No. 4.] KEPOKT OF DAIRY BUREAU. 



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secretary of the board of agriculture, ... to assist in the 

 work prescribed in the eleventh section of this act." Last 

 winter's Legislature remedied this, and, in the interests of 

 increased efficiency, gave the Bureau's administrative repre- 

 sentative official recognition as an independent individuality, 

 and defined his duties. 



Chapter 368, Acts of 1900, says: "The state board of 

 agriculture shall at its annual meeting elect a general agent 

 of the dairy bureau, to assist the bureau and to oversee, under 

 its direction, the work prescribed in section eleven of chapter 

 four hundred and twelve of the acts of the year eighteen 

 hundred and ninety-one." 



Two regular inspectors have been employed during the 

 year, P. M. Harwood and Ralph M. Horton. Several special 

 inspectors have been employed from time to time for brief 

 periods to help in detective Avork, where a person whose 

 appearance was unfamiliar could temporarily be of great 

 service. Three chemists have been employed : Dr. B. F. 

 Davenport for the eastern part of the State, E. R. Barker 

 for Worcester and E. B. Holland of the Hatch Experiment 

 Station for the western part of the State. 



In a general way and statistically^ the work of the past 

 year may be summarized as follows : — 



Inspection of places in which dairj- products or im- 

 itation dairy products were sold or stored, but 

 where the law seemed to be complied with and no 



samples were taken, 1,612 



Real or imitation butter, samples taken, . . . 755 



Milk, sami)les taken, 68 



Cream, samples taken, 3 



Cases in court, 178 



Meetings addressed, 18 



Work at lairs. 



The comparison of the court cases for 1900 and some 

 previous years may be of interest : — 



1900, 

 1899, 

 1898, 



178 



87 

 60 



1897, 

 1896, 

 1895, 



27 



79 

 82 



