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pressed with its wonderful adaptability for dairying. Thou- 

 sands of acres by the shores of Lake Champlain, along the 

 river valleys and up and down the hillsides of the State show 

 wonderful natural fertility of soil, and produce an abundance of 

 sweet grasses necessary for dairy production of quality. Several 

 cheese factories were visited, notably those at Pawlet and Ira, 

 also two condensaries, one at St. Albans, owned by H. P. Hood 

 & Sons of Boston, and the other at Enosburg Falls, owned by 

 the Federal Packing Company of Philadelphia. Many of the 

 farmers keep from forty to fifty cows, and some have dairies of 

 one hundred or more each. Other sources of income for the 

 farmers of the State are livestock, hay, potatoes, sweet corn 

 and string beans sold to canneries and maple sugar. 



Dairy Exhibits. 



The Bureau made an exhibit of the results of the 1916 clean 

 milking contest, together with a display of food value of milk, 

 chemical analysis of milk, and photographs relating to dairy 

 and country life, at the Public Winter Meeting of the State 

 Board of Agriculture at Springfield. This exhibit attracted 

 much attention and favorable comment. The Bureau also 

 aided in the milk show which was conducted by the Allied 

 Dairy Interests. The Bureau furnished an exhibit for health 

 week in Winchendon in February; also for farmers' week at 

 Amherst in March, at Palmer Fair in September, and at the 

 Eastern States Exposition at Springfield in October. The agri- 

 cultural exhibit at the latter show, and the general show held 

 in connection with the Public Winter Meeting of the State 

 Board of Agriculture, were superintended by Agent A. W. 

 Lombard. 



Legislation. 



The Bureau proposed no milk legislation, but labored to 

 secure the passage of the following general acts, viz.: chapter 

 112, prohibiting the charging of fees for dairy, milk and live- 

 stock inspection; chapter 189, harmonizing the relationship of 

 total milk solids and milk fat in the legal standard; chapter 

 224, permitting the incorporation of agricultural and horti- 

 cultural organizations under laws relating to business corpora- 

 tions; chapter 256, establishing Grade A Massachusetts milk; 



