Seventy-Tiiikd Annual Report 1221 



reason of our rapidly developing markets, and arc capable of such 

 unlimited extension, that the iircal State of New ^^)l•k can well 

 afford to occupy advanced ground upon this subject, to the end 

 that the standard of our products slioidd be raised every year so 

 that the consumer, whether within or without the state, may be 

 assured that the products produced on jS\nv York State farms 

 are of the highest standard attainable. 



In this connection I desire to call your attention to what 

 appears to be a much needed amendment to the law governing the 

 manufacture of cheese. Ivecentlv, as von mav have noted by the 

 papers, a considerable number of people in one of the cities of the 

 state were made seriously ill by eating cheese supposed to be 

 manufactured in the State of Xew York. It is practically im- 

 possible to trace this particular cheese to its place of manufacture, 

 for it appears to have been unbranded and there was nothing to 

 indicate its source of manufacture. As the law now stands, a 

 manufacturer of cheese may register his product with the depart- 

 ment of agriculture and that brand must appear upon each 

 cheese manufactured by him and placed upon the market. This, 

 however, is optional rather than compulsory, and a very consider- 

 able quantity of cheese today is made in this state and placed 

 upon the market without any distinctive brand. I believe the law 

 should be so amended that it would compel every manufacturer of 

 cheese in the state to procure a brand and that it should be plainly 

 stamped upon every cheese sent from such maker, in order that 

 in case of trouble like the one to which I have referred, the source 

 can be traced and remedied. If such an amendment were adopted, 

 or if under the present law consumers of cheese would insist on 

 being served only with those bearing the New York State brand, 

 thev would be reasonablv assured of securing a full milk cheese 

 manufactured under sanitary conditions. 



The agricultural law also has to do with our vast horticultural 

 interests. I believe the nursery inspection system of the State of 

 New York to l)e the best that exists in anv state, and it is doing 

 very much toward ])rotecting and advancing the horticultural 

 interests of the state. An orchard or a vineyard may be planted 

 in our state with i-easoiiabje conlidcnce that the state 

 will protect against insect pests or fungous diseases destructive to 



