1917.1 



PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 



75a 



(c) Milk, Cream and Feeds for Free Examination. 



Six hundred and seventy-nine samples of milk, 852 samples 

 of cream, 2 samples of ice cream, 204 samples of feeding stuffs, 

 21 samples of bread and 13 samples of vinegar were analyzed. 

 While it is desired to be of the greatest service to residents of 

 the State, the resources of this department are limited; hence 

 the right is reserved to refuse to make analyses where samples 

 are improperly drawn, where the work does not appear to be of 

 general interest, or where it would apparently serve no useful 

 purpose. 



(d) Water. 



Seventy-one samples of water were analyzed. This is 19 

 less than for the preceding year, presumably due to the fact 

 that no serious period of drought was experienced, which tends 

 to increase disagreeable tastes and odors in domestic water 

 supplies. 



A charge of $3 per sample is made for water analysis, and 

 samples must be shipped in containers furnished by the experi- 

 ment station. This charge is made to cover the cost of the 

 analysis, and to serve as a restraining influence in the indis- 

 criminate submitting of samples where the analysis would serve 

 no useful purpose. 



(e) Testing of Pure-bred Cows for Advanced Registry. 



Four men have been given regular employment in conducting 



yearly tests of Jersey, Guernsey and Ayrshire cows. These tests 



require the presence of a super dsor at each farm where cows 



are under test for at least two days in each month. Three 



