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munity Fairs as follows: Ton Litter Contest, Student Judging Contest, 

 fruit, vegetable, flowers and canned goods at Grange and Community 

 Fairs, special apple displays and exhibits and in addition medals have 

 been awarded for State Championship cow in the five leading dairy 

 breeds at the Eastern States Exposition, Springfield, the New England 

 Fair at Worcester, the Brockton Fair at Brockton. Silver and bronze 

 medals have also been awarded for horticultural and floricultural exhibits 

 at the following fairs: Acton, Brockton, Hillside, Middlefield, Blandford, 

 Charlemont and Topsfield and in addition brass bangles were awarded at 

 all fairs using the dynamometer for the best draft team exhibited. 



DIVISION OF DAIRYING AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



Oleomargarine Inspection Work 

 The illegal sale of oleomargarine has been checked to such an extent 

 by the inspection service of this division that violations of the oleomar- 

 garine laws have been reported from only a few of the large mill cities in 

 the southeastern part of the State. Peddlers attem.pt to make fraudulent 

 sales to a large foreign population to whom their appeal is made on the 

 basis of price. The law endeavors to safeguard the public by prohibiting 

 the sale of oleomargarine in imitation of butter. The following points 

 are covered in the oleomargarine section of the statutes: 



1. The sale of colored oleomargine is not lawful. 



2. Retail sellers must be registered. 



3. Peddlers must be licensed. 



4. Placards are required on peddlers' vehicles. 



5. Placards must be posted in stores and restaurants. 



Inspections were made of 2,029 stores, 231 restaurants, 31 boarding 

 houses and 28 peddlers. Only three cases for violations of the law were 

 prosecuted. 



Quality Milk Work Increasingly Effective 

 The demand of consumers for a better quality milk has resulted in 

 greater efforts to persuade the farmers to improve production conditions. 

 The work has been carried on with the cooperation of the local Milk In- 

 spectors, Boards of Health and County Agricultural Agents. As nearly 

 as possible, a survey of all the milk coming into the city or town was 

 made to determine its cleanliness, temperature and keeping quality. The 

 samples were taken from the milk of each producer as it was brought into 

 the dealers' plant. The sediment test was used to determine the amount 

 of visible sediment present in one pint of milk, and the reductase test to 

 check the keeping quality. The producers showed a willingness to do 

 their part in improving the conditions on their farms that influence the 

 quality of milk. In one instance the number of samples of clean milk 

 produced increased one hundred per cent as shown by a second survey 

 compared with the first made six weeks earlier. 



Summary of Quality Milk Work 



Reductase Sediment Farms 



