February. 1914. 



MAINE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



ORONO, MAINE. 



CHAS. D. WOODS, Director 



ANALYSTS. 



James M. Bartlett Herman H. Hanson 



Royden L. Hammond Edward E. Sawyer 



Elmer R. Tobey Harold P. Vannah 



Official 3ngpecttonsi 



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ICE CREAM. 



During the summer of 1913 a large number of samples of 

 ice cream were collected in various parts of the State. An 

 attempt was made to cover the larger towns quite thoroughly. 

 Mbre samples than upon previous years have been examined. 



Practically all of the manufacturers that were found in 1912 

 making ice cream below the standards were visited and samples 

 taken. Whenever an ice cream was found nearly up to the 

 standard or samples were found to- run under in the case of 

 makers that had been found all right in previous years second 

 samples were taken before reporting the results of the first 

 examination to t'he person whose goods were sampled. In the 

 case the cream was within one and one-half percent of the stand- 

 ard the dealers and makers were warned. All cases in which 

 there was a serious falling off in quality bearings were appointed, 

 and the cases fully investigated. These resulted in a number of 

 prosecutions. 



Note. All correspondence relative to the inspection laws should be 

 addressed to the Commissioner of Agriculture, Augusta Maine. 



