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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  REroRT 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  (20) 
  Relating 
  to 
  process 
  butter 
  and 
  use 
  of 
  preservalincs 
  in 
  

   dairy 
  products. 
  

  

  (21) 
  Relating 
  to 
  sale 
  and 
  analysis 
  of 
  concentrated 
  feeding 
  stuffs. 
  

   In 
  doing 
  all 
  the 
  work 
  with 
  which 
  this 
  Department 
  is 
  charged 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  continued 
  the 
  system 
  which 
  I 
  followed 
  last 
  year, 
  viz. 
  : 
  Put- 
  

   ting 
  the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  in 
  each 
  particular 
  division 
  under 
  

   the 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Commissioner 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  that 
  division 
  

   and 
  holding 
  him 
  responsible 
  for 
  that 
  work. 
  

  

  For 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  each 
  in 
  their 
  respective 
  divisions 
  

   you 
  will 
  see 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Commissioners 
  attached 
  

   hereto. 
  

  

  MILK. 
  

  

  The 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  milk 
  law 
  requires 
  more 
  expense 
  and 
  

   work 
  than 
  it 
  did 
  before 
  the 
  amendment 
  providing 
  that 
  we 
  should 
  

   take 
  samples 
  from 
  the 
  dairy, 
  but, 
  in 
  my 
  judgment, 
  it 
  has 
  helped 
  to 
  

   strengthen 
  the 
  law 
  by 
  giving 
  increased 
  confidence. 
  No 
  cases 
  are 
  

   now 
  brought 
  except 
  where 
  the 
  milk 
  of 
  the 
  dairy 
  proves 
  to 
  be 
  better 
  

   in 
  quality 
  than 
  the 
  milk 
  sold 
  by 
  the 
  party 
  from 
  whom 
  taken. 
  In 
  

   many 
  instances 
  suits 
  have 
  been 
  avoided 
  from 
  the 
  very 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  

   great 
  difference 
  between 
  the 
  milk 
  produced 
  by 
  the 
  dairy 
  and 
  that 
  

   sold 
  by 
  the 
  defendant 
  was 
  such 
  conclusive 
  proof 
  of 
  adulteration 
  

   that 
  penalty 
  was 
  paid 
  without 
  further 
  question. 
  All 
  in 
  all, 
  the 
  

   aAendment, 
  in 
  my 
  judgment, 
  was 
  wise. 
  I 
  believe 
  it 
  is 
  fair 
  to 
  state 
  

   that 
  the 
  average 
  milk 
  to-day 
  sold 
  upon 
  the 
  market 
  to, 
  the 
  consumer 
  

   is 
  practically 
  pure. 
  ISTow 
  and 
  then 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  person 
  who, 
  either 
  

   through 
  ignorance 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  or 
  through 
  sheer 
  defiance 
  of 
  it, 
  adul- 
  

   terates 
  and 
  sells 
  such 
  milk 
  upon 
  the 
  market. 
  The 
  adulteration, 
  

   what 
  little 
  there 
  is, 
  is 
  not 
  confined 
  to 
  adding 
  water. 
  There 
  is 
  some 
  

   adulteration 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  preservaline 
  and 
  some 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   coloring 
  matter. 
  This, 
  however, 
  I 
  believe, 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  minimum, 
  aa 
  

   our 
  agents 
  are 
  prepared 
  to 
  and 
  do 
  test 
  milk 
  for 
  these 
  two 
  adulter- 
  

   ants. 
  We 
  have 
  made 
  some 
  few 
  cases 
  against 
  persons 
  for 
  thus 
  

   adulterating, 
  but 
  the 
  number 
  is 
  not 
  large. 
  I 
  am 
  a 
  little 
  at 
  a 
  loss 
  

   to 
  know 
  why 
  people 
  will 
  adulterate 
  rich 
  milk 
  by 
  coloring 
  it, 
  as 
  is 
  

  

  