REPORT OF THE DAIRY BUREAU. 



The work of the Bureau for the year 1913 has been aug- 

 mented by additional duties attendant upon the carrying 

 out of the resolve of the Legislature for the encouragement 

 of practical dairying. By vote of the Board of Agriculture 

 this work was given over to its Dairy Bureau. The resolve 

 reads as follows: — 



Chapter 96, Acts op 1913. 



Resolve to provide for the Encouragement of Dairying and 

 THE Production of Milk and Dairy Products of Superior 

 Quality. 

 Resolved, That the state board of agriculture is hereby authorized 

 to provide for the encouragement of practical dairymen in the produc- 

 tion of milk and dairy products of superior quality and cleanliness, by 

 offering prizes for the best kept stables, the lowest bacteria counts and 

 best quaUty of milk, or otherwise, as the board may determine; by 

 demonstrations illustrating the best methods of dairying; by agents 

 who shall instruct the citizens of the commonwealth in matters of 

 stable construction and management and dairy methods in general; 

 by the distribution of literature giving information in regard to the best 

 methods of dairying and especially in regard to the production of clean 

 milk; or in such other manner as the board may deem best for the 

 encouragement of dairying and the production of clean milk. For 

 travelling, incidental, administrative and office expenses necessarily 

 incurred in carrying out the purposes of this resolve the said board 

 may expend a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars amiually for 

 three years, beginning with the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, 

 and if any part of the said five thousand dollars remains unexpended 

 at the close of any one year, the balance may be expended in the fol- 

 lowing year. [Approved May 26, 1913. 



This work — encouragement of practical dairying — opens 

 up a field of great interest. During recent years, in milk- 

 shipping sections of the State, many farmers have either 



