﻿Report 
  of 
  J. 
  P. 
  Clark. 
  

  

  Hox. 
  Charles 
  A. 
  Wieting, 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture: 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir. 
  — 
  In 
  submitting 
  my 
  annual 
  report 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  

   September 
  30, 
  1899, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  pleasure 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  prosperous 
  con- 
  

   dition 
  of 
  those 
  engaged 
  in 
  agriculture 
  and 
  especially 
  in 
  dairying, 
  

   which 
  is 
  the 
  leading 
  agricultural 
  industry 
  of 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  The 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  towns 
  and 
  cities 
  of 
  this 
  division 
  are 
  largely 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  manufacturing 
  industries 
  of 
  various 
  kinds. 
  Employ- 
  

   ment 
  has 
  been 
  steady 
  and 
  wages 
  good, 
  thereby 
  furnishing 
  a 
  home- 
  

   market 
  for 
  farm 
  produce 
  at 
  remunerative 
  prices. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  employment 
  of 
  labor 
  has 
  rendered 
  it 
  difficult 
  in 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  manufacturing 
  towns 
  for 
  farm- 
  

   ers 
  to 
  obtain 
  sufficient 
  help 
  to 
  secure 
  their 
  crops, 
  l:)ut 
  the 
  imiversal 
  

   rejoicing 
  at 
  the 
  extraordinary 
  demand 
  for 
  labor 
  has 
  more 
  than 
  off- 
  

   set 
  any 
  inconvenience 
  arising 
  from 
  this 
  source. 
  

  

  Prices 
  obtained 
  for 
  dairy 
  products 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  in 
  advance 
  

   of 
  those 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  past. 
  Xotwithstanding 
  this 
  fact, 
  the 
  

   cupidity 
  of 
  some 
  people 
  has 
  seemed 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  better 
  prices 
  a 
  

   temptation 
  to 
  them 
  to 
  adulterate 
  milk. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  cheese 
  instructors 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  con- 
  

   tinues 
  to 
  manifest 
  itself 
  in 
  improvement 
  of 
  quality. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  thirteen 
  exhibits 
  of 
  cheese 
  from 
  this 
  division 
  at 
  the 
  

   Xew 
  York 
  State 
  Fair. 
  Of 
  these, 
  two 
  scored 
  100 
  points 
  ; 
  two, 
  99^ 
  

   points; 
  two, 
  99 
  points; 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  from 
  98 
  to 
  96 
  points. 
  

   There 
  were 
  also 
  eight 
  exhibits 
  of 
  butter; 
  one 
  scoring 
  98 
  points; 
  

   two, 
  97| 
  points; 
  one, 
  97 
  points; 
  two, 
  96^ 
  points; 
  and 
  two, 
  96 
  

   points. 
  

  

  The 
  law 
  compelling 
  the 
  branding 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  " 
  J^ew 
  

   Process," 
  or 
  " 
  Renovated 
  Butter," 
  has 
  brought 
  about 
  an 
  increased 
  

   demand 
  for 
  good 
  straight 
  creamery 
  and 
  dairy 
  butter. 
  

  

  