126 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



CREAMERIES, CHEESE FACTORIES, MILK CONDENSERIES AND 



CANNERIES 



To meet a demand for information relative to creameries, cheese 

 factories, milk coudenseries and canneries, this Bureau made dili- 

 gent inquiry in every county, borough and city in the State, through 

 the Assessors and otherwise. We have collected what is generally 

 considered fairly correct lists. These lists have been recently pub- 

 lished in bulletin form under the supervision of the Dairy and Food 

 Commissioner and are now ready for distribution. 



SHEEP KILLED AND INJURED BY DOGS 



It has been a well known fact all these years that the dogs have 

 been deterimental to the sheep industry of this State, but, so far as 

 we know, no systematic effort has ever been made to collect this 

 data to ascertain just how much the damage has been for any one 

 3^ ear. Through the County Commissioners' offices, we secured the 

 necessary information for the year 1913 which is tabulated and sub- 

 mitted herewith in detail and made a part of this report. I desire 

 to add that from estimates just received from our correspondents, 

 there are only seventy per cent, of the number of sheep in this State 

 at the present time that there were ten years ago. It is very evident 

 that we need additional legislation to protect this important but 

 fast declining industry from the ravages of the dogs. 



