﻿1108 
  Seventh 
  Aitnual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  milk 
  before 
  taking 
  the 
  sample, 
  and 
  the 
  defendant 
  shall 
  there 
  

   aiter 
  be 
  precluded 
  from 
  introducing 
  evidence 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  

   milk 
  so 
  taken 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  fair 
  sample 
  of 
  the 
  milk 
  delivered, 
  sold, 
  

   offered 
  or 
  exposed 
  for 
  sale 
  by 
  him. 
  The 
  person 
  taking 
  the 
  

   sample 
  of 
  milk 
  for 
  analysis 
  shall 
  take 
  duplicate 
  samples 
  thereof 
  

   in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  witness, 
  and 
  he 
  shall 
  in 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ence 
  of 
  such 
  witness 
  seal 
  both 
  of 
  such 
  samples, 
  and 
  shall 
  tender, 
  

   and, 
  if 
  accepted, 
  deliver 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  taking 
  one 
  sample 
  to 
  the 
  

   manufacturer 
  or 
  vendor 
  of 
  such 
  product, 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  person 
  having 
  

   custody 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  with 
  a 
  statement 
  in 
  writing 
  of 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  

   the 
  taking 
  of 
  the 
  sample. 
  In 
  taking 
  samples 
  of 
  milk 
  for 
  analysis 
  

   at 
  a 
  creamery, 
  factory, 
  platform 
  or 
  other 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  

   delivered 
  by 
  the 
  producer 
  for 
  manufacture, 
  sale 
  or 
  shipment, 
  or 
  

   from 
  a 
  milk 
  vendor 
  who 
  produces 
  the 
  milk 
  which 
  he 
  sells, 
  with 
  a 
  

   view 
  of 
  prosecuting 
  the 
  producer 
  of 
  such 
  milk 
  for 
  delivering, 
  sell- 
  

   ing 
  or 
  offering 
  for 
  sale 
  adulterated 
  milk, 
  the 
  said 
  commissioner 
  

   of 
  agriculture 
  or 
  assistant, 
  or 
  his 
  agent 
  or 
  agents, 
  shall 
  within 
  

   ten 
  days 
  thereafter, 
  with 
  the 
  consent 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  producer, 
  take 
  

   a 
  sample 
  in 
  a 
  like 
  manner 
  of 
  the 
  mixed 
  milk 
  of 
  the 
  herd 
  of 
  cows 
  

   from 
  which 
  the 
  milk 
  first 
  sampled 
  was 
  drawn 
  and 
  shall 
  deliver 
  

   the 
  duplicate 
  sample 
  to 
  the 
  said 
  producer 
  and 
  shall 
  cause 
  the 
  

   sample 
  taken 
  by 
  himself 
  or 
  his 
  agent 
  to 
  be 
  analyzed. 
  If 
  the 
  

   sample 
  of 
  milk 
  last 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  or 
  

   his 
  agent 
  or 
  agents 
  shall 
  upon 
  analysis 
  prove 
  to 
  contain 
  no 
  

   higher 
  percentage 
  of 
  milk 
  solids, 
  or 
  no 
  higher 
  percentage 
  of 
  fat 
  

   than 
  as 
  the 
  sample 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  creamery, 
  factory, 
  platform 
  or 
  

   other 
  place, 
  then 
  no 
  action 
  shall 
  lie 
  against 
  the 
  said 
  producer 
  

   for 
  violation 
  of 
  subdivisions 
  one, 
  two, 
  three, 
  seven 
  and 
  eight 
  

   of 
  section 
  twenty 
  of 
  the 
  agricultural 
  law. 
  In 
  taking 
  a 
  

   second 
  sample 
  as 
  above 
  set 
  forth 
  from 
  the 
  mixed 
  milk 
  of 
  

   the 
  herd, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agricul- 
  

   ture 
  to 
  have 
  an 
  assistant, 
  agent 
  or 
  agents 
  present 
  during 
  

   the 
  entire 
  time 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  said 
  cattle 
  are 
  being 
  milked 
  

   to 
  observe 
  closely 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  sure 
  that 
  the 
  milk 
  thus 
  to 
  

   be 
  sampled 
  is 
  not 
  adulterated 
  and 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  thoroughly 
  

   mixed 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  sample 
  taken 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  fair 
  sample 
  of 
  the 
  

   average 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  mixed 
  milk 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  dairy 
  or 
  herd 
  of 
  

  

  