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we caugTit a man with ice in his milk. The ice was taken from 

 a place where the sewers of the city emptied into. Upon taking the 

 ice from the can black specks and strinigy substances could be seen 

 through it. From this man's own statement he had five cases of 

 typhoid fever on his route, and I have no doubt it was caused 

 from the impurity of this ice. It is needless to say that this man 

 was arrested, but the case never came to trial^ as he appeared, 

 plead guilty and paid his fine. 



There are so many inspections to be made of milk that is sold 

 from wagons and shipped from different railroad stations that it 

 seems impossible to trace the milk to its origin. However, we 

 have made a great effort to visit different dairies and see if the 

 milk is kept in proper shape, and examine the different cows to see 

 if they are properly cared for and in good condition. 



On our tour of inspection, stables have been examined and rec- 

 ommendations made where we thought advisable; also ques- 

 tions asked in regard to the feed used. A strict watch has 

 been kept in regard to milkmen feeding brewer's grains in state 

 of fermentation. Quite a number of complaints have been re- 

 ceived by me from proprietors of the different cheese factories 

 in this division in regard to milk being delivered that was not up 

 to the standard. These complaints have been attended to imme- 

 diately. The factories, as a whole, are on a better footing than 

 ever before, as the sales of cheese and butter for the past year 

 have been far above the average of other commodities raised on 

 a farm. A number of diseased cattle have been reported to me 

 during the year by different parties, and I have referred them to 

 Mr. Quigley^ of Waverly. His report, no doubt, will cover all of 

 these cases. 



Early last spring I was directed by you to furnish a list of all 

 the cheese and butter faetories in this division, with the kind and 

 amount of product manufactured by each. I tried at first to 

 obtain these facts by correspondence, mailing a letter and in- 

 closing a blank to the proprietor of each factory, but as they 

 seemed to neglect answering, we started out and made a tour of 

 the division, the result of which was very satisfactory. 



