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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



State Dairy Commissioner, but whose statutory title is 

 vaguely defined as " Assistant to the secretary of the Board 

 of Agriculture ... to assist in the work prescriljed in the 

 eleventh section of this act." 



The chemical work has been done by Dr. B. F. Daven- 

 port and the Hatch Experiment Station. 



Oleomargarixe . 

 The work of the Bureau in enforcing laws relative to 

 imitation butter has been statistically as follows : — 



Numbei' of inspections, 

 Samples taken, 

 Cases in court. 



1,949 



495 



76 



The result of the court cases was as follows : — 



Convictions, 

 Acquittals, . 

 Nolle pros., 

 Nolo contendere. 



Total, 



50 



19 



6 



1 



76 



The complaints were made for the following causes : — 



Serving oleomargarine in hotels and restaurants without 



giving notice, 



Possession of imitation of yellow butter with intent to sell. 



Sale of oleomargai-ine when butter was called for, . 



Lack of sign on wagon. 



Interference with agents of the Bureau, 



Selling imitation of yellow butter, . 



Failure to mark wrajsper j)ropei'ly, . 



Failure to have local license, 



Lack of proper sign in store, 



Total, 



30 

 24 

 11 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 



76 



These figures represent more convictions than last year, 

 with fewer cases in court. If a person is disposed to violate 

 the dairy laws, he usuall}^ breaks more than one, and we fre- 

 quently find that in one transaction several statutes have been 

 violated. For instance, one who sells oleomargarine when 

 butter is called for will doubtless fail to have proper wrappers 



