﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
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  when 
  brought 
  to 
  trial 
  defended 
  himself 
  ably, 
  but 
  the 
  coui-t 
  finding 
  

   him 
  guilty 
  he 
  was 
  fined 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  dollars 
  ($350), 
  or 
  

   a 
  term 
  of 
  three 
  months' 
  imprisonment 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  prison. 
  

  

  Some 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  on 
  condensed 
  milk. 
  We 
  have 
  found 
  

   some 
  that 
  was 
  below 
  the 
  legal 
  standard 
  and 
  promptly 
  prosecuted 
  

   the 
  offenders, 
  who 
  paid 
  the 
  penalty, 
  with 
  a 
  guarantee 
  from 
  the 
  

   agents 
  or 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  condensed 
  milk 
  company 
  of 
  an 
  

   adjoining 
  State 
  to 
  gather 
  up 
  all 
  there 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  various 
  stores 
  

   and 
  take 
  it 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  forthwith, 
  which 
  was 
  immediately 
  

   done, 
  this 
  Department 
  having 
  assurances 
  that 
  imder 
  this 
  agree- 
  

   ment 
  over 
  18,000 
  cases 
  were 
  returned. 
  

  

  Linseed 
  Oil 
  and 
  Paris 
  Green. 
  

  

  Our 
  agents 
  gave 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  time 
  to 
  inspection 
  of 
  linseed 
  

   oil 
  and 
  found 
  several 
  dealers 
  who 
  were 
  selling 
  an 
  adulterated 
  

   article. 
  Samples 
  were 
  taken 
  and 
  legal 
  action 
  commenced 
  against 
  

   them. 
  Cases 
  are 
  now 
  pending 
  in 
  the 
  courts. 
  

  

  Acting 
  under 
  your 
  orders, 
  we 
  have 
  taken 
  samples 
  of 
  Paris 
  green 
  

   from 
  the 
  various 
  concerns 
  in 
  this 
  city 
  who 
  deal 
  in 
  this 
  article 
  and 
  

   forwarded 
  same 
  to 
  you, 
  so 
  that 
  whatever 
  might 
  be 
  offered 
  on 
  this 
  

   market 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  the 
  required 
  legal 
  standard. 
  

  

  Bob 
  Veal. 
  

  

  The 
  enforcement 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  our 
  law 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  an 
  

   easy 
  one, 
  as 
  many 
  schemes 
  and 
  devices 
  are 
  resorted 
  to 
  to 
  circum- 
  

   vent 
  it. 
  The 
  age 
  Kmit 
  without 
  a 
  weight 
  limit 
  creates 
  considerable 
  

   dissatisfaction 
  among 
  the 
  people 
  who 
  are 
  perfectly 
  willing 
  to 
  live 
  

   up 
  to 
  the 
  law, 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  always 
  in 
  a 
  position 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  definite 
  

   knowledge 
  as 
  to 
  tlie 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  calf. 
  

  

  In 
  my 
  opinion, 
  the 
  law 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  amended 
  as 
  to 
  embrace 
  

   both, 
  making 
  it 
  more 
  practical 
  and 
  simplifying 
  the 
  workings 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  