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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  pi 
  ring 
  May 
  1st 
  of 
  each 
  year. 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  that 
  many 
  farmers 
  do 
  

   not 
  take 
  pains 
  enough 
  to 
  find 
  out 
  about 
  the 
  responsibility 
  of 
  the 
  

   people 
  to 
  whom 
  they 
  ship 
  and 
  consequently 
  their 
  losses 
  are 
  heavy 
  

   each 
  vear. 
  

  

  The 
  method 
  of 
  taking 
  samples 
  of 
  milk 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  in 
  Buffalo, 
  

   testing 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  lactometer 
  and 
  liabcock 
  test, 
  and 
  afterward 
  

   testing 
  the 
  same 
  milk 
  when 
  the 
  peddler 
  is 
  selling 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  street, 
  

   gives 
  us 
  a 
  clear 
  idea 
  as 
  to 
  which 
  ones 
  are 
  selling 
  it 
  just 
  as 
  received. 
  

  

  The 
  amount 
  of 
  milk 
  consumed 
  does 
  not 
  vary 
  much 
  from 
  last 
  

   year; 
  in 
  fact 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  slight 
  decrease 
  on 
  some 
  roads, 
  but 
  

   a 
  gain 
  on 
  others, 
  so 
  that 
  taken 
  altogether 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  slight 
  increase. 
  

  

  There 
  have 
  been 
  nearly 
  one 
  and 
  one-half 
  million 
  dollars, 
  at 
  an 
  

   average 
  price 
  of 
  eight 
  and 
  one-half 
  cents 
  per 
  gallon, 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  

   farmers 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  for 
  milk 
  to 
  be 
  sold 
  in 
  the 
  

   cities 
  of 
  Lockport, 
  Niagara 
  Falls, 
  Tonawanda 
  and 
  Buffalo, 
  besides 
  

   quite 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  for 
  cream 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  cannot 
  give 
  an 
  ac- 
  

   curate 
  account. 
  

  

  Buffalo 
  received 
  its 
  supply 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  sources: 
  

  

  Gallons. 
  

  

  Drawn 
  in 
  with 
  teams 
  from 
  the 
  section 
  immediately 
  

  

  suri'oimding 
  Buffalo 
  (estimated) 
  3,212,000 
  

  

  West 
  Shore 
  E. 
  R 
  98,194 
  

  

  iN'ew 
  York 
  Central 
  R. 
  R 
  566,542 
  

  

  Delaware, 
  Lackwanna 
  & 
  Western 
  R. 
  R 
  901,300 
  

  

  Lake 
  Shore 
  R. 
  R 
  1,496 
  

  

  Lehigh 
  Valley 
  R. 
  R 
  289,230 
  

  

  Buffalo, 
  Rochester 
  & 
  Pittsburgh 
  R. 
  R 
  781,466 
  

  

  Western 
  :Nrew 
  York 
  & 
  Pennsylvania 
  R. 
  R 
  1,998,888 
  

  

  Erie 
  and 
  branches 
  (estimated) 
  2,290,000 
  

  

  Express 
  (estimated) 
  100,000 
  

  

  Total 
  10,139,116 
  

  

  