The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-01
CONNECTICUT DIARIES.
COMMISSIONER NOBLE PRE-
 SENTS
Interssting Facts Regarding she Work
 of Hts Bureau.

Dairy Commissioner John B. Noble, in his annual report for 1903, shows what he and his assistant have been do- ing in looking after dairy interests, and incidentally, other matters confided to him by sstatute, such as the examina- ton of molasses, vinegar, lard, coffee and chocolate sold in grocery and other stores throughout the state.
 Regarding oleomargarine, whose sale was not long ago practically ended in Connecticut, Mr Noble reports that un- der the new United States law of 1902, twenty-nine registered dealers are now selling uncolored oleomargarine. Sell- ing of some goods having too high color was stopped by MT. Noble. Under the state law it Is not necessary that the yellow color be produced by artificial coloring. If such color results in the regular process of manufacture, so as to resemble yellow butter, the goods cannot be sold in Connecticut.
 MT. Noble devotes considerable space to discussing the matter of renovated butter, and the law passed by the last general assembly regulating it's sale by providing that it must be marked to show what 1t is. If sold in prints, the words renovated butter" must be stamped on both the butter and the wrapper. MT. Noble quotes the United States and state law as to renovated tub butter, and announces that it has been held that every package of butter taken from a tub for sale must be plain ly marked. Several pages of the report are devoted to a list of stores where ex- aminations of butter have been made, indicating that the commissioner and his assistant have had busy year.
 Reports are also given of the exarni- nations of molasses, vinegar, lard cof- fee and chocolate. Most of the vinegar was cider vinegar, with only few lots of white wine and barley malt. It is an interesting fact that about fifty samples of lard, taken from stores, showed adul- iteration with cottonseed oil. Samples were taken by the Connecticut agricul- tural experiment station under the pure food law, and those found adulterated were reported to Mir. Noble Chocolate was found adulterated with wheat flour ', pea hulls, wheat and imitation coffee. A person seliang adulterated foods is not liable to prosecution unless he knows thea goods are adulterated. When samples taken show adultera- tions the dealers are notified, and if they continue to sell the goods they are prosecuted.
 Commissioner Noble has been inves- tigating very thoroughly the adultera- tion of feeding stuffs. He notes the dif- ficulty of getting the analyses of all the goods sold and adds, We reiterate what we have said in past years, that all delers in ordering feeds and meals in must be sent with the car or bill, so that they can give the same to their custo- ners, and if it is shipped in bags they should send the analysis on bags. It is important to the dairymen of the state and to all consumers that they should know the value of the different feeds they are using. A great deal of money may be used by the farmers of the state in the purchase of those feeds which are low in protein, and they should all ways have an opportunity to know just what they are buying, so that they can prepare proper ration for their stock" "
 The report closesa with the usual an- nual dairy statistics and an illustrated description of "Fairlea,'' a model dairy farm in Orange, owned by W. H. Lee, of Newm Hvyen.