290 BOARD OF AGEICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Oleomargarine . 



The effect of the national law, and its enforcement, on the 

 oleomargarine output of the United States, is graphically set 

 forth by the following figures : under the old law, for the 

 year ending June 30, 1902, the output was 126,316,472 

 pounds ; while under the new law, for the year ending June 

 30, 1903, it was 71,804,102 pounds; for that ending June 

 30, 1904, itAvas 48,071,480 pounds ; for that ending June 30, 

 1905, it was 49,880,982 pounds and for that ending June 

 30, 1906, it was 53,146,659 pounds. 



In 1903 there were in Massachusetts 24 licenses to sell 

 colored oleomargarine, while in 1906 there was but 1 such 

 license, and the parties taking out that license have appar- 

 ently given up attempts to use it. In 1904 there Avere 326 

 licenses issued for the sale of uncolored oleomargarine, while 

 at the same date in 1906 there were but 90 such licenses issued. 

 In Boston the oleomargarine receipts were 16,494 packages, 

 as against 22,808 packages in 1905. This department has had 

 in court during the year 48 cases for violations of oleo laws, 

 as will be seen by the tabulated statement elsewhere given. 



At the present writing, with the price of butter unusually 

 high, there appears a prospect of increased activity in the 

 oleo business. 



Eenovated Butter. 



The renovated butter trade shows an increased disposition 

 to comply with the law. In 1900 the number of violations 

 of law prosecuted was 226 ; in 1904, 73 ; in 1905, 118 ; while 

 in 1906, for eleven months, the number was 57. Secretary 

 Wilson of the national department reports an improvement 

 in the sanitary condition of the renovated butter factories of 

 the United States. Two firms took out licenses early in the 

 year to make renovated butter in this State ; later, one of 

 these, the American Farm Products Company, gave up the 

 manufacturing business here, they having several factories in 

 other States, and established a distributing house instead ; 

 the other, the Eastern Butter Company, continues, the only 

 local factory now in operation. 



The output of the renovated butter factories of the United 



