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an organization, proj)ei'lj officered and managed, would work 

 out for the benefit of the Massachusetts milk-producing 

 farmers, and, indirectly, for the consuming public as well. 



Peksonnel of the Bureau. 

 In January, 1910, Messrs. Richardson, Paige and Jewett, 

 by reason of expiration of their terms, ceased to be members 

 of the Board of Agriculture, and therefore were ineligible for 

 reappointment on the Bureau. His Excellency Governor 

 Draper was, therefore, called upon, for the first time since 

 its original organization, to select an entirely new Bureau, 

 which he did, appointing Charles M. Gardner of Westfield, 

 Howard A. Parsons of Amherst and George W. Trull of 

 Tewksbury. The executive force, agents, chemists, etc., are 

 as follows: executive officer and secretary, J. Lewis Ells- 

 worth ; general agent, P. M. Harwood ; B. F. Davenport, 

 M.D., of Boston, and F. W. Farrell of the Emerson Labora- 

 tory, Springfield, have done the chemical work. A small 

 amount of bacteriological work has been done by Prof. Sam- 

 uel C. Prescott of Boston. A. W. Lombard has continued to 

 act as agent, and five others have been temporarily employed 

 from time to time. 



Summary of Police Work. 



Total number of inspections, ^ 7,922 



Number of inspections where no sample was taken, . . . 6,121 



Number of samples of butter and oleomargarine, all purchased, 1,724 



Number of samples of milk and cream, , 136 



Cases entered in court, 220 



Meetings addressed by the general agent, 35 



Cases prosecuted during the twelve months ending 'Nov. 

 30, 1910, by months and courts, with law violated, and re- 

 sults, are as follows : — 



» There were 53 extra samples taken during the year, therefore this number is 53 less than 

 the sum of the next three items. 



