Essence of peppermint, Name of Manufacturer, Wholesaler or Producer. Butler's Branch Drug Store, Boston, Alcohol, 6760 Alcohol,. A. I. Morris & Co., Boston, J. R. Magullion & Co., Boston, Results of Analyses. 33 per cent. of U. S. P. strength. 83 per cent. alcohol by volume; "High-proof alco- 84 per cent. alcohol by volume; "High-proof alcohol." INSPECTION OF DAIRIES. During the month of November, 1907, 255 dairies were examined in The names of the owners of the dairies found to be worthy of commendation follow: FACTS CONCERNING CERTAIN OF THE SOURCES OF THE MILK SUPPLY OF MASSACHUSETTS, BEYOND THE BORDERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. VERMONT DAIRIES. Eighty-five farms, sending milk into Massachusetts, situated in the following 14 towns, Barnet, Barton, Brownington, Burke, Coventry, Irasburg, Lyndon, McIndoes, Newark, Newport, Putney, St. Johnsbury, Sutton and Westminster, were visited by the Board's veterinarian. In this territory the great majority of the barns are supplied with running water conducted through pipes from springs situated at a distance of from 300 feet to a half mile. Of the 85 places visited, 78 were thus supplied, and relied upon wells. On but few of these farms was there a milk house or milk room. The milk is strained, as a rule, back of or otherwise near the cows, and cooled in a trough of running water in the barn or cow yard. The trough is commonly used also as a watering place for cows, horses and other animals. In some instances the trough is placed at the roadside, and serves as a public watering place. The milk car which conveys the product of these farms to Boston takes it on at the several stations, within two hours after the morning milking, so that, circumstanced as this district is in the matter of running water, the milk house or milk room is not of the importance which it has ordinarily. The 1,167 cows on these 85 farms furnish to the Boston market nearly 7,000 quarts of milk daily. In point of general health, their average is very high. Not all of them were examined individually, but of the large number that were examined not one showed any evidence of disease, and not an indurated udder was observed. Of the 85 farms, 20, or nearly one-fourth, were reported as generally commendable; and 65 showed a total of 221 objectionable conditions, chiefly uncleanliness of tie-ups, lack of light and dirty condition of cows. NEW YORK DAIRIES. In the 6 towns of Buskirks, Cambridge, Eagle Bridge, Hoosick, Petersburg and Schaghticoke, 97 milk farms were visited. The total number of cows kept was 859, and the amount of milk sent into Massachusetts therefrom was about 4,600 quarts daily. The cows are not housed in summer, but are kept at pasture all the time, and are milked out of doors. Being pastured at considerable distances from the barns, and scattered, it was impossible to examine them to any great extent. Milk houses and milk rooms appear to be unknown, and the milk is cooled, handled and stored in all sorts of places, good and bad. 66 Of the 97 barns visited, 39 may be rated as fair," 18 were found to be extremely dirty, 38 were less dirty, and 2 were absolutely unfit and beyond the possibility of being made fit for milk production. What the winter conditions may be, when the cows are confined, can only be surmised. MAINE DAIRIES. In the towns of Buxton, Gorham, North Berwick and Westbrook, 76 sources of the Massachusetts milk supply were visited. The aggregate number of cows kept was 877, and the daily shipment of milk about 5,200 quarts. These dairies are distinctly inferior in all respects to those of any other equal area visited. While one-fourth of them may be rated as somewhat below "fair," about an equal number were reported as extremely dirty, the condition of some of them being beyond the power of description, both as to cows and premises; and about one-half were dirty or otherwise objectionable to a lesser extent. At 6 of them gross pollution of the water supply was evident on inspection. Milk houses and milk rooms appear to be unknown, and the milk is stored in many or most cases in objectionable places and under objectionable conditions. A number of diseased cows were noted, but the usual assertion was made that their milk was not being marketed. RHODE ISLAND DAIRIES. In the towns of Burrillville, Little Compton, Portsmouth and Tiver- · ton, 84 dairies were examined. The aggregate number of cows was 769, and the amount of milk shipped was slightly over 6,000 quarts daily. The number of dairies which merited commendation was 33, or 40 per cent., which is a very good showing. Of the whole number examined, only 9 could be classed as very dirty. There were 10 dairies which were objectionable in only one particular, which could be easily remedied. A sample of milk taken from one of the very dirty dairies show ed 5,000,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter. CONNECTICUT DAIRIES. In addition to the 154 dairies inspected in the towns of East Granby, Enfield, Somers, Somersville, Suffield and West Stafford, when the sources. of Springfield's milk supply were examined in the summer of 1906, 119, |