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This has resulted in securing much valuable assistance and 



putting us in possession of information which could not 



otherwise have been obtained, at least not without great 



expense. 



Educational Work. 



In this department more than the usual amount of work 

 has been done, and the expense has been more than twice 

 the average of the five preceding years. In last year's 

 report we called attention to institutes held in co-operation 

 with the Massachusetts Creamery Association. Early in this 

 year a buttermakers' institute was held by the Dairy Bureau 

 and the Creamery Association at Amherst. It was a well- 

 attended, profitable meeting, with a good program and a large 

 exhibit of butter, — 41 entries in all. The papers read at this 

 institute and the results of the meeting were so important that 

 the Bureau issued a special bulletin, giving a report of the 

 same ; it is therefore unnecessary to repeat the substance here. 

 The Worcester South Agricultural Society has continued 

 its offer of a prize for the cow giving the greatest amount of 

 butter fat on the society's grounds during twenty-four hours 

 of the society's exhibition. This prize has been awarded 

 by the representative of the Bureau for several years, and 

 the custom was continued this year. The following is the 

 statistical result of the test : — 



C. L. Underwood, East Brook/ield, Mass. ( Grade Gtiernsey) . 



