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of the Bureau has responded to fifteen and the general agent 

 to forty-five different calls within the State. Expert dairy 

 work has been done at various fairs and other places during 

 the year. The Bureau has also inspected many of the cream- 

 eries and milk depots throughout the State. 



After a careful review of the dairy situation, we believe 

 that the Massachusetts dairymen, a majority of Avhom are 

 producers of market milk, should unite in a State organiza- 

 tion for self-education and betterment. The lack of such 

 organization, faith in one another and general tone and con- 

 fidence is to a large degree responsible for present condi- 

 tions. To be sure, we have the Massachusetts Creamery 

 Association, the Massachusetts Cattle Owners Association, 

 etc, ; but a State organization of broader scope is needed, 

 one open to membership for all dairymen in the State, liold- 

 ing annual meetings and institutes to be addressed b}^ the 

 best experts this or any countrj^ affords, where butter and 

 cheese may be exhibited and scored in various classes and 

 suitable prizes awarded, where milk and cream produced 

 under different conditions may be entered for competition 

 for prizes for flavor, cleanliness, keeping quality, etc., where 

 the most improved dairy machinery and methods can be 

 exhibited and demonstrated, and where leading questions of 

 the hour can be discussed, — to the end that Massachusetts 

 dairymen may become united, better informed, more enthu- 

 siastic and more successful. 



The personnel of the Bureau has remained the same as in 

 previous years. H. E. Paige has been reappointed by Gov- 

 ernor Guild, C. D. Richardson has continued as chairman, 

 J. Lewis Ellsworth as secretarj^ P. M. Harwood as general 

 agent, A. W. Lombard as agent, B. F. Davenport as chem- 

 ist, and eight others have been temporarily employed during 

 some part of the year. 



The summary of the year's work is as follows : — 



