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changes which it provides arc an increase in the analysis lee 

 per fertilizer clement from $5 to $8, and bringing the various 

 grades of agricultural lime within its scope. The other changes 

 which have been made have been designed to remedy defects 

 from the standpoint of administration which the execution of 

 the old law had disclosed, and to make it more dctinite and ex- 

 plicit on a number of rather important points. The fertilizer 

 law at i)rcsent in force requires us to publish the dealer's cash 

 price and the percentage of difference between this price and 

 the commercial valuation of the fertilizer. It is not proposed 

 to retain this provision in the new law, as it is felt that it is on 

 the whole likely to prove misleading to the farmer, almost inev- 

 itably unfair to dealers, and from no point of view apparently- 

 serves any important use. 



Dairy Law. — Much time has been spent during the past 

 year also in studying and rewriting the so-called dairy law. 

 Besides various perfecting changes, the most important moditi- 

 cation is to bring milk inspectors and the Babcock machinery 

 and apparatus which they use within the scope of the law. 

 There would seem to be equal reason that steps should be taken 

 to insure accuracy of work on the results of which, if unfa- 

 vorable, the milk dealer or farmer may be prosecuted for in- 

 fringement of one of our State laws, as for bringing those test- 

 ing milk and cream for determining its value within the scope 

 of the law. 



Feed Law. — The increasing number of feedstuflCs in our 

 markets, and the increased extent to which materials of coni- 

 ]il('x character are purchased and used by our farmers, have 

 gi-eatly increased the amount of work required to exercise effec- 

 tive control over the trade in feedstuff s, and we find it to be 

 impossible at the present time to properly execute the law and 

 to publish the results of our inspection for the sum of money 

 provided by the State legislative appropriation for the purpose. 

 It will be necessary, therefore, in the near future, to ask for 

 a revision of this law. The amount of the appropriation should 

 lie moderately increased to provide for the much greater amount 

 of work now required than was necessary when the amount of 



