﻿COMMISSIOXEK 
  OF 
  AgEICULTUKE. 
  61 
  

  

  shall 
  not 
  be 
  construed 
  to 
  prohibit 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  salt 
  in 
  butter 
  or 
  

   cheese, 
  or 
  spirituous 
  liquors 
  in 
  club 
  or 
  other 
  fancy 
  cheese 
  or 
  sugar 
  

   in 
  condensed 
  milk." 
  

  

  As 
  soon 
  after 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  as 
  possible 
  I 
  procured 
  

   samples 
  of 
  what 
  was 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  renovated 
  or 
  process 
  butter 
  and 
  

   submitted 
  them 
  to 
  our 
  chemists 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  differ- 
  

   ence 
  between 
  process 
  butter 
  and 
  other 
  butter, 
  chemically. 
  After 
  

   some 
  work 
  had 
  been 
  done, 
  a 
  given 
  number 
  of 
  samples 
  of 
  process 
  

   butter 
  were 
  taken 
  and 
  a 
  given 
  number 
  of 
  samples 
  of 
  creamery 
  

   butter. 
  The 
  samples 
  were 
  numbered 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  could 
  be 
  distin- 
  

   guished 
  and 
  then 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  them 
  given 
  to 
  each 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  

   different 
  chemists 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  goods. 
  In 
  each 
  

   instance 
  the 
  chemist 
  determined 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  process 
  butter 
  and 
  

   which 
  was 
  genuine 
  butter. 
  After 
  we 
  satisfied 
  ourselves 
  that 
  they 
  

   could 
  distinguish, 
  we 
  then 
  set 
  about 
  to 
  enforce 
  the 
  law. 
  

  

  Preliminary 
  to 
  this 
  work 
  we 
  sent 
  out 
  a 
  circular 
  letter 
  to 
  all 
  

   dealers 
  which 
  set 
  forth 
  the 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  above 
  quoted 
  and 
  

   in 
  addition 
  had 
  the 
  following 
  statement: 
  

  

  " 
  Dear 
  Sir. 
  — 
  Your 
  attention 
  is 
  hereby 
  respectfully 
  called 
  to 
  

  

  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  Legislature 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-nine 
  

  

  passed 
  an 
  act 
  relative 
  to 
  renovated 
  butter, 
  known 
  as 
  chapter 
  

  

  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  forty-nine 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  that 
  year. 
  It 
  amends 
  

  

  section 
  twenty-seven 
  of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Law 
  by 
  adding 
  at 
  the 
  

  

  end 
  of 
  that 
  section 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

   ********* 
  

  

  You 
  are 
  hereby 
  notified 
  that 
  the 
  above 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   Agricultural 
  Law 
  and 
  its 
  violation 
  is 
  punishable 
  by 
  both 
  fine 
  and 
  

   penalty, 
  and 
  that 
  any 
  violation 
  of 
  this 
  law 
  of 
  which 
  this 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  has 
  knowledge 
  will 
  be 
  promptly 
  followed 
  by 
  prosecution. 
  

  

  " 
  Very 
  respectfully 
  yours, 
  

  

  " 
  (Signed.) 
  C. 
  A. 
  WIETmG, 
  

   " 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture." 
  

  

  After 
  this 
  circular 
  letter 
  was 
  sent 
  out 
  our 
  men 
  set 
  about 
  to 
  

   determine 
  the 
  violations 
  of 
  the 
  law. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  we 
  found 
  

   upon 
  the 
  market 
  was 
  an 
  apparent 
  attempt 
  to 
  comply 
  literally, 
  yet 
  

  

  