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the best of my ability with the small force of inspectors at my 

 command. But still, with the means furnished, great and good 

 results are apparent, and I may be pardoned for saying that to the 

 gentlemanly deportment, the energy and fidelity of the experts of 

 my diyision, Messrs. Harp, Nash, Boice and McS weeny, may, in a 

 great measure, be attributed the successful prosecution of the 

 work. 



It was the work of this Department that made possible the sud- 

 den crusade against the vendors of adulterated milk in New York 

 city. This Department led the way and, by teaching that adulter- 

 ated milk could be controlled in the country, it prepared the way 

 for the same good work in the city, and the first fruits of this 

 intelligent and organized warfare against adulterations was the 

 establishment of an organization called " The Wholesale Dealers' 

 Protective Association," the members of which pledge themselves 

 to furnish and ship only pure milk, and to sustain the department 

 in its work, and to maintain a watchful supervision over all those 

 who are inclined to furnish adulterated milk for the market. The 

 president of this organization is T. A. Mills, Esq., one of the 

 heaviest milk shippers of the division. This co-operation of the 

 dealers and shippers will aid and strengthen the work of the 

 department, if it can be sustained and encouraged by the people 

 as well as by the Department. 



There is no reason why our dairymen should not realize one cent 

 more per quart, at least, for their milk, than the present quoted 

 price. This would mean hundreds of thousands of dolla»n? every 

 year to their credit. Drive out adulteration and fill its place 

 with pure milk, that the people can rely upon as being pure, and 

 there is no doubt but that the consumption would be largely in- 

 creased. 



CHEESE AND BUTTER. 



The adulteration of cheese and butter, which forms so large a 

 portion of the product of the sixth division, and also of other por- 

 tions of the State, is not so easily controlled. No one will deny 

 that there is great need of legislation by the general government 

 against the sale, if not the manufacture, of spurious dairy prod- 



