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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Note. — The Bureau is indebted to the milk inspectors of Massachusetts for assistance 

 which has resulted in court cases. 



The charges in the several cases entered in court for the 

 year ending Nov. 30, 1913, have been as follows: — 



Selling renovated butter in unmarked packages, .... 54 



Selling oleomargarine without being registered, .... 3 



Selling oleomargarine in unmarked ^ packages, .... 11 

 Furnishing oleomargarine in restaurants, etc., without notice to 



guests, 73 



Selling milk below standard, 2 



Selling cream below standard, 5 



Selling oleomargarine without sign in store, 1 



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The following table shows the inspections without samples, 

 and the number of samples taken during the past eleven 

 years : — 



Years. 



Inspections 

 without 

 Samples. 



1903-12 (inclusive), 

 1913 



Total for eleven years, 



Average, 



51,682 

 4,609 



56,291 

 5,117 



Samples. 



14,575 

 3,552 



18,127 

 1.647 



1 In these cases oleomargarine was sold when butter was asked for, but the charge was made 

 in this way for convenience. 



