Report of Charles T. Russell. 



Hon. Charles A. Wietixg, Commissioner of Agriculture: 



Dear Sir — Herewith I respectfully submit my fourth annual 

 report as Assistant Commissioner of the work performed in 

 the service of the Dpartment of Agriculture for the year termi- 

 nating September 30, 1901, in this, the Sixth Division of the 

 State, comprising the counties of Broome, Chenango, Cortland, 

 Madison, Onondaga, Tioga and Tompkins. 



In connection with the many other duties performed our time 

 has been largely occupied with the inspection of the milk supply 

 of this division, necessitated by the popular demand for the 

 same as expressed by general and numerous requests which in- 

 crease in number each year. As regards the inspection of the 

 public milk supply it is very gratifying to note the increasing 

 friendliness and favor of farmers and milk producers, as they 

 realize that but for the restrictions imposed by the Agricul- 

 tural Law upon adulteration by city dealers the demand from 

 the milk producer would be seriously lessened. 



CENSUS.— MILK SHIPPING, PROSECUTIONS, ETC. 



The enormity of the dairy interests of the Sixth Division is 

 best illustrated by the last factory and milk shipping census 

 for the year 1900. The number of butter and cheese factories 

 in each of the several counties of this division are as follows: 

 Broome 40, Chenango 45, Cortland 39, Madison 46, Onondaga 27, 

 Tioga 27, and Tompkins 17; total number of factories 241, milk 

 condensaries 3, and milk shipping stations 120, making 9,860,490 

 pounds of butter and 13,123,922 pounds of cheese. 



There was shipped from this division during the year as fol- 

 lows: 



Quarts of crude milk 109,838,128 



Quarts of condensed milk 1,875,885 



Quarts of cream 1,840,381 



Total ' 113,554,394 



