﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  345 
  

  

  were 
  but 
  slightly 
  tuberculous 
  were 
  killed 
  and 
  sold 
  as 
  beef, 
  while 
  

   those 
  in 
  a 
  more 
  advanced 
  stage 
  of 
  the 
  disease 
  were 
  quarantined 
  and 
  

   destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  owners. 
  Syracuse 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  city 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  to 
  

   adopt 
  this 
  system 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  its 
  milk 
  supply, 
  and 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  time, 
  I 
  believe, 
  the 
  only 
  city 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  which 
  that 
  system 
  

   is 
  in 
  operation. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  desire 
  to 
  here 
  enter 
  into 
  any 
  discussion 
  

   regarding 
  the 
  merits 
  of 
  this 
  system, 
  especially 
  as 
  those 
  matters 
  

   are 
  now 
  under 
  thorough 
  investigation, 
  and 
  I 
  meT\tion 
  the 
  above 
  

   facts 
  as 
  matters 
  of 
  interest 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  dairies, 
  and 
  more 
  

   especially 
  the 
  milk 
  supply 
  of 
  this 
  division 
  over 
  w^hich 
  the 
  Agricul- 
  

   tural 
  Department 
  exercises 
  jurisdiction. 
  

  

  DEPAETMENT 
  WOEK. 
  

  

  Before 
  closing 
  I 
  desire 
  to 
  note 
  the 
  great 
  progress 
  and 
  improve- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  Department 
  and 
  the 
  

   practical 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  several 
  years. 
  A 
  

   comparison 
  of 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  agents 
  of 
  this 
  Department 
  at 
  the 
  

   present 
  time 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  several 
  years 
  ago 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  services 
  

   performed, 
  is 
  indicative. 
  Great 
  progress 
  and 
  advancement 
  has 
  

   been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  Farmers' 
  Institutes, 
  and 
  a 
  correspond- 
  

   ingly 
  marked 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  education 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  on 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  matters. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  Department 
  experts, 
  and 
  butter 
  

   and 
  cheese 
  instruction 
  has 
  shoAvn 
  practical 
  results 
  in 
  the 
  improve- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  our 
  dairies 
  and 
  dairy 
  products, 
  and 
  I 
  beg 
  to 
  be 
  allowed 
  

   to 
  say, 
  that 
  the 
  people 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  congratulated 
  on 
  their 
  assurance 
  

   of 
  the 
  continuation 
  of 
  such 
  administration 
  of 
  this 
  Department, 
  

   in 
  the 
  reappointment 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  Commissioner 
  within 
  the 
  last 
  

   year. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  detailed 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  performed 
  by 
  

   the 
  agents 
  of 
  this 
  division 
  from 
  October 
  1, 
  1898, 
  to 
  September 
  

   30, 
  1899, 
  both 
  dates 
  inclusive: 
  

  

  REPORT 
  OF 
  A. 
  M. 
  KIBBE. 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  days 
  inspecting 
  milk 
  160 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  days 
  on 
  special 
  duty, 
  reports, 
  etc 
  30 
  

  

  