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be sold honestly. Some manufacturers are straining hard 

 to inch up in the matter of color, and some brands are now 

 on the market which, in our opinion, are very close to 

 " imitations of yellow butter." 



The number of persons who paid a United States tax the 

 past seven years is shown by the following table : — 



Renovated Butter. 



Last year's Legislature gave us an increased appropriation, 

 so that we could enforce the " renovated butter" law. This 

 is a law which requires identifying marks on tubs and boxes 

 when it is in bulk, and on the wrapping paper in case of 

 small sales. By reason of dela3\s, the legislation was not 

 perfected until half of the year had passed ; we have in the 

 remaining half of the time expended about one-half of the 

 appropriation . 



At first we took pains to give dealers information as to 

 the law ; many copies of it were printed and circulated 

 among the trade. In spite of this, when avc began taking 

 samples and making pm^chases, we found many violations 

 of the law. In most instances, at first, the dealers thus 

 caught were persons of honest instincts, Avho intended to 

 comply with the laws of the Commonwealth, but who had 

 not become familiar with this particular statute, in spite of 

 our efforts to disseminate information concerning it. These 



