MAINE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



ORONO, MAINE. 



CHAS. D. WOODS, Director 



(ifftrtal Ittfip^rttflna. 



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Both the spirit and the letter of the Maine Inspection laws 

 demand freedom from adulteration and truthful labeling. 



SHORT WEIGHT CREAMERY BUTTER. 



November 25, 1909, C. W. Stevens, Deputy SheritT, Old- 

 town, wrote that he had weighed four "bricks" of creamery 

 butter at an Oldtown store and that the four tipped the scales 

 at just 3 pounds and 8 ounces. This was sold to the dealer 

 at 35 cents per pound. To this price he added one cent for 

 express and sold the butter for 40 cents. The butter actually 

 cost the user 45 cents per pound. 



The same day the deputy was sent to Oldtown and visited 

 several places where butter was on sale and made up records 

 from the goods in stock as per the following statement copied 

 from his note book : 



CRI^\^rI■;Rv Butter Examined for Wi'IGiit in Oi.dtgwn, 



NoVIvMRKR 26. 



Lunt's Cash Market, Chas. ]\. Lunt. Main Street. 



Kineo. 5 His. averages .7 oz. short with carton. Bought 5 



packages. 

 Yorkshire. Up to weight. 



