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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  REroRx 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  did 
  so, 
  with 
  tlie 
  residt 
  that 
  such 
  complaints 
  became 
  of 
  less 
  fre- 
  

   quent 
  occurrence. 
  

  

  I 
  think 
  that 
  I 
  may 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  milk 
  and 
  its 
  

   products 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  shown 
  to 
  be 
  

   as 
  good 
  as 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  expected. 
  The 
  annexed 
  reports 
  of 
  agents 
  

   shows 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  samples 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  below 
  the 
  standard 
  

   fixed 
  by 
  law 
  is 
  not 
  large 
  when 
  there 
  is 
  taken 
  into 
  consideration 
  

   the 
  extent 
  and 
  product 
  of 
  the 
  division. 
  With 
  some 
  reason 
  we 
  

   may 
  expect 
  that 
  the 
  coming 
  year 
  will 
  show 
  a 
  number 
  even 
  less 
  

   than 
  its 
  predecessor. 
  

  

  Little 
  disease 
  among 
  cattle 
  has 
  been 
  found. 
  My 
  attention 
  has 
  

   been 
  called 
  to 
  but 
  two 
  instances. 
  In 
  September, 
  black 
  leg 
  broke 
  

   out 
  and 
  spread 
  in 
  a 
  herd 
  of 
  cattle 
  of 
  Vascot 
  Hotchkiss, 
  in 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Eagle, 
  Wyoming 
  county, 
  i^ew 
  York, 
  and 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  

   death 
  of 
  six 
  head. 
  As 
  soon 
  as 
  my 
  attention 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  

   case, 
  I 
  notified 
  a 
  veterinarian 
  and 
  he 
  treated 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  

   the 
  herd, 
  with 
  the 
  result 
  that 
  no 
  others 
  died. 
  A 
  neighbor 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Hotchkiss 
  also 
  lost 
  a 
  calf 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  disease, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Kelly,, 
  

   the 
  veterinarian, 
  treated 
  three 
  head 
  for 
  him. 
  October 
  11, 
  1899,. 
  

   my 
  attention 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  a 
  report 
  that 
  tuberculosis 
  had 
  broken 
  

   out 
  in 
  a 
  herd 
  ow^ned 
  by 
  a 
  party 
  living 
  near 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Elmira. 
  

   The 
  only 
  foundation 
  for 
  this 
  report, 
  I 
  found 
  on 
  investigation, 
  to 
  

   be 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  this 
  party 
  had 
  lost 
  a 
  cow 
  shortly 
  prior 
  to 
  that 
  

   time 
  from 
  natural 
  causes. 
  

  

  Only 
  four 
  cases 
  of 
  adulterated 
  vinegar 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  reported. 
  The 
  

   merchants 
  are 
  showing 
  much 
  caution 
  in 
  buying 
  this 
  article, 
  and 
  

   they 
  have 
  made 
  frequent 
  calls 
  for 
  tests 
  before 
  offering 
  for 
  sale. 
  

  

  The 
  agent 
  in 
  tliis 
  division, 
  under 
  the 
  bob 
  veal 
  law^, 
  has 
  been 
  

   employed 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  months 
  in 
  his 
  required 
  w'ork. 
  l^o 
  flagrant 
  

   violations 
  have 
  been 
  disclosed. 
  He 
  has 
  devoted 
  considerable 
  

   time 
  to 
  familiarizing 
  shippers 
  and 
  others 
  -with 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  

   the 
  law, 
  and 
  has 
  seemed 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  general 
  and 
  hearty 
  ..co-operation. 
  

  

  But 
  one 
  case 
  of 
  rabies 
  has 
  been 
  brought 
  to 
  my 
  attention. 
  The 
  

   dog 
  was 
  killed 
  and 
  other 
  dogs 
  bitten 
  by 
  him 
  were 
  also 
  promptly 
  

   killed. 
  

  

  