SUPERVISION OF MILK SUPPLY. 
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During the year 1895. we had three small outbreaks of 
anthrax 111 cattle, from which 15 cows died, but so far this year 
1896, we have been entirely free from the disease. 
Regarding tuberculosis and the work done in that line in my 
section of the country I concluded to give you a synopses of the 
workings of our board of health and the regulations governino- 
the sale of milk, hoping it will be of interest to some of you. 
MILK SUPERVISION BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF WATERTOWN, 
NEW YORK. 
Inception of * the System .—Watertown is a city of 22 000 
people, situated in Black River valley, ten miles from Rake On¬ 
tario, and 25 miles from St. Lawrence River, in one of the best 
and most healthful dairying sections of the State. The climate 
111 summer is mild, in winter severe, the thermometer fallino- 
sometimes to 15 degrees below and occasionally to 25 deo-rees 
below zero. " 45 
. I. n I ^ 93 ] to preserve the cleanliness and purity of the milk, 
eliminate diseased cows, and known impure and foul odors, the 
city board of health appointed me a veterinary inspector to su¬ 
pervise and inspect the supplying dairies and the vending of the 
milk to customers. 
The effect was largely experimental. There were then no 
regulations governing the supervision, and in consequence it had 
but little effect among the dairymen. 
. The result was mainly instructive to the board in formulat¬ 
ing the methods and supplying the remedies provided by the 
present systeim In February, 1895, after a three months careful 
study of the different features of the matter, with the aid of 
leading dairymen and milk experts of the county, the board 
adopted the present regulations, which went into effect May 1 
1:895 5 an d appointed me its veterinary inspector. 
The System .—The regulations treat the subject of supervision 
under three headsDuties of vendors, duties of producers, and 
duties of the veterinary inspector. 
Duties of Vendors .—The vendor must obtain a license to sell 
and the dairy must be examined and comply with the regula¬ 
tions before the license is issued. The license bears a serial 
number, which, with the word “licensed ” and the year, appear 
on each side of his wagon on plates furnished by the board * for 
example, “ 12, Licensed, 1896.” The license expires and must 
be renewed on the first day of each year. Renewals are gov¬ 
erned by the same rules as new licenses. He must notify the 
