﻿liKi'ORT 
  OF 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  387 
  

  

  chemist 
  npon 
  many 
  tests 
  to 
  discover 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  these 
  drugs 
  

   show 
  that 
  the 
  dairymen 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  have 
  not 
  found 
  it 
  nec- 
  

   essary 
  or 
  profitable 
  to 
  employ 
  the 
  " 
  Embalming 
  " 
  process. 
  One 
  

   reason 
  for 
  this, 
  doubtless, 
  is 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  milk 
  produced 
  here 
  

   is 
  transmitted, 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  hours, 
  from 
  the 
  dairy 
  to 
  the 
  con- 
  

   sumer, 
  rendering 
  superfluous 
  any 
  but 
  the 
  ordinary 
  precautions 
  to 
  

   keep 
  it 
  in 
  fit 
  condition 
  for 
  use. 
  

  

  "With 
  a 
  pure 
  supply 
  of 
  milk 
  available 
  in 
  its 
  natural 
  state, 
  obvi- 
  

   ously 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  work 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  by 
  this 
  Department 
  

   is 
  to 
  see 
  to 
  it 
  that 
  this 
  milk 
  reaches 
  the 
  consumer 
  in 
  wholesome 
  

   condition 
  and 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  germs 
  of 
  disease. 
  To 
  this 
  end 
  the 
  

   efforts 
  of 
  the 
  inspectors 
  have 
  been 
  largely 
  directed 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  

   year, 
  and 
  the 
  outcome 
  of 
  the 
  Department's 
  dealings 
  with 
  the 
  

   worst 
  offenders 
  has 
  been 
  such 
  a 
  renovation 
  and 
  remodeling 
  of 
  

   filthy 
  and 
  unsanitary 
  cow 
  stables 
  as 
  promises 
  gi-eat 
  results 
  for 
  the 
  

   health 
  of 
  the 
  community. 
  

  

  "With 
  respect 
  to 
  other 
  subjects 
  than 
  the 
  milk 
  supply, 
  the 
  work 
  

   of 
  the 
  Department 
  has 
  been 
  prosecuted 
  vigorously, 
  but, 
  as 
  usual 
  

   in 
  this 
  division, 
  with 
  less 
  conspicuous 
  results. 
  The 
  butter 
  and 
  

   cheese 
  sold 
  here 
  have 
  been 
  of 
  good 
  quality, 
  and 
  the 
  inspectors 
  have 
  

   been 
  unable 
  to 
  procure 
  a 
  single 
  sample 
  of 
  oleomargarine. 
  ISTo 
  

   agency 
  for 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  this 
  substitute 
  for 
  butter 
  exists 
  in 
  this 
  di- 
  

   vision, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  healthy 
  public 
  sentiment 
  in 
  opposition 
  to 
  

   the 
  sale 
  and 
  use 
  of 
  such 
  article. 
  

  

  Particular 
  attention 
  has 
  been 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  

   provisions 
  of 
  chapter 
  491 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1898, 
  regulating 
  the 
  

   sale 
  and 
  shipment 
  of 
  calves 
  and 
  veal. 
  As 
  soon 
  as 
  printed 
  copies 
  

   of 
  the 
  statute 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Department 
  they 
  Avere 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  systematically 
  among 
  dealers, 
  shippers, 
  expresss 
  agents 
  

   and 
  other 
  persons 
  interested, 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  giving 
  the 
  widest 
  

   possible 
  publicity 
  to 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  the 
  law. 
  Upon 
  the 
  ap- 
  

   pointment 
  of 
  John 
  W. 
  Smith, 
  2d, 
  as 
  an 
  inspector 
  of 
  the 
  Depart- 
  

   ment, 
  he 
  was 
  assigned 
  to 
  special 
  work 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  en- 
  

   f<->rcement 
  of 
  this 
  law. 
  A 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  carcasses 
  of 
  calves 
  

  

  