8 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



2. To regulate Advertising of Substitutes for Butter. — Through 

 the inspection work of this Department certain oleomargarine 

 advertisements have been detected which are misleading, since 

 they use dairy terms and names of dairy animals, a use which is 

 not fair to the dairy industry or to the consumer. To correct 

 this practice legislation is recommended to prohibit such ad- 

 vertising, 



3. To prohibit Adulteration of Milk in Certain Forms. — The 

 dairy inspectors of this Department, during the past year, have 

 observed on the shelves of retailers compounds which consist 

 of evaporated skimmed milk, with an amount, substantially, of 

 cocoanut oil substituted for the butter fat which has been ex- 

 tracted from the whole milk. These compounds resemble con- 

 densed milk, and, despite the fact that they are carefully 

 labeled and the manufacturers contend that they are not sold 

 as a substitute for condensed milk, investigations show that 

 they are placed on the shelves of retailers beside the condensed 

 milk, and in some instances the term "milk" is added, so that 

 they are being offered to consumers as a substitute for con- 

 densed milk. Legislation to protect the consumer from these 

 products is therefore recommended. 



4 and 5. Concerning the Suppression of the European Corn 

 Borer. — In view of the seriousness of the present situation we 

 are making two recommendations. The first of these provides 

 a system under which the work to suppress the corn borer 

 can be successfully conducted. The second requires landowners 

 to take certain measures w^hich ought to be of great assistance 

 in reducing the infestation. Since a great many of the borers 

 live through the winter in corn stubble, they can most readily 

 be destroyed by plowing the stubble under so that the borers 

 cannot get to the surface, or by destroying the stubble in some 

 way. 



6. Further Amendment of the Drainage Law. — The last two 

 years' experience with the drainage law brings two points 

 forcibly to the front, — first, an additional method for financ- 

 ing these projects is necessary; and second, the assessment 

 maps and rolls defining project areas and notifying each owner 

 of his proportional share of the expense need to be made before 

 the projects are carried to the county for financing. Regarding 

 the first point, the present law makes it obligatory for the proj- 



