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as to take it out of the list of the cheapest foods one can 

 purchase. When milk is 7 cents per quart, the dry, solid 

 portion of average milk — every portion digestible, with no 

 refuse — costs only 27 cents per pound. We think there 

 is ;i steady gain in the quality of the milk retailed in the 

 State. The literature circulated by the agricultural press 

 and experiment stations is surely leading to improved and 

 cleanlier methods, better ways of caring for the product, 

 and more attention to details which have an important bear- 

 ing upon the quality of milk. 



In the enforcement of the milk laws we have taken 189 

 samples of milk or cream, and had 30 cases in court on the 

 following charges : — 



Adulteration, 10 



Under standard, 20 



Total, 30 



Conviction followed in each instance. The adulterant used 

 in 8 of the cases was some coloring matter to give an ap- 

 pearance of richness, when a portion of the cream had been 

 removed. In 2 instances the proportion of fat to solids not 

 fat was such as to prove that water had unquestionably 

 been used as the adulterant, and the charge was made ac- 

 cordingly. Under the law of 1900 judges have more lati- 

 tude than formerly in the matter of tines when milk is not 

 of standard quality, and the fines imposed in the above cases 

 ranged from $5 to $100. Most of them were the lower fig- 

 ure, and the larger sum was an aggravated second offence. 

 Under the old law, $50 was the minimum in all such cases. 

 The analysis of the milk in the cases prosecuted showed 

 total solids as follows : — 



10.90 11.40 11.50 11.24 



11.54 11.90 11.40 11.20 



12.50 10.66 11.10 8.70 



12.10 11.64 9.70 10.50 



10.06 11.20 11.28 10.60 



With the increasing importance of the cream trade and 

 the increasing amount of pasteurizing of cream, dairymen 

 found a serious obstacle in their business. Pasteurizing 



