No. 4.] REPORT OF DAIRY BUREAU. 



3G7 



Milk. 



The milk market has been i>ood throu^fhout the year. 

 Prices have ruled higher than before for many years. It is 

 claimed by the Milk Producers' Union that in the bringing 

 about of the increased price o\er four years ago the equal- 

 ization of i)roduction and the holding in check of extension 

 of territory have been important factors. In attempting to 

 fix the price of milk (as is done twice each year), great 

 struggles have occurred between the milk producers and the 

 milk contractors, but each time serious trouble has been 

 avoided. 



But few prosecutions for violation of the milk law have 

 been made during the year, a less number of complaints 

 than usual having come in. Sixteen samples have been 

 taken, six cases prosecuted for adulteration and one for milk 

 below standard. The adulterations were, in one case, 

 water; in two, formaldehyde; and in three, boracic acid. 



The usual tables, with the 1903 prices added, are here 



given : — 



Slimmer Price. 



* The price in the fifth zone, i.e., the middle territory, is approximately the average price 

 which the producers receive for their milk. 



t This is a nominal rather than an actual change. With the dropping of the Boston price 

 2 cents the distance discount-schedule was also lowered 2 cents, so that producers received 

 the same price. 



