150 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



The charges in the several cases entered in court for the year 

 ending November 30, 1915, have been as follows: — 



Furnishing oleomargarine in restaurants, etc., without notice to 



guests, 33 



Selling renovated butter in unmarked packages, 26 



Selling adulterated milk, 2 



Selling milk below standard, . " 1 



Selling condensed milk improperly marked, 1 



Selling oleomargarine in unmarked ^ packages, 1 



64 



The following table shows the inspections without samples, 

 and the number of samples taken during the past thirteen 

 years : — 



Years. 



Inspections 

 without 

 Samples. 



Samples. 



1903-14 (inclusive), 



1915 



Total for thirteen years, 



Average, 



66,855 

 6,287 



73,142 

 5,626 



19,994 

 1.452 



21,446 

 1,649 



Oleomargarine. 



The following figures, taken from the annual report of the 

 United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue for 1915, 

 show the production, withdrawn tax paid, withdrawn for ex- 

 port, and withdrawn for use of the United States, of the two 

 classes of oleomargarine, as defined by act of May 9, 1902, 

 covering the period of thirteen years since it went into effect 

 on July 1, 1902: — 



1 In these cases oleomargarine was sold when butter was asked for, but the charge was made 

 in this way for convenience. 



