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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Repokt 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  they 
  were 
  buying. 
  I 
  an^ 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  evidence 
  

   is 
  not 
  exactly 
  the 
  kind 
  that 
  we 
  should 
  rest 
  our 
  cases 
  upon, 
  and, 
  

   therefore, 
  feel 
  constrained 
  to 
  ac-ain 
  recommend 
  to 
  vour 
  honorable 
  

   body 
  that 
  you 
  pass 
  a 
  law 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  no 
  person 
  selling 
  

   skimmed 
  milk 
  shall 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  sell 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  wagon 
  from 
  

   which 
  he 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  selling 
  pure 
  and 
  whole 
  milk, 
  and 
  that 
  

   the 
  wagon 
  from 
  which 
  he 
  sells 
  skimmed 
  milk 
  should 
  bear 
  a 
  sign 
  

   upon 
  which 
  should 
  be 
  the 
  words 
  " 
  Skimmed 
  Milk 
  " 
  of 
  sufficient 
  

   size 
  and 
  color 
  to 
  be 
  easily 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  purchaser 
  at 
  a 
  reasonable 
  

   distance. 
  Such 
  an 
  enactment 
  would 
  do 
  away 
  with 
  this 
  difficulty 
  

   without 
  being 
  a 
  hardship; 
  at 
  least, 
  not 
  enough 
  of 
  a 
  hardship 
  to 
  

   take 
  into 
  consideration 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  good 
  that 
  would 
  result 
  

   to 
  the 
  consuming 
  public. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  milk 
  cases 
  made 
  during 
  

   the 
  past 
  year 
  is 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  cases 
  herewith 
  submitted 
  

   that 
  have 
  been 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  Attorney-General 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  

   year. 
  

  

  The 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  di- 
  

   visions, 
  outside 
  of 
  Albany, 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  consumption 
  of 
  milk 
  is 
  

   upon 
  the 
  increase 
  ; 
  about 
  six 
  per 
  cent, 
  more 
  milk 
  having 
  been 
  

   drawn 
  from 
  the 
  country 
  districts 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  cities' 
  wants 
  than 
  

   last 
  year. 
  

  

  Taking 
  ^N'ew 
  York 
  city 
  as 
  an 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  increasing 
  amount 
  

   of 
  milk 
  consumed 
  each 
  year, 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  in 
  that 
  city 
  was 
  con- 
  

   sumed 
  during 
  the 
  years 
  1888 
  to 
  1899, 
  inclusive, 
  milk 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  40=quart 
  cans. 
  

  

  1888 
  6,062,216 
  

  

  1889 
  6,630,278 
  

  

  1890 
  8,141,983 
  

  

  1891 
  8,269,953 
  

  

  1892 
  9,084,781 
  

  

  1893 
  9,303,315 
  

  

  1894 
  9,485,018 
  

  

  1895 
  \. 
  9,336,827 
  

  

  1896 
  10,079,417 
  

  

  1897 
  10,338,356 
  

  

  1898 
  . 
  12,382,106 
  

  

  . 
  1899 
  13,121,655 
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