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of acute infectious diseases that have been repressed 

 in recent years are the foot-and-mouth disease of 

 cattle, ghmders in horses and cattle, rabies in dogs 

 and cholera in hogs. This Bureau encourages the 

 upbuilding of the animal population of the State, 

 enforces the stallion enrollment law, and the law 

 providing for the fostering of sheep through the 

 licensing of dogs and the remuneration of owners of 

 sheep for damage done by dogs. 



The Bureau of Dairy Industry has charge of the 

 enforcement of the agricultural law relating to dairy 

 products, including butter, cheese, condensed milk 

 and oleomargarine, the use of cheese brands, pro- 

 tection, care and handling of milk, care and feed of 

 cows from which milk is produced and sold in the 

 markets of the State, and the use of suitable recepta- 

 cles to the end that all milk may be clean and health- 

 ful. Artificial butter such as oleomargarine and im- 

 itation butter may be sold only when it is not colored 

 in imitation and is clearly labeled as to its character. 

 A certain amount of educational work is undertaken 

 among the operators of butter and cheese factories 

 and in the examination of applicants desiring license 

 to test milk and cream by the Babcock method. 



This Bureau also administers the fertilizer and 

 agricultural lime inspection laws. A staff of inspec- 

 tors collect samples of material wherever it may be 

 found in the State. These are taken in triplicate and 

 one set is forwarded to the State Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station at Geneva where the analytical work 

 is done. 



