Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-18

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| Dairy inspection has rooa,,o,,
siderable attention durine ~ S ~.
year and quite a large numher &c a.;
ve.r peeh visited Early in the
| ie score card in use by the De-
- OK Agriculture at WASHING.
a., vas given careful trial in aetna,
neiu work and believing it to be prac-
.ioai IN us application to the AVERAGE
'anS' the department adopted it as the
oilclai Maine score card.
mere appeared in some of tho
inS III It's character to the dairies or
newspapers report somewhat daroe-
certain towns in our State from which
the product was being sent to Massa-
chtlsetts markets AS the statements
contained in this report wouli indicate
that milk was being produced and sold
In violation of the laws of the state
ana as the commissioner of a~riculture
is charged with the enforcement of
those laws, 1t was felt in Justice to the
plolucer as well as to the Department
oI Agriculture, careful investigation,
sEould re made at once. This was done
ny the DAIRY instructor assisted by s.
<. thompson, assistant State dairy in
stfuctor, and the reports published IN
special bulletin.
That this investigation did not hen,
out the allegations in the report above
mentioned is a source of qualification
to this division. The government score
card was used in making the inyesti
CATION and the advantages accruine
from it's use became so apparent as to
result in it's adoption for use in all in
when conducted by or in cooperation
| with the department
Efforts have been made to interest
! boards CT health and creameries in its
use, the department offering to coop
crate by supplying blank score cards to
all who would use them and return a
copy of each inspection to this office.
| am very glad to report that several
towns and creameries are making in
SpectionS of the dairieS SURVIVING them
with milk and cream and have placed
copies of these inspections on file with
this department.
In the early part of the year the
government score card for the in
| Spection of creameries was adoptcd
and while the press of other important
work has prevented carrying into
effect wholly the plans of the depart
ment, there was found time to person.
ally visit SO different creameries in the
State, on II of which the score card
was used. 1t is the opinion of the
dairy instructor that the thorough use
of this score card will prove beneficial.
'Wherever used it has attracted
considerable attention and much inter-
est on the part, not only of the owners
of the different plants but of the local
managers and help. In several in
stances my attention has been called to
improvements made in construction,
equipment and methods since the in
spection and I have been invited when
in the vicinity to call and score the
plant again.
1T is the purpose of the dairy divi-
sion that during the coming year
every creamery in the State shall be
visited and the report of the inspection
made upon the official score card"
Adjutant General Elliott c.. Dill left
Friday for Los Angeles, Calf, to rep
resent the State at the meeting of the
National Guard Association of the
United States, to which the adjutants
general of the several states are eX-
officio members. The meeting is
national in its character and the War
Department details number of
officers of the regular establishment 10
speak to the National Guardsmen.
Each officer so detailed is a specialist
in his line and the instruction impaired
at former meetings has done a great
deal to bring the Guard of the country
into closer touch with the War De-
partment.
The meetings also serve to shape the
Legislation which the Guard asks at
the hands of Congress and the associa-
ton is largely responsible for the 50
called Dick law and its amendments.
United States Senator Dick of Ohio,