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There has not been as many prosecutions brought for violation 

 of the law relating to the illegal sale of oleomargarine during the 

 rear reported as in the previous year for the reason before stated, 

 that there was less effort to force the sale of the goods during the 

 last seven months of the year owing to the decision referred to 

 above^ hence less violations of the law. 



Milk. 



The milk produced in the State of New York and shipped to the 

 cities of New York and Brooklyn during the year has been mainly 

 of high grade, only a small percentage showing adulteration. In 

 fact at least ninety-five per cent, of the milk that has been found 

 that was adulterated has shown only five to fifteen per cent, of 

 added water, or by the removal of about the same percentage of 

 cream. 



The milk received from Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsyl- 

 vania has been of better grade than it was last year. 



The law does not reach the shipper of milk from other States. 

 But when the receivers within the State are prosecuted for selling 

 adulterated milk that is shipped to them from outside of the State, 

 they usually take the amount of the fines from the account of the 

 shipper, and as several parties handling such milk last year paid 

 the civil penalty of $100 and took it out of the account of the 

 shipper, and this becoming known to other shippers, it had the 

 effect of stopping a great share of the adulteration by non-resident 

 shippers. 



The State agents in this division have kept up the usual system 

 of inspections of milk during the year and have found quite a num- 

 ber of violations of law, by both wholesale and retail dealers, who 

 have been prosecuted, a detailed report of which will be found 

 in the report of cases. 



In order to make the agricultural laws more effective, section 

 22 of the Agricultural Law should be amended so as to make 

 it an offense to have adulterated milk in possession of the same as 

 in the former laws. 



