﻿Report 
  of 
  Verlett 
  C. 
  Beebe. 
  

  

  Hon. 
  Chaeles 
  A. 
  Wieting, 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture: 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir. 
  — 
  I 
  respectfully 
  submit 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  

   work 
  which 
  was 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  Seventh 
  Division 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  

   of 
  Agriculture 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1899: 
  

  

  The 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  done 
  during 
  such 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  greater 
  

   than 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  years 
  during 
  the 
  time 
  in 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  

   been 
  acting 
  as 
  Assistant 
  Commissioner 
  in 
  this 
  division. 
  The 
  

   largest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  as 
  usual 
  has 
  been 
  concerned 
  with 
  in- 
  

   vestigation 
  of 
  milk 
  and 
  milk 
  products. 
  While 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   cases 
  of 
  milk 
  adulteration 
  reported 
  is 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  

   reported 
  during 
  the 
  years 
  1897-1898, 
  more 
  examinations 
  have 
  

   been 
  made 
  and 
  additional 
  labor 
  has 
  been 
  entailed 
  by 
  recent 
  

   amendments 
  to 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Law. 
  April 
  15, 
  1899, 
  an 
  ad- 
  

   ditional 
  agent 
  was 
  appointed 
  for 
  this 
  division 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  force 
  

   has 
  been 
  kept 
  busy 
  in 
  the 
  required 
  work. 
  The 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  

   amendment 
  of 
  1898 
  to 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Law, 
  providing 
  for 
  an 
  

   additional 
  sample 
  of 
  milk 
  being 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  herd, 
  has 
  been 
  as 
  

   was 
  naturally 
  to 
  be 
  expected, 
  that 
  fewer 
  violations 
  have 
  occurred. 
  

   As 
  ^\n\\. 
  be 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  agents, 
  considerable 
  

   attention 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  

   stables, 
  and 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  some 
  benefit 
  has 
  resulted. 
  During 
  the 
  

   year 
  complaints 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  cans 
  in 
  which 
  milk 
  was 
  

   shipped 
  were 
  not 
  properly 
  cleaned 
  before 
  shipment. 
  My 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  was 
  particularly 
  called 
  to 
  cans 
  shipped 
  to 
  E'ew 
  York. 
  I 
  di- 
  

   rected 
  M. 
  T. 
  Cain, 
  agent 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  under 
  the 
  so-called 
  bob 
  

   veal 
  act, 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  thorough 
  investigation 
  along 
  this 
  line, 
  and 
  he 
  

  

  36Y 
  

  

  