g« ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



KICPORT OF TIIIO DAIRY AND FOOD COM- 

 MISSIONER. 



Haiiisbui'g, I'a.. I )L'cember 31, 1902. 

 Hon. .lului llamilion. Secretary of Agriculture : 



My Dear Sir: I liave the honor to make the following report of 

 1h<' work of the Dairy and Food Division, of the Dei)artment of 

 Agriiiillure, from Jannary 1, to December 81, 1902. 



U'e lliave liad in employment the usual number of agents, chemists 

 and I'ttorneys during this period. There has been collected by our 

 agents, analyzed by the chemists and reported to this Division, 2,052 

 samples of the several food products, which are upon the markets 

 of rhis State. Of this number, 1,122 were found to be true to name, 

 or properly labelled, and 930 samples were found to be adulterated, 

 preserved, or not properly labelled. Under the oleomargarine act 

 there were issued 310 licenses, and we have received and paid into 

 the State Treasury $23,927.05 for the same. In the enforcement of 

 this act, we have had collected and analyzed 506 samples. Of this 

 number, 183 were found to be pure butter, 41 renovated butter and 

 2S2 were found to be oleomargarine. We have prosecuted under 

 this act 252 cases; of this number, there were terminated 57 cases, 

 and there are still pending 195 cases. There were terminated under 

 this act 57 cases, which were commenced previous to January 1, 

 1902 In the enforcement of this act we have collected and paid 

 into thf State Treasury .^8,463.93 in fines and costs. There is still 

 in the hands of the sheriffs of the several counties of the State, a 

 large amount of fines, which have not as yet been paid in. 



M'e have succeeded under Section 9 of the oleomargarine act, in 

 gaining before the courts of the State, two injunctions in Philadel- 

 phia county and one in Crawford county, restraining violators from 

 further violation of the oleomargarine act. In our report for the 

 year 1901, we referred to the difficulty of the enforcement of the 

 oleomargarine law in certain sections of tllie State, of the ignoring 

 of a large number of bills by the grand jury of Allegheny county, 

 and of the costs iK'ing ]>laced upon James Terry, agent of this Divi- 

 sion, and of the appeal to the Superior Court for the purpose of 



