Names and Official Addresses.

UNITED STATES.

Secretary of Agriculture.-James Wilson, Washington, D. C.

ALABAMA.

Commissioner of Agriculture.-H. D. Lane, Montgomery, Ala. Office elective.

CALIFORNIA.

State Dairy Bureau.-Wm. Vanderbilt, Secretary, 113 Davis street, San Francisco, Cal.

COLORADO.

State Dairy Commissioner.-H. B. Cannon, Denver, Col. State Board of Agriculture.-Daniel W. Working, B. S., Secretary, Denver, Col.

CONNECTICUT.

Dairy Commissioner.-John B. Noble, Hartford, Conn.

State Board of Agriculture.-T. S. Gold, Secretary, West Cornwall, Conn.

GEORGIA.

Commissioner of Agriculture.-R. T. Nesbitt, Atlanta, Ga. The Commissioner of Agriculture has nothing to do with dairy products or vinegar.

IOWA.

State Dairy Commissioner.-W. K. Boardman, Des Moines, Ia.

KANSAS.

State Board of Agriculture.-F. D. Coburn, Secretary, Topeka, Kan.

KENTUCKY.

Commissioner of Agriculture.-Lucas Moore, Frankfort, Ky.

LOUISIANA.

Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration.-J. G. Lee, Baton Rouge, La.

MASSACHUSETTS.

Dairy Bureau, Commissioners.-C. L. Hartshorn, Worcester, Mass.; Geo. L. Clemens, Southbridge, Mass.; D. A. Norton, Northampton, Mass. Executive Officer, Geo. M. Whitaker, Boston, Mass.

State Board of Agriculture.- Secretary, Wm. R. Sessions, Boston, Mass.

MAINE.

State Board of Agriculture.-B. Walker McKeen, Secretary, Augusta, Me.

MICHIGAN.

Dairy and Food Commissioner.-E. O. Grosvenor, Lansing, Mich.

State Board of Agriculture.- Ira H. Butterfield, Secretary, Agricultural College, Mich.

MINNESOTA.

Dairy and Food Commissioner.- Berndt Anderson, St. Paul, Minn.; Assistant Commissioner and Secretary, E. J. Graham, St. Paul, Minn.

MISSOURI.

State Board of Agriculture.- Alexander Maitland, President; John R. Rippey, Secretary, Columbia, Mo.

MONTANA.

State Bureau of Agriculture.-James H. Mills, Commissioner, Helena, Mont.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

State Board of Agriculture.- Nahum J. Bachelder, Secretary, Concord, N. H.

NEW JERSEY.

Dairy Commissioner.- George W. McGuire, Trenton, N. J.

NEW YORK.

Commissioner of Agriculture.- Charles A. Wieting, Albany,

N. Y.

NORTH CAROLINA.

Commissioner of Agriculture.-S. F. Patterson, Raleigh, N. C.

NORTH DAKOTA.

Commissioner of Agriculture.-H. N. Thomas, Bismarck, N. D.

OHIO.

Dairy and Food Commissioner.-J. E. Blackburn, Columbus, Ohio.

OREGON.

Dairy and Food Commissioner.-H. B. Luce, Portland, Ore.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Department of Agriculture.-Thos. J. Edge, Secretary, Har risburg, Pa.

Dairy and Food Commissioner.- Major Levi Wells, Harrisburg, Pa.; Deputy Dairy and Food Commissioner, A. F. Seebold, Philadelphia, Pa.

RHODE ISLAND.

State Board of Agriculture.-George A. Stockwell, Secretary, Providence, R. I.

TENNESSEE.

Commissioner of Agriculture.-T. F. P. Allison, Nashville, Tenn.

TEXAS.

Commissioner of Agriculture.- John E. Hollingsworth, Austin,

Tex.

VIRGINIA.

Department of Agriculture.-Thos. Whitehead, Commissioner, Richmond, Va.

WASHINGTON.

State Dairy Commissioner.-E. A. McDonald, Tacoma, Wash.

WEST VIRGINIA.

State Board of Agriculture.-T. C. Atkeson, President, Buf falo, W. Va.; C. C. Brown, Secretary, Charleston, W. Va.

WISCONSIN.

Dairy and Food Commissioner.-H. C. Adams, Madison, Wis.

CANADA.

Dairy Commissioner.- James W. Robertson, Ottawa, Can.

ONTARIO.

Department of Agriculture.- John Dryden, Minister of Agriculture, Toronto.

MANITOBA.

Dairy Association.-Miss E. Cora Hind, Secretary and Treasurer, 364 Main street, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

MILK STANDARD.

GEORGIA.

Skimmed Milk.

Milk which contains less than 3 per cent. of butter fat and 81 per cent. of other solids (other than butter fat), shall be regarded as skimmed or partially skimmed milk. (Laws 1895, chap. 207.) Law took effect January 1, 1896.

88 per cent. water.

ILLINOIS.

12 per cent. milk solids.

3 per cent. butter fat.

Contracts for purchase of milk within this State, for delivery within or without this State, is governed by this standard, except by special contract in writing. (Laws 1897, p. 268.)

IOWA.

There must be at least 3 pounds of butter fat to each 100 pounds of milk. (Laws 1892, chap. 50, § 2.)

88 per cent. water.

MAINE.

12 per cent. milk solids.

3 per cent. fat.

By gravimetric analysis. (Laws 1893, chap. 255.)

MASSACHUSETTS.

87 per cent. watery fluid.

13 per cent. of milk solids.

Nine and three-tenths per cent. of milk solids, exclusive of fat, or three and seven-tenths per cent. of fat; except during the months of April, May, June, July and August, when milk shall not contain less than 12 per cent.of milk solids or less than 9 per cent. of milk solids exclusive of fat, or less than 3 per cent. of fat. (Laws 1896, chap. 398.)

Skimmed Milk.

Skimmed milk must contain at least 9.3 per cent. milk solids. (Laws 1885, chap. 352.)

MICHIGAN.

87 per cent. watery fluid.

12 per cent. milk solids.

3 per cent. fat.

Specific gravity, at 60 degrees Fahrenheit, between 1.029 and