12 P.D. 123. 



Summary of Inspections. 

 Total number of inspections, 9,563. 



Number of inspections wbere no samples were taken, 9,409. 

 Number of samples taken — milk, blotter and oleomargarine, 169. 

 Number of samples taken during inspections, 154. 

 Number of cases in court, 23. 



Court Cases. 



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

 follows : 



Selling oleomargarine in an unmarked wrapper, 5. 

 Selling oleomargarine from an unmarked vehicle, 3. 

 Selling oleomargarine in imitation of yellow butter, 7. 

 Conveying oleomargarine in vehicle for purpose of sale without having registered 



with the local milk inspector, 2. 

 Use of word "butter" on cartons of oleomargarine, 1. 

 Selling oleomargarine in a store without having registered, 1. 

 Selling oleomargarine fi'om a box not proioerly marked, 1. 

 Selling oleomargarine from a store in which was not conspicuously posted a 



sign, bearing in 4-inch letters the words "Oleomargarine Sold Here," 1. 

 Selling milk from which a part of the cream had been removed, 1. 

 Selling skimmed milk to which a foreign fat had been added, 1. 



Summary of Court Cases During the Twelve Months Ending November 30, 1924. 

 City or 



Town {Tried 



in same place) Month Number Law Violated Convictions 



New Bedford Januai-j' 9 Oleomargarine 9 



Fall River January 1 Oleomargarine 1 



Lowell IMarch 1 Oleomargarine 1 



Lowell IMarch 1 Milk 1 



Cambridge i\Iaroh 1 Oleomargarine 1 



Lowell Ajiril 3 Oleomargarine 3 



Boston May 1 Filled milk 



New Bedford June 4 Oleomargarine 4 



Waltham September 2 Oleomargarine 2 



23 22 



Dairying. 



The number of daiin' cows has declined about four per cent from the number 

 reported in 1923. However, the 157,597 cows reported is more than eight jDcr 

 cent greater than the low point in 1915. 



During the past year the general dairy market has been lower. The price of 

 fluid milk dropi^ed very low in the early summer. The milk market continues 

 lower than for the previous year. Two cooperative dairy systems have been 

 organized. These systems sell the product of their members only at wholesale 

 and have experienced considerable difficulty in placing all of it. The members 

 are loyal to their organizations even in the face of the low retiiras. These low 

 market prices, together with higher feed prices, are depressing to dairymen 

 generally. To meet these conditions farmers are selling the lower producing 

 cows. This condition has also aft'ected the pure bred sales. A few large herds 

 have been dispersed, while other new herds are being assembled. Taken as a 

 whole, now is a good time to cull out the unprofitable animals and replace with 

 pure breds. At the agricultural fairs the quality of animals exhibited is improv- 

 ing, showing that the trend is toward better producers rather than large numbers 

 alone. 



Bovine Tuberculosis. 



The control of bovine tubei-culosis has been moving forward. There are 212 

 herds fully accredited containing 6,457 cattle. The total number under super- 

 vision is i.in herds, containing 19,495 cattle. There are 745 herds with 12,487 



