EEPORT OF THE DAIRY BUREAU. 



The police Avork of this department for the year 1912 has 

 consisted of 8,028 inspections, resnlting in 216 court cases and 

 216 convictions. One hundred and twenty-two of these prose- 

 cutions were for violation of the oleomargarine law, 88 for selling 

 renovated butter in unmarked packages, and 6 for having in 

 possession with intent to sell milk containing added water. 



In the educational work the Bureau has provided several 

 dairy institutes which were addressed by Dr. Charles E. North 

 of New York City and others, wdth a view of informing the 

 public of the modern rational method of securing clean milk 

 by paying more for it. Twenty-eight addresses have been 

 given by the general agent and others at dairy meetings during 

 the year. Most of these lectures have been along the line of 

 educating the consuming public to the true food value of milk, 

 and the fairness of paying producers as much at least as the 

 same nutrition costs in other foods of like origin, nutritive 

 ratio and digestibility. The general agent upon invitation 

 visited the plant of the New Y^ork Demonstration Company 

 at Homer, and attended meetings of the national commission 

 on milk standards both at Homer and New York City, also a 

 conference of dairy interests at Albany, N. Y., to consider the 

 national oleomargarine question. Ho has also prepared a 

 bulletin on the food value of milk for the dissemination depart- 

 ment of the State Board of Agriculture. 



The Bureau has made its annual inspection of creameries, 

 milk depots, etc., and has found as in previous years conditions 

 gradually changing. Some creameries have gone out of business, 

 some are on the verge of giving uj), while others are increasing 

 their output, in some cases materially. As in other lines of 

 milk handling, there is of necessity continual adjustment to 

 modern conditions. 



