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during the past few years. No other has received more 

 direct benefit from the art of invention, the teaching of mod- 

 ern science and the intelligent practice of skilled oj)erators. 

 State laws and a})proj)riati()ns of money have been made to 

 foster and promote this industry, and we feel that much new 

 inspiration has been gained in this new century, and perfec- 

 tion will only come by insi)iration. 



If it is true, as we are informed, that one-half of the butter 

 made in the dairies of this country finds its way to the reno- 

 vating shop, it is a condition that should be remedied in the 

 near future. In our own State a step forward would be 

 the doing of more educational work through our Dairy 

 Bureau. It should be generally understood that this Bureau 

 is for the encouragement and help of the honest dairyman, 

 as Avell as for the discouraging and punishing of fraud. A 

 larger approi)riation of money by the State for this kind of 

 work would be money well invested, and a manifold return 

 would be given by the milk and cream producers of our 

 Commonwealth . 



