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don for presenting some facts and figures whieh were embodied in 

 a f oraier report, viz. : Tliere are 71 factories in Oswego connty, 

 111 in Herkimer, 135 in Oneida, 7 in Fulton, 45 in Montgomery, 

 1 in Warren and 2 in Essex, malcing a total of 372 (tliis number 

 being a little over one-fifth of all the factories in the State), at 

 which is manufactured annually over 1,300,000 pounds of butter, 

 and over 35,000,000 pounds of cheese ; add to this the enoi-mous 

 amount made by private dairies, and the large amount of milk 

 sold for consumption, and it must be conceded that this is a very 

 important division. 



If the work is done faithfully and well, a vast amonnt is neces- 

 sary. I have had at my disposal, four inspectors and one cheese 

 instructor^ two of the inspectors being on half time last winter, 

 one being appointed on the 15th of July last, and the cheese in- 

 structor not being confined to this division, has been at my disposal 

 only part of the time; the appropriation fop our work is entirely 

 inadequate for what we are expected to do; I know that you would 

 have assigned more help, not only to this division but to all the 

 others, for they are all in need, had the finances- permitted. I 

 present these facts not because they are at all new to you, but 

 with hopes that they may be of benefit in the future and help to 

 enlighten our people on this subject, so that this Department may 

 in the future, have at. its disposal funds enough, to be able to 

 entirely fill the sphere it was intended to fill. 



With the few inspectors and experts at my disposal, and the 

 large amount of work which must be done, it has been necessary 



When the few inspectors and experts at my disposal, and 

 the large amount of work which must be done, it has been 

 necessary to economize labor in every way practicable, being 

 particularly careful to allow few things to creep in which 

 might in any way break up our system of work and inspection. 

 For this reason I have deemed it wise to make no extra effort 

 during the summer and early fall to settle cases or bring actions, 

 leaving them until the winter months when we had fewer factor- 

 ies to look after. We have in this way been able to accomplish 

 much more work during the year than we would have otherwise 

 been able to. 



