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home use, be securely attached to each container of evapo- 

 rated, concentrated or condensed milk sold or offered for sale 

 in this Commonwealth, and that the formula thus attached 

 be such that the milk product resulting be not below the 

 Massachusetts standard for whole milk. Such a law should 

 carry with it a suitable penalty in case the milk thus extended 

 fails in any instance to conform to present legal require- 

 ments for whole milk. 



So long as a milk standard is maintained in this State it 

 is manifestly unfair that these prepared milks from other 

 States should come into our markets without either stand- 

 ard or guarantee as regards their solid food content. 



Much has been done for the consumer in the last few 

 years in the way of insuring to him a cleaner product. Is 

 it not high time that he now join in doing something for 

 the Massachusetts milk producer, in order that milk produc- 

 tion be made reasonably remunerative, and that a fair share 

 of the milk consumed continue to be produced in this State, 

 under control of our own laws and regulations ? Then let 

 consumers and producers join hands, for their interests are 

 mutual. 



The personnel of the Bureau and its staff has remained 

 practically unchanged ; C. D. Richardson, chairman, H. E. 

 Paige and W. C. Jewett, members, J. Lewis Ellsworth, secre- 

 tary, P. M. Harwood, general agent, A. W. Lombard, agent, 

 B. F. Davenport, M.D., and H. C. Emerson, M.D., chemists, 

 with five other persons employed from time to time during the 

 year. 



The summary of the year's work is as follows : — 



Total number of inspections, ' 6,872 



Number of inspections whei'e no sample was taken, . . 5,081 

 Number of samples of butter and oleomaroarine, all ])ur- 



chased, .......... 1,779 



Number of samples of milk and cream, 90 



Cases entered in court, 206 



Meetings addressed by cbairman of tlie Bureau, ... 2 



Meetings addressed by Mr. Jewett, 3 



Meetings addressed by the general agent, .... 18 



' There were 78 extra samples taken during the year, therefore this number is 78 less 

 than the sum of the next three items. 



