92 EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



tion and condition of the milk supply of the State, and many 

 producers frequently receive warning' that their product is de- 

 ficient in one or more particulars. This induces them to send 

 samples to the station for examination and to ask for advice. 

 The milk is examined promptly, and the results, together with 

 the necessary comments, are forwarded without delay. The 

 station is always ready, to the full extent of its resources, to 

 lend a helping hand to such as ask. One creamery sends all 

 of its samples to the station to be tested for butter fat, and two 

 others send a number of samples every two weeks. A charge 

 is made in such cases, to cover the necessary expense. 



Samples of feeds are constantly received from farmers, local 

 dealers and jobbers, who wish to ascertain not only if the 

 materials sent are as represented, but also regarding their par- 

 ticular feeding value. In most cases a partial chemical or 

 microscopic analysis only is necessary to enable one to furnish 

 the desired information. There is a constant tendency on the 

 part of some jobbers to use the station in plaoe of private 

 chemists. It must be distinctly understood that, while it is the 

 aim of the station to furnish all parties with whatever special 

 information its equipment makes possible, its laboratory can- 

 not be continually at the call of those engaged in private busi- 

 ness operations. 



7. Execution of the Dairy Law (Acts of 1901, Chap- 

 ter 202). 



This law requires the station (a) to test, for accuracy of 

 graduation, all glassware used in connection with the Babcock 

 test or any other test in determining the value of milk and 

 cream ; (b) to examine for competency all parties operating 

 such tests; and (c) to inspect yearly all machines thus used. 

 The station is given authority to collect, from the parties for 

 whom the work is done, sufficient money to cover the actual 

 expense involved. 



It is believed that the law could be improved by the addition 

 of an amendment providing a small yearly appropriation 

 ($400), to enable the station to make semiannual inspections 

 of machines and operators, and by giving it authority to remove 

 all operators who employed dirty glassware and who were not 



