Annual Report of the Commissioner of Aqricultitre. 229 



Among the cases which came up in court of special sessions, 

 New York city, was one where sentence was pronounced, but tlie 

 party convicted, appealed, and on said appeal the decision of 

 the lower court was set aside on the ground that the chemist was 

 young and inexperienced, and the miik, if adulterated, came so 

 near the requirements of the law, that it was questionable if it 

 had been tampered with. 



I also claim that it is preposterous to think that the milk 

 dealers of New York city and vicinity will, for any length of time, 

 receive milk which has been adulterated, for they, as a rule, have 

 been in the business a number of years, and know as well as the 

 producer, and most of the city and State inspectors, what is a pure 

 articleof milk; also, a large number of them have the same kind of 

 instruments for testing milk as the city and State inspectors. 

 Therefore, I still hold to the opinion, that the most of the milk 

 which is adulterated by the addition of water, is done after it 

 reaches the milk dealers, for the reason they will not pay two or 

 three cents per quart for water when Croton is always on tap. 



The following tables give a detailed report of work performed 

 by each employe in this division of the Department between Sep- 

 tember 30, 1894 and October 1, 1895: 



REPORT OF M. DUGAN. 



Number of days in court 1 



Number of days inspecting milk 217 



Number of days inspecting herds 2 



Number of days obtaining evidence 1 



Number of days on special duty 7 



Total number of davs 228 



Number of creameries inspected 78 



Number of milk peddlers inspected 58 



Number of stores inspected 42 



Number of cows inspected 150 



