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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  law, 
  but 
  declared 
  as 
  constitutional 
  the 
  possession 
  amendment 
  of 
  

   1897 
  aforementioned. 
  As 
  can 
  "be 
  readily 
  seen, 
  this 
  decision 
  is 
  a 
  

   great 
  victory 
  for 
  the 
  pure 
  butter 
  interests 
  and 
  gives 
  increased 
  

   force 
  to 
  the 
  law. 
  

  

  Butter. 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  for 
  the 
  current 
  year 
  has 
  fallen 
  short 
  of 
  former 
  

   years. 
  (The 
  cows, 
  for 
  some 
  reason, 
  have 
  not 
  given 
  as 
  much 
  milk 
  

   as 
  formerly 
  and 
  these 
  features 
  strongly 
  tended 
  to 
  advance 
  prices 
  

   materially.) 
  The 
  year 
  was 
  profitable 
  for 
  those 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  

   manufacture 
  of 
  butter. 
  "VVe 
  have 
  had 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  low 
  prices 
  

   which 
  ruled 
  in 
  former 
  years. 
  Even 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  May, 
  

   which 
  is 
  the 
  season 
  between 
  hay 
  and 
  grass, 
  the 
  price 
  did 
  not 
  go 
  

   below 
  seventeen 
  cents. 
  High 
  prices 
  ruled 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  June, 
  

   and 
  still 
  higher 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  August, 
  the 
  average 
  price 
  being 
  higher 
  

   than 
  for 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  The 
  receipts, 
  from 
  statistics 
  gathered 
  

   by 
  the 
  ISTew 
  York 
  Mercantile 
  Exchange, 
  were 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  

   for 
  1898, 
  but 
  we 
  ran 
  behind 
  in 
  October 
  and 
  ISTovember. 
  The 
  

   short 
  make 
  in 
  N'ew 
  York 
  State 
  is 
  accounted 
  for 
  by 
  various 
  reasons, 
  

   the 
  principal 
  one 
  being 
  the 
  exceedingly 
  strong 
  demand 
  for 
  milk. 
  

   Dealers 
  extended 
  their 
  operations 
  far 
  into 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   and 
  the 
  condensers 
  were 
  also 
  keen 
  competitiors 
  for 
  milk 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  

   in 
  condensing. 
  Prices 
  were 
  advanced 
  15 
  to 
  25 
  per 
  cent, 
  during 
  

   the 
  early 
  summer 
  season. 
  These 
  conditions 
  made 
  it 
  difficult 
  for 
  

   factories 
  and 
  creameries 
  to 
  get 
  supplies 
  sufficient 
  to 
  keep 
  their 
  

   plants 
  in 
  operation. 
  One 
  noticeable 
  feature, 
  and 
  one 
  which 
  created 
  

   considerable 
  comment 
  in 
  commission 
  circles, 
  was 
  the 
  extremely 
  

   short 
  supply 
  of 
  dairy 
  butter. 
  It 
  is 
  estimated 
  that 
  the 
  make 
  will 
  

   not 
  figure 
  up 
  10 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  that 
  of 
  other 
  years. 
  

  

  Producers 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  discovered 
  that 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  compete 
  

   successfully 
  with 
  the 
  western 
  product 
  and 
  gradually 
  drifted 
  into 
  

   other 
  channels. 
  They 
  allowed 
  their 
  cows 
  to 
  run 
  down 
  and 
  many 
  

   stopped 
  the 
  mlanufacture 
  entirely. 
  It 
  is 
  gratifying, 
  however, 
  to 
  

   note 
  that 
  fresh 
  stock 
  is 
  being 
  purchased 
  and 
  greater 
  interest 
  is 
  

  

  