 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  receive 
  a 
  conviction 
  when, 
  the 
  milk 
  is 
  still 
  equal 
  to 
  

   or 
  above 
  the 
  required 
  standard, 
  is 
  almost 
  impossible 
  to 
  be 
  pro- 
  

   cured, 
  and 
  the 
  fraud 
  goes 
  on. 
  If 
  continued, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  strong 
  

   argument 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  requiring 
  all 
  milk 
  to 
  be 
  sold 
  under 
  a 
  guar- 
  

   antee 
  of 
  butter 
  fat 
  contained, 
  with 
  legal 
  penalty 
  for 
  a 
  deficiency. 
  

   To 
  illustrate 
  my 
  statement, 
  I 
  will 
  present 
  the 
  following 
  data 
  gath- 
  

   ered 
  between 
  similar 
  dates 
  which 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  producer 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  adulterates 
  by 
  addition 
  of 
  water, 
  while 
  the 
  creameryman 
  

   skims. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  milk 
  delivered 
  by 
  3,600 
  producers, 
  

   298 
  peddlers 
  and 
  from 
  152 
  creameries, 
  24 
  cases 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  

   adulteration; 
  17 
  cases 
  were 
  against 
  producers, 
  4 
  against 
  peddlers, 
  

   and 
  3 
  against 
  owners 
  of 
  creameries. 
  This 
  would 
  show 
  one 
  dis- 
  

   honest 
  delivery 
  out 
  of 
  212 
  among 
  the 
  producers, 
  one 
  out 
  of 
  75 
  

   for 
  the 
  peddlers 
  and 
  one 
  out 
  of 
  51 
  for 
  the 
  creamery. 
  The 
  aver- 
  

   age 
  analysis 
  of 
  the 
  17 
  cases 
  made 
  against 
  the 
  producer 
  shows: 
  

  

  Fat 
  3.21 
  

  

  Solids 
  not 
  fat 
  7.39 
  

  

  Total 
  solids 
  10.60 
  

  

  