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VINEGAR, 



Frequent inspections of vinegar factories and of wholesale 

 and retail groceries have been made with the result that one 

 of the factories has gone out of business besides paying quite 

 a sum in penalties, while two others are now being prosecuted 

 for making and selling a spurious cider vinegar. It is believed 

 that a vigorous prosecution of these two concerns will prove 

 that violations of the vinegar law by them is not a very profit- 

 able business. Outside of these factories but little adulterated 

 vinegar has been found. A few cases of cider vinegar bought 

 of farmers on the market have been found a little below stand- 

 ard, but as the article was otherwise pure they were not prose- 

 cuted. A number of retail grocers have also been found with 

 bad vinegar, but in every case it has been traced as coming from 

 the three concerns mentioned. In some instances the grocers 

 were backed by these factories, and all such have been referred 

 to you for prosecution. 



BOB VEAL. 



We have endeavored to see that the immature veal law is 

 observed. Some prosecutions have followed. Most of the veal 

 used here for consumption is brought in by express companies 

 and by wagon from near-by towns and villages. This latter 

 requires strict watching, and for that reason this division is in 

 need of the services of an expert bob-veal inspector. 



CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



This division has fortunately been free from any serious out- 

 break of disease among animals during the year. One or two 

 cases of rabies were reported from Orleans county, Murray 

 township, occasioning some alarm, but prompt action on the part 

 of the health board of the village of Holley, and of this Depart- 

 ment in the village of Hulberton, in quarantining suspicious 

 animals caused the alarm to be quieted and a disappearance of 

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