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by the Board ever since its creation in 1889 which, has so 

 shaken the confidence of agriculturists in the wisdom and 

 impartiality of the Department. 



Among other arguments used to show the peculiarity of 

 this action by the Board is the fact that that Department 

 is responsible for the Sale of Milk Regulations, a Departmental 

 Order having the effect of an Act of Parliament, which has 

 been the cause of scores of innocent farmers being prosecuted 

 and convicted of selling milk which did not come up to the 

 Department's presumptive standard of quality.* By allow- 

 ing this wholesale importation the Board have assisted to 

 scatter broadcast over England animals which are notorious 

 for the quantity of milk they can produce, but equally 

 notorious for the low percentage of butter-fat which that 

 milk contains. 



See page 300. 



