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English Farmers to come to New England. 



A very commendable campaign has been started to induce English farmers 

 Avho are now moving away from England in large numbers to come to New 

 England to settle. It is hoped that the business interests and others of this 

 state will be willing to assist in financing a project which has such great possi- 

 bilities as this. If this can be done one or more persons will go to England 

 to describe our farming facilities and call to the attention of prospective buy- 

 ers the advantages of purchasing Massachusetts farms. It is hoped that these 

 English farmers with their families, which in many cases are large, will come 

 here to settle among us. Their mode of farming and environment is so similar 

 to ours that they should find better homes here than they would in the frontier 

 regions of the British Empire where many of them are now going. This De- 

 partment has agreed to have its representative visit the various farms which 

 are offered for sale to check up the description and advise concerning the price 

 which is asked for such farms. This will give to the plan a degree of confi- 

 dence which is necessary to induce buyers from a distance. 



Respectfully submitted, 



ARTHUR W. GILBERT, Commissioner. 



REPORT OF THE DIVISION OF DAIRYING AND 

 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 



Inspection Work. 



The dairy inspectors of the Division have made ten thousand seven hundred 

 and eighteen inspections during the year. These were inspections of restaurants, 

 hotels, retail stores, boarding houses and vehicles. One hundred and seventy- 

 four samples were taken, most of them purchased. There were thirteen court 

 eases, resulting in nine convictions. Ten of these were violations of the oleo- 

 margarine law, one a violation of the milk law and two were cases wherein the 

 defendant was charged with interfering with an officer in the performance of 

 his duty. As in the past, our policy during the year has been to prosecute only 

 major cases where manifestly violation of the law has been either willful or 

 persistent or both. In a number of minor cases of technical violations, whether 

 through ignorance or carelessness, corrections have been obtained by helpful 

 inspection and advice. In most instances such violators have been eager to 

 comply with the statutes when these violations have been called to their atten- 

 tion. This policy has obtained results rather promptly and without entering 

 unnecessary eases in court, as well as saving persons from unnecessary crim- 

 inal records. 



Sum,mary of Inspections. 



Total number of inspections, 10,718. 



Number of inspections where no samples were taken, 10,570. 

 Number of samples taken of butter, oleomargarine and milk, 174. 

 Number of samples taken during inspections, 148. 



The charges in the several cases prosecuted in court during the year were 

 as follows : 



Selling oleomargarine in an unmarked wrapper, 1. 

 Selling oleomargarine from an unmarked vehicle, 1. 

 Selling oleomargarine in imitation of yellow butter, 8. 

 Selling adulterated milk (skimmed), 1. 

 Interfering with an officer in the performance of his duty, 2. 



