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digested and iiulritioiis as good, clean, whole milk, just as 

 the cow gives it. 



Let us hope, then, that the time is at hand when confi- 

 dence will be restored and the public once more brought to 

 consume its normal amount of raw whole milk. 



The price of carred milk has remained the same as one 

 year ago, that paid to the producer at the car for the en- 

 tire territory supplying it averaging 3.33 cents per quart 

 in summer and 4.17 cents per quart in winter, wherever 

 cans are washed by the contractors, — a price still too low, 

 considering the demands of present-day conditions. 



The question of the constitutionality of the milk standard 

 law has been again raised, and is now pending in the Su- 

 preme Court. 



Appended Tables. 



Table I. shows analysis of milk just as it was delivered 

 at the railroad stations by 44 farmers, in June, 1908, and 

 gives a fair idea of the condition of early summer milk as 

 regards solid content in the milk-producing districts at that 

 time of the year. 



Tables II. and III. show a method of dealing with those 

 producers who are complained of for selling milk which, 

 while it is unadulterated, is below the legal standard. 



Table IV. shows analyses where two out of eleven cans 

 of milk contained added water. This case was appealed 

 from district to Superior Court, fought out before a jury, 

 and the sentence of lower court confirmed. 



Table V. shows a case where all the cans of milk con- 

 tained added water, also analyses of samples of milk of 

 known purity from individual animals in the herd produc- 

 ing the milk. 



Table YI. shows analyses of milk and cream where prose- 

 cutions followed. 



Table VII. shows number of cows assessed in Massachu- 

 setts at difi'erent periods. 



Table VIII. shows amount of milk brought into Boston 

 by different railroads for the twelve months covered by this 

 report, and totals for the two preceding years. 



