REPORT. 



The character of the work of the Bureau has been more 

 or less att'ected by recent national laws and the rulings of 

 our superior court judges ; more care and expense in secur- 

 ing evidence are now necessary ; prima facie evidence is no 

 longer as useful as formerl}^ and technical cases have disap- 

 peared almost altogether, actual fraud now usually appearing 

 in the evidence, if not always in the complaint. Whatever 

 has been necessary in the wa}' of expense in obtaining evi- 

 dence has not been spared, and it has served the purpose 

 of indicating whether the sale was a practice or an accident, 

 also of helping materially in securing conviction in the 

 courts. The result has been most satisfactory, there havino^ 

 been but one violation of law prosecuted during the year 

 which ultimately failed, and that simply because the party 

 could not afterwards be found ; the total convictions for the 

 year being 34 more than in any previous year, and 72 more 

 than the average for the three preceding years. About the 

 usual amount of educational work has been done. The 

 office of the general agent has been removed to the State 

 House, and his entire time is given to the work. 



The membership of the Bureau has been materially 

 changed. The chairman, J. Lewis Ellsworth, retired July 

 1, to become secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, 

 and executive officer of the Dairy Bureau. CD. Richard- 

 son was elected chairman. F. W. Saro-ent was succeeded 

 by John M. Danforth, and A. M. Lyman was appointed to 

 fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr, Ellsworth. 

 At the annual meeting of the State Board of Agriculture, 

 Jan. 14, 1903, P. M. Harwood was elected general agent. 

 A. W. Lombard has been employed regularly as agent, and 

 four others have been employed as occasion required. The 



