﻿Report 
  of 
  William 
  F. 
  Hughes. 
  

  

  Hon. 
  Charles 
  A. 
  Wieting, 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture: 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir. 
  — 
  As 
  Assistant 
  Commissioner 
  for 
  the 
  eighth 
  division, 
  

   comprising 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Caynga, 
  Monroe, 
  Ontario, 
  Seneca, 
  

   Wayne 
  and 
  Yates, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  following 
  re- 
  

   port 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  performed 
  under 
  my 
  direction 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1899: 
  

  

  Heretofore 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  has 
  

   consisted, 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  extent, 
  in 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  milk 
  of- 
  

   fered 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Rochester, 
  and 
  in 
  other 
  large 
  towns 
  

   which 
  are 
  dependent 
  upon 
  outside 
  sources 
  for 
  their 
  supply. 
  

   Chemical 
  examinations 
  of 
  samples 
  taken 
  three 
  years 
  ago 
  demon- 
  

   strated 
  that 
  a 
  considerable 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  milk 
  consumed 
  here 
  

   was 
  either 
  adulterated 
  or 
  below 
  the 
  legal 
  standard 
  in 
  nutritious 
  

   properties, 
  and 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  vigorous 
  prosecutions 
  was 
  instituted. 
  

   Convictions 
  were 
  obtained 
  in 
  nearly 
  all 
  cases, 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  which 
  

   has 
  been 
  to 
  inspire 
  dealers 
  with 
  a 
  wholesome 
  respect 
  for 
  the 
  law. 
  

   Proof 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  samples 
  of 
  milk 
  taken 
  

   within 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  in 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  have 
  been 
  of 
  much 
  

   higher 
  average 
  quality 
  than 
  those 
  formerly 
  procured, 
  while 
  the 
  

   finding 
  of 
  a 
  sample 
  which 
  fails 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  legal 
  require- 
  

   ments 
  is 
  now 
  an 
  extraordinary, 
  instead 
  of 
  a 
  frequent, 
  incident 
  of 
  

   the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  inspectors. 
  

  

  The 
  milk 
  supply 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  of 
  a 
  higher 
  degree 
  of 
  purity 
  than 
  

   formerly, 
  but 
  a 
  further 
  fact 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  consumers 
  are 
  to 
  

   be 
  congratulated, 
  is, 
  that 
  milk 
  preservatives 
  have 
  been 
  but 
  little 
  

   used 
  in 
  this 
  division. 
  Agencies 
  have 
  been 
  established 
  here 
  for 
  

   the 
  sale 
  of 
  articles 
  designed 
  to 
  preserve 
  the 
  freshness 
  in 
  taste 
  

   and 
  appearance 
  of 
  milk 
  several 
  days 
  old, 
  but 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  386 
  

  

  