192 Ninth Annual Report of the 



ans of the people in detecting and reporting promptly any viola- 

 tions of laws relating to agriculture. On the contrary, many 

 criminals have been exposed in the Fifth Division during the 

 current year, and in every case when such violations have been 

 brought to the attention of the courts the case of the people 

 has been sustained and the defendant has been convicted and 

 punished. 



I am pleased in this connection to report a further decrease 

 in the number of violations we have found, which shows that 

 the punishment administered has had a wholesome and salutary 

 effect in lessening adulterations. I give below a list of cases 

 prepared by the Department of Agriculture for the current year, 

 by which it will be seen that in most instances the extreme 

 penalt t y has been collected. In cases where settlements for a 

 less amount have been accepted there has seemed to be extenu- 

 ating circumstances, such that with the consent of the Attorney- 

 General and by your advice they have been compromised. 



PROSECUTIONS. 



Label Nos. 10634, 6402, 6418, 6410, 10635, 7851,' 6431, 4467, 10639, 10C38, 6433, 7901, 7902, 6411, 

 7920, 10641, 6359, 6360. 



During the past year I have had more calls for State 

 aid in the treatment of sick cattle than ever before, the first 

 being the case at the farm of K. Collins Kellogg of the town of 

 Lowville. In this case a herd of young cattle, one and two years 

 old, were attacked some weeks after having been dehorned. 

 Their first symptoms were loss of appetite, pronounced rise of 

 temperature, increased respiration, followed in about four days 

 by death. Four or five heifers that had been in apparent good 

 health and condition died within a few days. When my atten- 

 tion was called to this herd I sent for Dr. W. H. Kelly, a vet- 

 erinarian in the Department, who successfully diagnosed and 

 treated the disease to the end that no more deaths occurred. 



The disease commonly called " lumpy jaw " has been quite 

 prevalent in this division at times during the past ye;ir. 

 Many cases of this nature have been brought to my 



