Nn. (i, |)i;i'Ai:TMKNT OF A( : KK M : LTirHE. 7 



In lilt- r.-irimrs (»!' I he Sl;i(r. 'J'lic <(tsl of such IViiili/crs used :itiiiu 

 nllv ill r<'iiiisvl\ jiiii;i icimIii'S s<\<-r:il millions of dolhirs, niid willionl 

 tlic iiKMiis |»ro\ idrd liv l;i\\ !<• diin ( fraiul, IIk' Iriiiplnt ion lo nn- 

 s<'niinilons men lo |il;nr upon (In- iii;iiis.cl ^^-oods of iiifriior \;ilii<' 

 would no doulfl lend to very ^rcat nliuscs. II is iinfoiMiinilc Hint 

 ;i lew fiiinicrs seem lo lliink lli:il ;i l;i\\ rc(|niiin;; a icrlain ffc lo 

 lie i)ai(l bv (lie nianuraci urri- foi' i hi' i.ii\ ilc;^c of |daciiij;' ('a<li l»ra:id 

 of ji'oods Ilia I ln' makrs upon I In- maikd, adds to tln' cos I of i in- fcr- 

 tili/.cr llic larnicr hiiys. willioul securing' (o liim any sultslaul iai 

 |)ci,cii(, and llial as a rcsnll id' this \ ic\v attcmpls arc sonn-tinics 

 made lo ,uci manufacturci's lo prepare for tliciu special niixlures, 

 for whitdi llie luanufaclurcr lias lilcd willi lliis Departiin'iil no 

 guaranteed analysis and which he has no liuhl uudei- I he law to 

 make or s(dl. It should he I'emembei-ed Ihat the license fee paid 

 by the manufacturer goes for the i»ayuient of the expenses of col- 

 lecting samiiles and having them analyzed, so that the character 

 of the goods may be made public and that the prosecution of the 

 manufacturer, if his attempi lo defraud is apparent, may follow. 

 If the manufacturer sells but one hundred tons of any given brand, 

 Ilie fee paid amounts to fifteen cents per ton, and if he sells five 

 hundred tons the fee amounts to but four cents. Surely, if this 

 were rightly understood by all, even though the fee were paid by 

 the farmer directly, no complaint would be ottered at having to pay 

 so small an insurance fee for the anu)unt of protection secured. 

 Every farmer should interest himself in seeing, so far as he may be 

 able, that I he manufacturer observes the requirements of the law. 



The otticial connection of the Secretary with the State Live Stock 

 Sanitary Board has added a considerable amount to the personal 

 work he has had to perform during the year. The leasing of a farm 

 upon which to continue on a larger scale the investigations that 

 have been in progress relating to the immunizing of cattle against 

 tuberculosis, the stocking of said farm, the repairs of buildings and 

 adapting them lo the special uses to which they have been applied, 

 together with the purchase of farm imi>lements, the employment 

 of labor and directing the same, have all received the attention of 

 the Secretary, in conjunction wiih I he State Veterinarian. A more 

 complele account of this work is given in the State Veterinarian's 

 report. 



In ihe latter part of the month of Ai)ril. T received from :Mr. A. 

 1. Loop, of Xorlh East. Pa., a section of Ihe State where grape cul- 

 ture is one of the chief indnsli-ies, the following letter: 



"North East, Pa., April 21, 1903. 



"Hon. N. B. Critchfield, Harrisburg, Pa.: 



"Dear Sir; Last fall at a meeting- of grape growers of this section, Mr. R. 

 S. Pierce, of this place, and I, were made a committee to see what could be 



