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decomposition, and as these chaifges have in many instances been 

 followed by the arrest and conviction of the manufacturers or 

 dealers, in the different courts of our State, proving that the claims 

 of the Department of Agriculture are well grounded, and their 

 efforts to protect the health of the people demands our co-operation. 



'''•Resolved^ That the Presiderit of the Medical Society of the 

 State of Pennsylvania, a])point a committee of five members, who 

 shall consider the (juestion of food adulteration, the use and abuse 

 of the various so-called preservallves and the coloring of food, and 

 the effect of these adulterants upon the health of the people. 

 This committee, if appointed, to investigate and report at our next 

 annual meeting; and be it further 



''^Resolved, That the officers of the Department of Agriculture of 

 the State of Pennsylvania be asked to co-operate in the work of 

 our committee." 



The committee was duly appointed with Dr. Henry Leffman, of 

 Philadelphia, as chairman. 



This action by the Medical Society, representing a membership 

 of over 3,500 physicians will, unquestionably, result i«i great good 

 to the general public, and materially assist the Department in its 

 enforcement of the Pennsylvania food laws. 



A DIVISION OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 



It is apparent, from the amount of work which the Dairy and Food 

 Division has performed in the enforcemeitt of the food laws of the 

 Commonwealth, that there is no time for giving proper attention to 

 that other branch of the work of this Division, oameh', the develop- 

 ment of our dairy iodustry. 



We do not at present suppl}- much more than one-half of the 

 butter needed by our citizens. With the facilities for milk produc- 

 tion which tliis State affords, we should not be dependent upon our 

 neighbors for our supply of dairy products. Special attention to 

 this branch of our fai-ming industry, by a capable and enthusiastic 

 oflticer, unembarrassed b}' the difficulties attending food control 

 would soon bring about an increase in our dairj' production. 



We have also the question of an increase in our home raised beef 

 sup})l3'. Many thousands of acres of land throughout the State are 

 admirably adajited to the growth of beef and mutton. The great 

 ranges of the West have almost disappeared, and the supply of the 

 future must soon be grown upon the smaller farms of the East. 

 South and middle West. There are also the breeding of swine and 

 poultry which have never yet been seriously taken up in Pennsyl 

 yania, Hitjierto they have rather been adjuncts or subordinate 



