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quantities of milk from tbe country. So far, this has resulted in 

 an improved quality of milk being sold, but increased demand 

 gives temptation to depreciate the quality or increase the quantity 

 by adulteration. The inspections and samplings of this milk en- 

 tails double work. At the Buffalo depots the poor milk can be 

 detected, but it requires an examination, at the depots where it 

 is shipped, to discover which of the many producers is delivering 

 the impure milk. It is, however, apparently a concentration of 

 our work at these places, for, in fact, we can not cease our vigi- 

 lance on the peddlers. Receiving their milk at night in most 

 €ases, it is kept at their barns over night, and thus an opportunity 

 for adulteration is given after inspection has been made at the 

 •depots. 



The inspection of this milk keeps our inspectors busy in the 

 early morning and early evening. 



The amount received into this city over railroads the past year, 

 I estimate was 7,500,000 gallons. 



CHEESE FACTORIES AND CREAMERIES. 



These concerns still prosper in this district, though there is 

 a slight decrease in number. Our allies, the proprietors and 

 paitrons, greatly relieve us from the necessity of visiting factories, 

 except where complaint has been made against some producer 

 delivering impure milk. These factories are distributed over 

 a wide territory. The interest of the owners in receiving none 

 but the best milk and the severe penalties that have been inflicted 

 on violators of the law, combine to lessen the complaints from this 

 source. The best product being used the best results accrue, 

 and the cheese and creamery butter made in this district are 

 second to none. 



VINEGAR. 



I can not add much to what I have said in previous reports 



regarding the results of the vinegar law. Rarely do we hear 



complaint about impure or acid vinegar at the present day, while 



before the law went into effect the sale of the pure article was 



