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and also the cheapest after all. I am glad to say that, while we have 

 not yet reached perfection, there are gratifying evidences of im- 

 provement in every direction, and we are hoping that the day is not 

 far distant when the adulteration of the food and drink of the 

 people will be an unthinkable oifense. And we believe that the 

 result will justify our faith. 



CONCERNING THE APPENDIX. 



Appended to this report will be found several papers of special 

 interest and value. These include an opinion of Judge Bell, of 

 Blair county, sustaining the contention of the Commonwealth that 

 tlie Dairy and Food Commissioner is not compelled to hand over 

 to the defense a portion of the food samples depended upon to 

 prove the case of the Commonwealth; a very valuable and inform- 

 ing paper concerning the decay and transformation of eggs, to- 

 gether with comments upon the same, by Professor Charles H. 

 La Wall and Special Agent H. P. Cassidy, and a paper on the Dairy 

 Industry of the State by Dr. William Frear, v>^ho is connected with 

 the experiment station at State College, is Chairman of the Federal 

 Commission of Food Standards, is frequently consulted by the 

 National authorities at Washington, and has been so long and so 

 closely connected with the dairy interests of this State that any- 

 thing he may say will be received with unusual interest by the 

 people of the Commonwealth, and especially by those engaged in the 

 dairy business. It is believed these papers will be found of perma- 

 ment value in connection with the work of the Bureau. 



JAMES FOUST,' 

 Dairy and Food Commissioner. 



