CONTENTS 



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Period covered by this report 7 



Organization of the Department of Agriculture 7 



Synopsis of the Agricultural Law 11 



Violations of the Agricultural Law referred to the Attorney-General.... 22 



Dairy Products (article 3) 35 



Vinegar (article -}) 70 



Diseases of domestic animals (article 5) 70 



Food and food products (article 8) 93 



Fertilizers and feeding stuffs (articles 7, 9, 10) 90 



Agricultural statistics (article 12) 150 



Agricultural labor ( article 12) 162 



Horticultural inspection (articles (>, 11, I )) , 173 



Financial statement 185 



Financial report of the New York State Fair 1S8 



Financial report of the county, town and other agricultural societies in 



the state of Xew York for the year 1909 224 



Farmers' institutes ■. 247 



State College of Agriculture and State Experiment Station 248 



Report of Xew York State School of Agriculture at Alfred University.. 248 



Amendments to the Agricultural Law 257 



Appendix: 



Foot and .Mouth Disease, by James Law, F. R. C. V. S 201 



Report of the invasion of Xew York by foot and mouth disease in 



1908 327 



Official orders and statements issued by the state during the foot 



and mouth outbreak in Xew York 348 



Official orders issued by the federal government during the foot and 



mouth outbreak in New York 305 



1 ndex " 307 



