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Five prizes, ranging from $4 to $12 each, were offered in 

 each district to hired men and women over eighteen years of 

 age doing the milking on the eligible farms. A sweepstakes 

 ribbon was also offered. Most of the junior and hired help 

 prizes were competed for and awarded. 



Other prizes were offered as follows : — 



In Class 2, a prize of $100 was offered for the best system of 

 dairy-farm accounting for practical farmers, competition open 

 to the world. In this class there were 3 entries. The plans 

 submitted by the contestants, practically taken from books 

 already published, so far nullified the object of the award that 

 upon recommendation of the judge the prize was not awarded. 



In Class 3, three prizes, $100, $60 and $40, were offered for 

 the best systems of dairy-farm accounting in actual operation. 

 There were 2 entries in this class, and the second and third 

 prizes were awarded. 



In Class 4, a prize of $100 was offered for the best plan of 

 a practical dairy barn. Two plans were submitted, and the 

 prize was equally divided between the two contestants. 



In Class 5, three prizes, $100, $60 and $40, were offered for 

 practical dairy barns in actual use. There were 11 entries and 

 the three prizes were awarded. Four honorable mention certif- 

 icates were also issued. 



In Class 6, three prizes, aggregating $450, were offered for the 

 best and most profitable dairy-farm operations. No prize was 

 awarded in this class on account of lack of competition. 



The total amount of prizes offered was $4,439; the total 

 amount awarded was $3,735.30. A full account of these con- 

 tests will be found in " Report on Encouragement of Dairying 

 Contests, 1914," issued by the Bureau. 



The police work of the Bureau for 1914 resulted in 129 cases 

 in court and 127 convictions. Nine of these were for violation 

 of the milk laws, 27 for violation of the renovated butter law, 

 and 93 for violation of the oleomargarine laws. 



In the educational work, the chairman addressed two and the 

 general agent thirty-one meetings during the year. These lec- 

 tures explained the food value of milk, the work of the Bureau 

 in conducting the encouragement of practical dairy contest, 



