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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Fifty-six cases for violation of oleomargarine laws have 

 been entered in court during the year. 



The number of persons who paid a United States tax the 

 past four years is shown by the following table : — 



Notwithstanding the fact that the number of oleomargarine 

 licenses has greatly increased since the passage of the national 

 law of 1902, the total output has fallen off from 25 to 50 per 

 cent in different sections of the country. 



Renovated Butter. 



With the partial disappearance of artificially colored oleo- 

 margarine there has gradually come to the front violations 

 of the " process "or " renovated " butter law. Never before 

 in the history of the Bureau have there been so many notice- 

 able violations. There have been 22i] cases entered in the 

 various courts during the year. The tendency on the part 

 of some retailers to palm these goods off as creamer}^ or 

 dairy butter is remarkable. The color of the goods and the 

 wholesale price make this easy, especially where the butter 

 is cut from tubs or boxes. It is Avorthy of remark, how- 

 ever, that but two wholesalers, one in the central and the 

 other in the western i)art of the State, have thus fur been 

 detected by the Bureau in violating this provision of law 

 relating to the marking of packages. We are compelled to 

 report that one of these, a very serious violation, has been 



