Xo. 4.] REPOET OF DAIEY BUREAU. 



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Boston Milk. 

 The executive officer of the Bureau has given some time 

 and attention during the year to the interests of the ]Milk 

 Producers' Union, believing that such a course was in 

 accordance with the statute which says that the Dairy 

 Bureau is established " to promote the improvement of the 

 products of the dairy," "to investigate all dairy products 

 and imitation dairy products bought or sold within the Com- 

 monwealth," and "to disseminate such information as shall 

 be of service in producing a more uniform dairy product, of 

 higher grade and better quality." The milk receipts in the 

 city of Boston have been phenomenally large during the past 

 year, having increased about one million of the eight and 

 one-half quart cans over the previous year, while the sales 

 have not shown any great increase. The result has been an 

 unusually large surplus, which has made the production of 

 milk less satisfactory than in previous years. The statistics 

 of the Boston milk business are as follows (the figures refer 

 to eight and one-half quart cans) : — 



Receipts. 



Surplus. 



1895, 

 1894, 

 1893, 

 1892, 



9,856,500 

 9,705,447 

 9,263,487 

 9,212,667 



8,040,732 

 7,657,421 

 7,619,722 

 7,315,135 



1,815,768 

 2,048,026 

 1,643,765 



