12 a 



EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Year. 



Number of 

 Pieces tested. 



Number of 



Pieces 

 condemned. 



Percentage 

 condemned. 



1901, 

 1902, 

 1903, 

 1904, 

 1905, 

 1906, 

 1907, 

 1908, 

 1909, 

 1910, 

 1911, 

 1912, 

 1913, 

 1914, 

 1915, 

 1916, 



Totals, 



5,041 

 2,344 

 2,240 

 2,026 

 1,665 

 2,457 

 3,0S2 

 2,713 

 4,071 

 4,047 

 4,466 

 6,056 

 6,394 

 6,336 

 4,956 

 5,184 



63,078 



291 



56 



57 



200 



197 



763 



204 



33 



43 



41 



12 



27 



34 



18 



4 



5 



1,985 



5.77 



2.40 



2.54 



9.87 



11.83 



31.05 



6.62 



1.22 



1.06 



1.01 



.27 



.45 



.53 



.28 



.08 



.10 



3.15' 



' Average. 



(3) Inspection of Machines and Apjjaraius. — During the 

 month of November Mr. J. T. Howard, the authorized deputy, 

 inspected the machines and apparatus in 87 milk depots, 

 creameries and milk inspection laboratories. The apparatus, 

 with few exceptions, was found to be in good working condi- 

 tion. In the few cases where repairs were necessary reinspec- 

 tions will be made. 



The use of hand machines in some of the milk inspectors' 

 laboratories is not to be commended. While accurate work 

 can be accomplished with such machines, they make the in- 

 spector's work increasingly difficult. 



Following is a list of creameries, milk depots and milk in- 

 spectors' laboratories visited in 1916: — 



