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  Sevknth 
  Annlal 
  liKi'ouT 
  OF 
  Tin: 
  

  

  association 
  of 
  the 
  milk 
  pruJucers 
  lor 
  the 
  2se\v 
  York 
  market 
  from 
  

   the 
  States 
  of 
  Xew 
  York, 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  Peunsylvania, 
  Connecticut 
  

   and 
  Massachusetts, 
  who 
  have 
  combined 
  together 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  seeking 
  better 
  prices 
  for 
  tlic 
  producer. 
  

  

  The 
  requests 
  made 
  for 
  milk 
  inspections 
  from 
  consumers 
  in 
  

   cities 
  and 
  towns, 
  shipping 
  stations 
  and 
  patrons 
  of 
  butter 
  and 
  

   cheese 
  factories, 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  frequent 
  that, 
  to 
  satisfy 
  the 
  public 
  

   demand, 
  this 
  portion 
  of 
  our 
  work 
  must 
  necessarily 
  occupy 
  a 
  very 
  

   large 
  part 
  of 
  our 
  time. 
  In 
  this 
  connection, 
  1 
  desire 
  to 
  state 
  

   that 
  while 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  employes 
  of 
  this 
  division 
  have 
  hardly 
  

   been 
  adequate 
  to 
  the 
  necessities 
  of 
  the 
  Avork, 
  yet 
  -\ve 
  have 
  endeav- 
  

   ored 
  to 
  perform 
  our 
  duties 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  our 
  ability. 
  I 
  regret 
  to 
  

   report 
  the 
  decease 
  of 
  Agent 
  Charles 
  F. 
  Nash, 
  who 
  had 
  long 
  been 
  

   a 
  faithful 
  employe 
  of 
  this 
  division, 
  his 
  death 
  occurring 
  on 
  the 
  

   25th 
  day 
  of 
  March, 
  1899. 
  Since 
  October, 
  1S98, 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  his 
  

   decease, 
  Mr. 
  Nash 
  had 
  been 
  incapacitated 
  by 
  sickness 
  from 
  doing 
  

   much 
  of 
  the 
  active 
  %vork 
  of 
  this 
  division, 
  since 
  which 
  time 
  this 
  

   division 
  has 
  had 
  but 
  one 
  agent, 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  M. 
  Kibbe. 
  

  

  By 
  your 
  kindness, 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  Assistant 
  Commissioner 
  T-\vitch- 
  

   ell, 
  of 
  Buffalo, 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  J. 
  Standart 
  of 
  that 
  city 
  was 
  assigned 
  to 
  

   duty 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  from 
  June 
  first 
  to 
  November 
  first. 
  

  

  CROP 
  REPORTS 
  AND 
  STATE 
  CHEESE 
  BRANDS. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  E. 
  Dawley, 
  as 
  State 
  Statis- 
  

   tician, 
  crop 
  statistics 
  for 
  this 
  division 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  

   employes 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  Department, 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  

   has 
  been 
  a 
  marked 
  improvement 
  both 
  as 
  to 
  system 
  and 
  accuracy 
  

   over 
  the 
  older 
  methods 
  formerly 
  in 
  vogue. 
  I 
  at 
  first 
  endeavored 
  

   to 
  report 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  counties 
  personally, 
  but 
  have 
  since 
  

   selected 
  able 
  and 
  reliable 
  correspondents 
  from 
  each 
  county, 
  who 
  

   have 
  rendered 
  valuable 
  assistance 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  work 
  

   of 
  the 
  employes 
  of 
  this 
  division. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  regulations 
  of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Department 
  in 
  relation 
  

   to 
  the 
  State 
  cheese 
  brands 
  require 
  all 
  factories 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  

  

  