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the cows and see if any of them drank out of these stagnant pools. 

 He found that six cows drank out of the said pools. He marked 

 the cows and I took the samples of milk back to the factory that 

 night. The next morning there were six samples of milk that 

 were very bitter and poor, and they were the samples of these 

 cowls' milk that drank of the stagnant water. I got the farmer 

 to fence up these low places so that the cows could not drink there 

 and put in a vat at a spring in the pasture so the cows could have 

 plenty of good water, and in a few days his milk was all right 

 and the maker had no more trouble with it. I spent my 

 time up to the 1st of July answering calls from cheesemakers; 

 then I was directed by C. D. Moore, assistant commissioner, to 

 do some work in Franklin and Clinton counties. I spent some 

 two weeks there testing milk and giving instructions in butter 

 making and getting the annual reports of the creameries and 

 cheese factories. By the request of the commissioner I attended 

 the State fair and assisted Mr. G. A. Smith in the dairy hall through 

 the fair. The month of September I spent in Lewis, Oneida and 

 Jefferson counties, answering calls from makers and attending 

 county fairs. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



H. A. REES, 



Cheese Instructor. 



