7G Seventeenth Annual Report of the 



of the court is that oleomargarine made to smell and taste like 

 butter is not an imitation or semblance forbidden by the statute 

 in the judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court 



VINEGAR (Article 4) 

 Your honorable body during the session of 1909 amended this 

 article of the Agricultural Law by enacting chapter 210 of the 

 laws of that year, which went into effect April 19, 1909. A few 

 changes were made in the statute by this amendment, the first 

 of which amended section 70 by striking out the method of ascer- 

 taining the amount of total solids in the vinegar and by re- 

 enacting the standard of 4 1 ^ per cent, acetic acid, making it 

 applicable to all vinegar manufactured in the state, so that as 

 the vinegar law now stands it is believed to be constitutional. It 

 also amended section 72 by providing that any vinegar manufac- 

 tured or offered for sale that might be a mixture or blend of 2 

 or more vinegars should be branded or labeled so as to show its 

 true character. Forty-eight cases have been referred to the 

 Attorney-General for violations of this act. No constitutional 

 questions have been raised, nor have there been any new inter- 

 pretations of the statute of moment. The statute as a whole is 

 being duly observed. The violations that do exist are as a rule 

 due possibly to misunderstanding as to the proper method of 

 branding or marking the same. 



DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS (Article 5) 



During the last session of the Legislature, some laws were 

 passed and existing laws amended, which affected the work of 

 the bureau of veterinary service. The ones more particularly 

 affecting the work are those pertaining to the control of tubercu- 

 losis, glanders and rabies. 



BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS 



Section 90, as amended by chapter 312, Laws of 1909, places 

 restriction on the importation of tuberculous cattle into this state 

 for breeding and dairying purposes. While this law has added 

 to the work of the bureau of veterinary service, it has permitted 

 a more effective control of the diseases. To make this law prac- 



