226 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



The following is the statistical report of our work : — 



Number of inspections, 716 



Number of samples taken, 388 



Number of cases in court, 104 



Of these the results were as follows : — 



Guilty, 68 



Acquitted, 32 



Nolo', 3 



Nol. pros., 1 



Total, 104 



Of the 32 cases acquitted, 10 were lost by contradictory 

 evidence, 11 on technicalities. 



The causes for action were as follows : — 



Serving oleomargarine for butter in restaurants, . . 28 



No signs in stores, 21 



Selling oleomargarine when butter was called for, . 17 



Lack of proper signs on tubs, 15 



No mark on wrapper, ....... 14 



No municipal license 9 



Total, 104 



This is twice as much as we have done in any previous 

 year. Our policy has been to secure compliance with the 

 laws with as little distress or seeming persecution as pos- 

 sible ; and no objections have been raised to putting cases 

 on file when the judge was satisfied that good reasons there- 

 for existed. Fines aggregating nearly $2,000 have been 

 imposed. 



Milk Inspectors. 

 The statutes give town and city milk inspectors concur- 

 rent jurisdiction with the Dairy Bureau ; but the report of 

 their work is only to the local authority, and hitherto there 

 has been no means of presenting this information to a larger 

 constituency. In many cases these local inspectors get only 

 a nominal salary, and hence do but little aggressive work. 

 We have endeavored to co-operate and work with them to 

 mutual advantage, and we are indebted to many inspectors 

 for much information and assistance. Their work is for the 



