PART VI 



Extracts from State Dairy Commissioner's Report 



of 1914 

 W. B. BARNEY, Commissioner 



In handing you this, the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the 

 Dairy and Food Commissioner, it is with some degree of satisfac- 

 tion that I am able to call to your attention and that of the incom- 

 ing Legislature, the continued progress and development of this 

 department. 



When the 35th General Assembly adjourned, we found this de- 

 partment responsible for the enforcement of the following laws : 



DAIRY LAW 

 PURE FOOD LAW 

 AGRICULTURAL SEED LAW 

 CONCENTRATED FEEDING STUFFS LAW 

 CONDIMENTAL STOCK FOOD LAW 

 PAINT AND LINSEED OIL LAW 

 TURPENTINE LAW 

 WEIGHT AND MEASURE LAW 

 SANITARY LAW 

 COLD STORAGE LAW 

 COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER LAW and 

 CALCIUM CARBIDE LAW. 



The last five of these laws were enacted by that body during the 

 last session. 



We know of no laws on our statute books that are of more im- 

 portance or affect a larger number of people, than do the Weight 

 and Measure and Sanitary Laws. Some states of no greater popula- 

 tion than Iowa employ more people in the enforcement of their 

 Weight and Measure Law alone than we have in this department 

 for the enforcement of the twelve laws with which we are charged. 

 We only speak of this to call the attention of the Legislature to 

 the importance and magnitude of this work. 



While there is only a small per cent of the people engaged as 

 purveyors of different commodities that seek to short weight or 



