Report of H. A. Rees. 



Hon. Fred. C. Schraub, Commissioner of Agriculture: 



Dear Sir. — I respectfully submit the following as a report of 

 the work performed by me for the year ending September 30, 

 1895: 



I spent the most of the month of October in the county of Lewis, 

 making cheese and testing milk at different factories. The 12th 

 I was called to DeKalb, St. Lawrence county, to attend a milk 

 suit. The month of November I did some work in Lewis county, 

 and spent some days in Jefferson county, making cheese and test- 

 ing milk with the Babcock tester. In December I spent some 

 days in Jefferson county, attending farmers' institutes afid testing 

 milk at different cheese factories. Spent the month of January 

 in the counties of Lewis, Jefferson and St. Lawrence, testing milk 

 at factories and for farmers and peddlers in the cities and getting 

 the annual reports of the factories. On the 14th of February I 

 was called to the Antwerp factory; they wanted some instruction 

 in making cheese during the last part of the month. I attended 

 several factory meetings by the request of the patrons. March, 

 April and May I spent in Lewis and Jefferson counties attend- 

 ing factory meetings, testing milk and making cheese. The 4th 

 of June I was called to a factory by the maker; he was having 

 trouble with his milk. I made a thorough examination of each 

 patron's milk as they delivered it at the factory; one can in par- 

 ticular was very poor flavor; the maker requested me to visit the 

 farm and see if I could find any cause for it. I went to the farm 

 and s'aw the cows milked at night, and took samples of each cow's 

 milk and kept it separate. I found by talking to the farmer that 

 there were two or three swampy or low, wet places in his pasture 

 where the water stands, and in warm weather it becomes stag- 

 nant. I got him to send a man the next morning and follow 



