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Table III. shows a case where the producer was liable to 

 criminal prosecution under the milk standard law, but the 

 health authorities forbade further sale of this milk on ac- 

 count of the poor condition of the cows. 



Tables IV., V. and VI. show analyses where parties were 

 prosecuted under the milk adulteration law, without resort 

 to the milk-of-known-purity method for comparison. 



Tables VII. and VIII. show cases where the samples 

 of milk of known purity for comparison helped in prosecu- 

 tions and con\dctions under the milk adulteration law. 



Table IX. shows analyses upon which ^prosecutions of 

 1909 were based. 



Table X. shows the number of cows assessed in Massa- 

 chusetts in 1890, 1906 and 1909, with decrease and aver- 



ages. 



Table XL shows the amount of milk brought into Boston 

 by railroad in the fiscal years of 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909. 



Table I. — Analysis of Milk taken from Possession of a Fanner in 

 Worcester County, ready for Delivery to a Worcester Peddler. 



Sample No. 



Solids 

 not Fat. 



S.M) 

 S..52 

 7. 78 

 7.70 

 8.78 

 8.24 

 8.. 38 

 8.70 



Total Solids. 



11.70 

 11.82 



10.68 

 10. .50 

 12.28 

 11.14 

 ll.fiS 

 11.70 



Refraction. 



40.7 

 38.8 

 .39.2 



41.4 



• Night's milk. 



Note. — This milk being manifestly pine milk, samples of known 

 purity were subsequently taken from the herd. 



