No. 4.] RErORT OF THE DAIRY BUREAU. 



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Court. 



Month. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Law violated. 



Con- 

 victed. 



Dis- 

 charged. 



Lowell Police, 



Gloucester, Eastern Essex 



District. 

 Salem, First Essex District, 



Salem, First Essex District, 



South Boston District Mu- 

 nicipal. 

 Springfield Police, 



New Bedford, Third Bristol 



District. 

 Gloucester, Eastern Essex 



District. 

 Lawrence Police, . 



Lowell Police, 



Springfield Police, 



Gardner, First Northern 



Worcester District. 

 Waltham, Second Eastern 



Middlesex District. 

 Worcester, Central District, 



Northampton, Hampshire 

 District. 



April, 



April, 



April, 



April, 



April, 



June, 



June, 



June, 



June, 



July, 



August, 



August, 



November, 



November, 



November, 



9 renovated butter, 

 22 oleomargarine. 



10 oleomargarine, . 



2 oleomargarine, . 



2 oleomargarine, . 



1 oleomargarine, 6 

 renovated butter. 



1 milk, . 



4 renovated butter, 



2 renovated butter, 



8 oleomargarine, 2 



renovated butter. 



1 oleomargarine, . 



1 milk, . 



1 milk, . 



6 renovated butter, 

 3 oleomargarine. 



2 renovated butter, 



1 milk, . 



31 



10 

 2 

 2 

 7 

 1 

 4 

 2 



10 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 9 

 2 

 1 



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, 1912, have been as follows: — 



Selling renovated butter in unmarked packages, .... 

 Selling oleomargarine without being registered, .... 

 Selling oleomargarine in unmarked^ packages, .... 

 Furnishing oleomargarine in restaurants, etc., without notice to 



guests, 



Selling milk containing added water, . . . 



2 



28 



92 

 6 



216 



The following table shows the inspections without samples, 

 and the number of samples taken during the past ten years : — 



Years. 



Inspections 

 without 

 Samples. 



Samples. 



1903-11 (inclusive), 

 1912 



Total for ten years. 



Average, 



45,714 

 5,968 



51,682 

 5,168 



12,409 

 2,166 



14,575 

 1,458 



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

 made in this way for convenience. 



