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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Summary of Court Cases prosecuted during the Twelve Months ending 

 November 30, 1921. 



1 In co-operation with James O. Jordan, milk inspector of Boston. 



The members of the Division have addressed twenty-eight 

 meetings on twelve subjects of interest to Hve-stock producers, 

 and judged the hve stock at one fair. 



Dairy Situation. 



At the Eastern States Exposition an exhibit was made show- 

 ing that Massachusetts breeders of pure-bred dairy cattle have 

 shipped during the past ten years over 5,000 animals to 46 

 States, and during the past five years the number of pure- 

 bred dairy cattle has increased from 11,956 animals to 17,531 

 animals, — an increase of over 46 per cent. 



The fourteenth United States census shows that Massachu- 

 setts is making marked improvement in her dairy cattle. There 

 is a pure-bred bull to every seven farms; only four States have 

 a better showing. Over 9 per cent of the dairy cattle are pure 

 bred; no State exceeds this. There are 46 dairy cows to each 

 pure-bred bull; only one State has a better showing. Fifty- 

 seven per cent of the dairy bulls are pure bred; only one 

 State exceeds this. 



According to the assessors' figures the year 1915 gave the 

 lowest number of cow's in the past fifty years, with 145,049; 

 the report for 1921 shows 158,205 cows, an increase of 13,156 

 animals; the pure-bred dairy cattle during this same period 

 increased 5,575 in number, which is 42 per cent of the total 



