Ar.T. 3.] Daiky Pkoducts 1893 



amount of fat contained therein and use for ascertaining the 

 amonnt of such fat what is known as the Babcock test, or wdien- test^glass- 

 ever the proceeds of co-operative creameries and cheese factories 

 are allotted on the basis of determinations of milk fat by the 

 Babcock test, the bottles and pipettes used in such test shall be- 

 fore use be examined bv the director of the ISTew York affricultural 

 experiment station. If such bottles are found to be properly con- 

 structed and graded so as to accurately show the amount of fat 

 contained in milk, each of them shall be legibly and indelibly 

 marked ''' S. B." Xo bottle shall be so marked except as herein 

 provided or used in any such test by such manufacturers, unless 

 so examined and marked. The acid used in making such test by 

 such manufacturers shall be examined from time to time by com- Examina- 



tion o£ 



petent chemists employed by the commissioner of agriculture and ''^''^• 

 if found not to be of sufficient strength the use of such acid shall 

 be prohibited. ]^o person or persons receiving or purchasing 

 milk or cream upon the basis of the amount of fat contained 

 therein, shall credit any patron or patrons delivering milk oj- crediting 



, " fat pcr- 



cream thereto with a greater or lesser percentage or average per- centage. 

 centage of fat than is actually contained in the milk or cream so 

 delivered. The commissioner of agriculture or persons employed 

 bv him for that purpose may at anv time assist in making tests Agents may 



^ i- ^ ^ o assist m 



of milk received at a butter or cheese factory for the purpose of test""^ 

 determining the efficiency of tests usually made at such factory. 

 All persons using other than standard bottles or acid which is not 

 of the required strength to accurately determine the amount of 

 fats in milk or crediting any patron or patrons delivering milk or 

 cream with a greater or lesser percentage or average percentage Misde- 



£ £ ^ ' m • -\ • ^ •! meanor. 



01 lat than is actually contained m the milk or cream so deliv- 

 ered, shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by section fifty- 

 two of this article, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



§ 34, Penalty for delivery of adulterated milk. Any person, 

 firm, association or corporation delivering any milk to any butter 

 or cheese factory in violation of any of the provisions of this 

 chapter shall forfeit and pay to the patrons, firm, association or 

 corporation owning the milk delivered to such factory the sum of 

 fifty dollars, to be recovered in a civil action by the person, firm, 

 association or corporation entitled thereto. 



