No. 4.] REPORT OF THE DAIRY BUREAU. 



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1903. 

 1904, 

 1905, 

 1906, 



1907, . 



1908, . 

 1909, 

 1910, . 



Totals, , 

 Averages, 



Inspections 

 without 

 Samples. 



4,135 

 4,456 

 4,887 

 4,985 

 4,538 

 5,516 

 5,003 

 6,121 



39,641 

 4,955+ 



Samples 

 taken. 



1,395 

 1.157 

 971 

 576 

 1,374 

 1,575 

 1,869 

 1,960 



10,877 

 1,359+ 



Oleomargarine. 



No licenses for the sale of colored oleomargarine were 

 issued in this State, and no sales of such goods have been 

 discovered bv the agents of the Bureau during the year. 



The high price of butter has boomed the oleomargarine 

 trade. Some idea of the extent may be obtained from a 

 perusal of the following list of United States licenses for the 

 sale of uncolored oleomargarine, in force in Massachusetts in 

 November, 1909, and November, 1910, showing the increase 

 of the latter over the former : — 



1909. 1910. 



Wholesale licenses in Boston, 13 21 



Wholesale licenses in other cities, 8 9 



Total, . 21 30 



Retail licenses in Boston, 46 91 



Retail licenses in other cities and towns, .... 465 607 



Total, 511 698 



The following figures, taken from the annual report of the 

 United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue for 1910, 

 show the production, withdrawn tax paid, and withdrawn 



