﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agricultuke. 
  411 
  

  

  The 
  amount 
  of 
  milk 
  credited 
  to 
  the 
  Erie 
  is 
  estimated 
  by 
  count- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  cans 
  received 
  on 
  different 
  days, 
  as 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  wish 
  to 
  give 
  

   the 
  figures 
  from 
  their 
  books. 
  

  

  I 
  still 
  find 
  the 
  law 
  requiring 
  us 
  to 
  take 
  samples 
  of 
  milk 
  from 
  

   herds 
  under 
  certain 
  conditions 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  justice 
  to 
  all, 
  and 
  it 
  

   makes 
  it 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  person 
  caught 
  can 
  have 
  no 
  reason 
  for 
  saying 
  

   that 
  he 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  fairly 
  dealt 
  with. 
  

  

  I 
  fell 
  thait 
  I 
  camiot 
  recommend 
  too 
  strongly 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  a 
  law 
  

   stopping 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  skim 
  milk 
  and 
  whole 
  milk 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  

   wagon, 
  in 
  all 
  cities, 
  for 
  when 
  they 
  have 
  both, 
  after 
  the 
  inspectors 
  

   have 
  examined 
  the 
  milk 
  once, 
  the 
  temptation 
  is 
  great 
  to 
  mix 
  them 
  

   together, 
  thinking 
  they 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  held 
  up 
  again 
  that 
  morning. 
  

   I 
  will 
  mention 
  one 
  such 
  case 
  that 
  came 
  under 
  my 
  own 
  observation. 
  

   One 
  morning 
  while 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  tenement 
  district 
  inspecting 
  milk, 
  

   we 
  tested 
  some 
  belonging 
  to 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  had 
  only 
  two 
  cans, 
  one 
  each 
  

   of 
  skim 
  and 
  whole 
  milk. 
  The 
  can 
  of 
  skim 
  milk 
  was 
  marked 
  with 
  

   a 
  large 
  placard, 
  so 
  large 
  in 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  excited 
  my 
  suspicion. 
  We 
  

   let 
  the 
  man 
  drive 
  on 
  and 
  I 
  took 
  pains 
  to 
  follow 
  and 
  watch 
  him 
  

   from 
  a 
  distance. 
  I 
  saw 
  him 
  stop, 
  stand 
  still 
  in 
  his 
  wagon 
  a 
  

   moment, 
  look 
  around 
  to 
  see 
  if 
  any 
  one 
  was 
  watching, 
  and 
  then 
  fill 
  

   his 
  small 
  hand 
  can 
  from 
  both 
  the 
  skim 
  and 
  whole 
  milk 
  cans 
  and 
  

   quickly 
  disappear 
  in 
  the 
  building. 
  Xearly 
  all 
  the 
  people 
  who 
  are 
  

   imposed 
  upon 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  are 
  poor 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  protected. 
  The 
  

   man 
  above 
  mentioned 
  has 
  paid 
  two 
  penalties, 
  but 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  believe 
  

   his 
  lesson 
  severe 
  enough 
  yet. 
  

  

  AVben 
  testing 
  milk, 
  if 
  we 
  fiud 
  a 
  suspicious 
  lactomeiter 
  standing, 
  

   or 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  an 
  official 
  sample 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  taken, 
  we 
  usually 
  

   take 
  an 
  extra 
  sample 
  for 
  Babcock 
  tests 
  and 
  apply 
  Dr. 
  Babcock's 
  

   formula 
  for 
  obtaining 
  the 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  solids. 
  In 
  many 
  cases 
  we 
  

   find 
  the 
  result 
  almost 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  chemist's 
  analysis. 
  I 
  find 
  

   this 
  work 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  great 
  benefit 
  to 
  all. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  educator. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  but 
  one 
  cheese 
  factory 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  paying 
  for 
  their 
  

   milk 
  by 
  the 
  Babcock 
  test 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  giving 
  good 
  satisfaction. 
  I 
  

   believe 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  way 
  all 
  milk 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  for. 
  Proprietors 
  

  

  