150 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



3. Mulching with straw or some similar material in a dry 

 season tends to increase the size of the head. 



4. Deep cultivation seems to have little if any effect upon the 

 size of the head, but plants so treated appeared to mature more 

 uniformily than plants receiving shallow cultivation. 



Maine State College, 

 Orono, Me., March 1, 1896. 



BULLETIN No. 25. 



INSPECTON OF FERTILIZERS, 1896. 



The bulletin gave the manufacturer's guarantees and the 

 analyses of manufacturer's samples, but as these figures are of 

 only passing value they are omitted here. 



BULLETIN No. 26. 



INSPECTION OF GLASSWARE USED BY CREAM- 

 ERIES AND BUTTER FACTORIES TO DETERM- 

 INE THE VALUE OF CREAM AND MILK. 



J. M. Bartlett. 



Ever since the introduction of the Babcock test for. estimating 

 the value of cream or milk at creameries and butter factories, 

 more or less dissatisfaction and in some cases distrust, have pre- 

 vailed among a few patrons to whom payment has been made 

 on this basis. These complaints have come in various forms. 

 Some creameries have been accused of using incorrectly grad- 

 uated glassware, pipettes that were too small, thereby making 

 the test too low; others of employing incompetent men to 

 manipulate the test. 



In order to remedy such evils if they existed and restore con- 

 fidence to the minds of the patrons, a law was enacted by the 

 Maine Legislature of 1895, entitled "An act for the Protection of 

 Dairymen," which appears as Chap. 169 of the laws of 1895. 

 Without giving the full text of this law, there is stated below a 

 summary of its principal provisions and requirements. 



