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  SEVE^^TII 
  Annual 
  REroRT 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  tions 
  that 
  arise 
  relative 
  to 
  this 
  commodity 
  is 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  

   right 
  of 
  a 
  dealer 
  in 
  calves 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  to 
  kill 
  and 
  ship 
  for 
  con- 
  

   sumption 
  into 
  another 
  State 
  calves 
  under 
  four 
  weeks 
  of 
  age. 
  I 
  

   have 
  informed 
  such 
  as 
  have 
  made 
  this 
  inquiry 
  that 
  the 
  law 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  they 
  should 
  not 
  sell, 
  offer 
  or 
  expose 
  for 
  sale 
  within 
  the 
  

   State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  for 
  consumption, 
  calves 
  killed 
  under 
  four 
  

   weeks 
  of 
  age, 
  and 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  no 
  reason 
  why 
  I 
  should 
  draw 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   tinguishing 
  line 
  between 
  the 
  calves 
  so 
  killed 
  to 
  be 
  sold 
  in 
  other 
  

   States 
  and 
  calves 
  so 
  killed 
  to 
  be 
  sold 
  for 
  consumption 
  in 
  this 
  

   State. 
  

  

  BEES. 
  

  

  Sections 
  80 
  and 
  81 
  provide 
  against 
  the 
  keeping 
  of 
  bees 
  

   suffering 
  with 
  the 
  disease, 
  known 
  as 
  " 
  foul 
  brood," 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   vides 
  that 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  shall 
  enforce 
  

   the 
  statute 
  regarding 
  the 
  same. 
  Under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  

   section 
  81 
  I 
  appointed 
  two 
  agents 
  from 
  the 
  civil 
  service 
  

   eligible 
  list 
  to 
  look 
  after 
  this 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  Their 
  

   reports 
  to 
  this 
  office 
  show 
  that 
  they 
  commenced 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  

   early 
  part 
  of 
  August 
  and 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  disease 
  existed 
  mostly 
  in 
  

   Montgomery, 
  Schoharie, 
  Schenectady, 
  Albany 
  and 
  Otsego 
  coun- 
  

   ties; 
  that 
  the 
  probability 
  is 
  very 
  strong 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  

   the 
  disease 
  was 
  started 
  about 
  four 
  years 
  ago 
  from 
  bees 
  that 
  were 
  

   brought 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  to 
  Sloansville, 
  Schoharie 
  county, 
  I^. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  

   that 
  since 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  disease 
  has 
  spread 
  with 
  Sloansville 
  for 
  its 
  

   center 
  about 
  thirty 
  miles 
  south 
  and 
  west 
  and 
  twenty 
  miles 
  east 
  

   and 
  north. 
  The 
  work 
  was 
  done 
  by 
  two 
  agents, 
  viz. 
  : 
  Mr. 
  Morti- 
  

   mer 
  Stevens 
  of 
  Pennellville, 
  K 
  Y., 
  and 
  Mr. 
  K 
  D. 
  West 
  of 
  Mid- 
  

   dleburgh, 
  IST. 
  Y. 
  Mr. 
  Stevens 
  devoted 
  his 
  time 
  largely 
  in 
  look- 
  

   ing 
  after 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  where 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  find 
  foul 
  

   brood 
  to 
  exist. 
  Mr. 
  "West 
  did 
  his 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  and 
  

   found 
  foul 
  brood 
  to 
  exist, 
  as 
  above 
  stated. 
  His 
  reports 
  show 
  

   that 
  in 
  July 
  he 
  examined 
  1,084 
  swarms 
  and 
  found 
  491 
  diseased; 
  

   in 
  August 
  he 
  examined 
  1,286 
  swarms 
  and 
  found 
  730 
  diseased; 
  in 
  

   September 
  he 
  examined 
  4,724 
  swarms 
  and 
  found 
  319 
  diseased; 
  in 
  

  

  