﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  409 
  

  

  men 
  to 
  shoot 
  all 
  dogs 
  that 
  were 
  running 
  at 
  large 
  unmuzzled. 
  

   Especially 
  has 
  the 
  shot-gun 
  policy 
  been 
  in 
  force 
  in 
  Springville 
  and 
  

   Hamburgh. 
  

  

  - 
  It 
  has 
  tai:en 
  considerable 
  time 
  of 
  all 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  to 
  look 
  

   after 
  the 
  work 
  connected 
  with 
  this 
  outbreak. 
  Many 
  times 
  it 
  has 
  

   been 
  a 
  puzzling 
  question 
  to 
  know 
  what 
  was 
  best 
  to 
  do. 
  I 
  believe 
  

   that 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  upper 
  hand 
  of 
  it 
  now 
  and 
  am 
  in 
  hopes 
  we 
  will 
  

   have 
  no 
  more 
  serious 
  trouble. 
  

  

  I 
  would 
  urge 
  the 
  amendment 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  so 
  that 
  when 
  a 
  district 
  

   is 
  quarantined 
  against 
  rabies 
  any 
  person 
  who 
  violates 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  

   arrested 
  and 
  taken 
  before 
  a 
  justice 
  at 
  once, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  something 
  that 
  

   needs 
  quick 
  action 
  and 
  we 
  should 
  not 
  have 
  to 
  wait 
  for 
  the 
  slow 
  

   process 
  of 
  the 
  Supreme 
  Court. 
  

  

  MILK. 
  

  

  As 
  in 
  the 
  years 
  before, 
  looking 
  after 
  producers 
  and 
  handlers 
  of 
  

   milk 
  has 
  taken 
  more 
  of 
  our 
  time 
  than 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  line. 
  

  

  I 
  believe 
  this 
  work 
  of 
  great 
  importance 
  as 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  milk 
  

   used 
  has 
  more 
  direct 
  influence 
  upon 
  the 
  public 
  health 
  than 
  any 
  

   other 
  article 
  of 
  food. 
  

  

  "We 
  have 
  tried 
  to 
  visit 
  all 
  cheese 
  factories 
  and 
  creameries 
  at 
  

   least 
  once 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  times. 
  

   We 
  not 
  only 
  look 
  for 
  adulterations, 
  but 
  urge 
  upon 
  the 
  proprietors 
  

   and 
  patrons 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  cleanliness 
  in 
  all 
  operations 
  con- 
  

   nected 
  with 
  the 
  handling 
  of 
  milk. 
  

  

  In 
  Buffalo, 
  where 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  milk 
  produced 
  in 
  this 
  

   division 
  is 
  used, 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  regular 
  system 
  of 
  inspection 
  at 
  the 
  

   stations, 
  and 
  when 
  we 
  find 
  any 
  one 
  shipping 
  milk 
  which 
  is 
  wrong 
  

   we 
  go 
  at 
  once 
  to 
  the 
  place 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  shipped, 
  and 
  if 
  then 
  

   found 
  wrong 
  there 
  a 
  sample 
  is 
  taken. 
  

  

  The 
  milk 
  for 
  Buffalo 
  is 
  handled 
  differently 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  the 
  IvTew 
  York 
  trade. 
  Each 
  peddler 
  here 
  

   makes 
  a 
  contract 
  with 
  some 
  individual 
  producer 
  for 
  so 
  many 
  cans 
  

   of 
  milk 
  per 
  day 
  for 
  a 
  year. 
  The 
  time 
  on 
  nearly 
  all 
  contracts 
  ex- 
  

  

  