Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-27
JUNE BULLETIN.
New Laws Relating to Agriculture and
Animal Industry.


The June quarterly bulletin of the
department of agriculture contains a
summary of the new laws relating to
agriculture and animal industry. The
summary includes the laws in force
passed previous to 1911 and the
changes made by the last Legislature.
One of the laws passed by the last
Legislature affecting animal industry
is already in force This is the act
providing for live stock sanitary
commissioner in place of the cattle
commission of three members and
went into force. May l. The bulletin
gives the text of this act in full.
The last Legislature passed an act
providing for the cleansing and
sterilizing of all cans and other recep-
tacles used in the transportation of
milk or cream before being forwarded
to the producer or distributor of milk
Or cream for use. Chapter 90 Of the
Public Laws of 1911 declares that
milk which upon analysis is shown to
contain less than 11.75 per cent. of
milk solids or less than 1926 per cent.
Of fat shall not be considered milk of
good standard guilty and provides as
a penalty for selling milk not of good
standard quality or adulterated milk,
or cream containing less than Is per
cent. of milk fat. fine for the first Of
fence not exceeding $50, for a second
offence, not less than $50 nor more
than 800, and for subsequent Of
fence fine Of s100 and Imprisonment
for not less than 30 nor more than 50
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diseased cows. or in cans not in a
sanitary condition. is also included in
the provisions of this act.
A law was passed unifying and max
ing more drastic the existing laws re-
lating to the sale of agricultural seeds,
commercial feeding stuffs. commercial
fertilizers, drugs foods. fungieides,
and insecticides and the enforcement
of this law is placed under the super
vision of the director of the Maine
Agricultural Experiment Station. The
law relating to allowances fer water
ing troughs has been amended 50 that
towns are Obliged to abate s. from the
taxes of any inhabitant who shall
construct and maintain during the
year a watering trough two feet or
more above the level of the ground
and easily accessible for horses and
if the assessors think such
watering trough necessary for public
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The act providing for Industrial edu
cation.
The act providing for industrial edu-
cation in free High schools and acad-
emies is of interest to agriculture as
it provides for instruction in the prin-
eiples of agriculture as we'll as the
domestic and mechanic arts and con-
sequently its text is given in fun in
this bulletin The Legislature passed
a law making the commissioner of ag-
riculture the sealer of weights and
measures. Commissioner Buckley an
ticipatins the provisions of this act. |
which become effective July /. has al
ready sent to Washington the old
weights and measures. which have
been in possession OF the State for
many years. to have them resoaled ac-
eording to the latest standards.
The bulletin contains the text of the |
resolve in favor of accepting the |
James J, a. Gregory eift of $1,000 for
the promotion of scientific orcharding |
and the resolve approprating $500 to
be expended under the direction of the |
commissioner of agriculture for eX-
penses and premiums on Maine grown |
fruit at the forthcoming New England |
Fruit SHOW to be held in the fall of |
1911 in Boston. The bulletin with in
dex makes volume of S4 pages
Commissioner of Agriculture Buck |
ley has returned from his trip through |
Northern Maine with the Farmers
Special. II was very much impressed |
with the evidences Of progressive
farming that | saw in Penobscot and |
Aroostook county during my trip"
said Mr. Buckley. "All We're interest
ed in the progress of the special and
frequently as many as q thousand peo-
pie would gather where the special
stopped."