﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  GO 
  

  

  The 
  monerv' 
  at 
  iny 
  disposal 
  for 
  tlie 
  work 
  ($10,000) 
  is 
  so 
  small 
  in 
  

   comparison 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  work 
  to 
  be 
  doiie 
  tliat 
  I 
  could 
  hardly 
  

   do 
  more 
  than 
  examine 
  the 
  niirseries 
  as 
  required 
  hy 
  the 
  statute. 
  

   For 
  instance: 
  Dividing 
  the 
  money 
  pro 
  rata 
  among 
  the 
  nurse, 
  ies 
  

   I 
  would 
  have 
  about 
  $20 
  to 
  spend 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  examining 
  each 
  

   nursery. 
  Many 
  of 
  these 
  contain 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  and 
  thousands 
  of 
  

   trees, 
  to 
  say 
  nothing 
  about 
  the 
  necessary 
  expenditures 
  of 
  money 
  

   for 
  printed 
  matter, 
  circulars, 
  traveling 
  expenses, 
  etc., 
  in 
  connec- 
  

   tion 
  with 
  the 
  work, 
  so 
  that 
  after 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  examining 
  the 
  nur- 
  

   series 
  is 
  done 
  it 
  is 
  hardly 
  possible, 
  under 
  tlie 
  circumstances, 
  to 
  give 
  

   attention 
  to 
  the 
  orchards 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  or 
  other 
  trees 
  that 
  ma/ 
  be 
  

   infected 
  by 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  diseases 
  named 
  in 
  the 
  statute. 
  

  

  The 
  special 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  agents, 
  which 
  are 
  submitted 
  as 
  a 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  appendix, 
  will 
  show 
  in 
  detail 
  the 
  work 
  performed 
  by 
  

   each. 
  Some 
  criticisms 
  have 
  been 
  offered 
  because 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  

   to 
  reach 
  the 
  orchards, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  above 
  

   statement 
  of 
  facts 
  is 
  suiiicient 
  reason 
  for 
  not 
  having 
  done 
  so. 
  

  

  "BOB 
  VEAL." 
  

  

  The 
  agents 
  of 
  this 
  Department 
  doing 
  work 
  under 
  Avhat 
  is 
  known 
  

   as 
  the 
  " 
  bob 
  veal 
  " 
  law 
  have 
  been 
  busy 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  have 
  

   suppressed 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  " 
  bob 
  veal 
  " 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  no 
  

   longer 
  an 
  open 
  business. 
  Such 
  dealing 
  in 
  this 
  commodity 
  as 
  

   does 
  exist 
  is 
  clandestine 
  and 
  is 
  carefully 
  covered 
  or 
  concealed 
  by 
  

   shipping 
  in 
  boxes 
  or 
  barrels, 
  or 
  by 
  shipping 
  at 
  such 
  times 
  and 
  

   places 
  as 
  the 
  shipper 
  believes 
  will 
  escape 
  detection. 
  We 
  have 
  

   during 
  the 
  year 
  seized 
  and 
  caused 
  to 
  be 
  destroyed 
  162 
  calves 
  

   under 
  four 
  weeks 
  of 
  age 
  that 
  were 
  being 
  exposed 
  for 
  sale 
  or 
  

   shipped 
  for 
  consumption 
  as 
  food 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  As 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  instances 
  that 
  would 
  tend 
  to 
  evidence 
  the 
  correctness 
  

   of 
  the 
  above 
  statements, 
  a 
  superintendent 
  of 
  an 
  express 
  company 
  

   in 
  conversation 
  with 
  me 
  relative 
  to 
  the 
  shipment 
  of 
  veal 
  over 
  that 
  

   road 
  stated, 
  that 
  the 
  up 
  country 
  agents 
  complained 
  that 
  since 
  

   the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  this 
  law 
  the 
  calves 
  were 
  so 
  heavy 
  that 
  it 
  re- 
  

   quired 
  two 
  men 
  to 
  handle 
  them. 
  Among 
  the 
  perplexing 
  ques- 
  

  

  