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tion with a large amount of organic matter. An experiment 

 was undertaken during the past season to show to what extent 

 the product could be depended upon to take the place of manures 

 and fertilizers. The results are not yet ready for publication. 



3. Eeport of the Feed and Dairy Sectiois-. 



(a) The Feeding Stujfs Law (Acts and Resolves for 1912, 



Chapter 527). 

 The first year's work with the revised feeding stuffs law was 

 completed Sept. 1, 1913. There have been collected and ex- 

 amined, since the law went into effect, 1,115 samples, all of 

 which practically conformed to their guarantees. The year has 

 been considered one of adaptation to new conditions, and no 

 prosecutions for violations of the law have been made, although 

 where infringement of the statute was noted, attention was 

 pointedly called to the matter through correspondence and con- 

 ditions corrected. The text of the new law was published in 

 Bulletin 'No. 142. Bulletin ISTo. 146 gives the results of the 

 inspection for 1913. 



(h) The Dairy Law (Acts and Resolves for 1912, Chapter 



218). 

 The dairy law, so called, requires that all milk inspectors 

 and other operators who use the Babcock test as a means of 

 determining the value of milk or cream shall secure a certificate 

 of competency from the experiment station. It also provides 

 that the glassware employed must be tested for accuracy by 

 the experiment station and marked in such a way as to indicate 

 the fact. In addition, an annual inspection of machines and 

 apparatus in the various laboratories of the operators is re- 

 quired. 



1. Examination for Certificates. — Twenty candidates were 

 given certificates of proficiency during the year. 



2. Examination of Glassinai'e. — Six thousand three hundred 

 and ninety-four pieces of Babcock glassware have been tested, 

 of which only 34 pieces were condemned as inaccurate. The 

 inspection shows an increasing number of 9-inch cream bottles 



