BOTTLE No. 3902. Court of Special Sessions, H. C. Brown, Justice. Warrant issued September 29, 1896, and returnable same day; plead guilty and fine remitted. Witness: James Boice. BOTTLE No. 2354. This case referred to Commissioner of Agriculture. BOTTLE No. 573. This case referred to Commissioner. Counsel: John E. Smith. Witness: M. T. Morgan. BOTTLE No. 3903. This case referred to Commissioner of Agriculture. BOTTLE No. 2354. This case referred to Commissioner of Agriculture. BOTTLE No. 2400. This case referred to Commissioner of Agriculture. BOTTLE No. 2399. This case referred to Commissioner of Agriculture. Witnesses: A. J. McSweeney, Wm. Marble. BOTTLE No. 861. Court of Special Sessions, George Bergen, Justice. Defendant appeared before Justice Bergen, at his office in Earlville; plead guilty and was fined $25. All of which is respectfully submitted, CHARLES R. PAYNE, Assistant Commissioner. REPORT OF VERLETT C. BEEBE. Hon. CHARLES A. WIETING, Commissioner of Agriculture: Dear Sir. Herewith is submitted the annual report of the work which has been done in the seventh division of the Department of Agriculture of this State during the year ending September 30, 1896. My appointment to the position of assistant commissioner for his division was made upon the 6th day of July last, and my work therein as such assistant commissioner was begun immediately thereafter, so that it will be seen that this report of the work which has been done under my own supervision can include but a period of less than three months. But I have thought it but right that you should be apprised, in part at least, of the work in this division for the months of the year preceding my connection therewith. Although the sources of my information as to such work done from October 1, 1895, to July 6, 1896, have not been what I would have desired that they had been, and what they should have been to give yourself a full and detailed report for such months, I have been able to ascertain many points which it has seemed to me advisable to be submitted to you. In this research I have been assisted much by my assistants, Grove Barnum and Charles J. Morganstern, who were also connected with your Department as the assistants of my predecessor in office. This division, comprising the counties of Wyoming, Genesee, Livingston, Schuyler, Steuben and Chemung, it seems, can be second to but few of the divisions of the State in the Department, because of the fact that one of the chief industries of the territory which is embraced in it, which includes several cities and a large extent of prosperous and growing farming country, is that of dairy farming. In this division there are upwards of two hundred cheese factories and creameries, and an enormous quantity of milk is shipped and supplied to not only the cities and many large villages in it, but also to many points outside of it. Soon after my work began my attention was called to complaints made of defections in milk and vinegar in the cities of Hornellsville, Corning and Elmira, and I went to each of these places, and, together with my assistants, made a thorough examination of such. These were so numerous that much of my time during the months of July, August and September was taken up with the investigations there. Yet I found it possible to visit each of the counties of the division and make some general inspection in each, and to gain some understanding of the condition therein, so far as my province went. So far as my investigation has gone, there is no butterine or oleomargarine manufactured or sold in the division. The price of good quality butter has been so low, and it has been so plenty in quantity, that a resort to these articles as substitutes has seemed needless. No filled cheese is manufactured here, and none has been shipped in, to my knowledge. I have visited a large number of cheese factories throughout the division and have found the general sanitary condition in each case to be good. But one case of the adulteration of vinegar was discovered. This was in the city of Elmira and was found on September 22d, last. Three complaints have been made to me of disease among cattle. On July 30th my attention was called to the herd of Michael Dillon, of Darien, Genesee county. The case was referred to Mr. Quigley, veterinarian. August 27th I received notice of cattle dying on the farms of T. Mathews and L. C. Burnam, of Chemung county. I visited these farms immediately but found no contagious disease. Mr. Mathews had lost five cows as the result of poisoning, due to his own carelessness. Only one cow of Mr. Burnam had died, and death came from choking. During the year a number of stables were inspected, as appears in the summary which is included herein as a part of this report, but in no case was cause for complaint found. In the months of July, August and September, I caused to be inspected 2430 cans of milk, and as a result seven adulterations were discovered. During the preceding months of the year the agents report that 3165 cans of milk were inspected and seven adulterations found. Detailed Report of Work Performed. The following is a report of the work which has been done by the two agents of this division, Grove Barnum and Charles J. Morganstern: REPORT OF GROVE BARNUM. From October 1, 1895, to July 6, 1896. Number of days in attendance at court.. Number of days in obtaining evidence. Number of days inspecting milk.... Number of days on special duty.... Total days. 5 2 70 7 84 Number of cheese factories inspected. Number of condenseries inspected.. 31 3 1 Number of cans of milk inspected, delivered at creameries, Number of cans of milk inspected, delivered at cheese factories... 46 421 Number of cans of milk inspected, delivered at butter creameries... 239 Number of cans of milk inspected, delivered at railroad stations.. 292 Number of cans of milk inspected from milk pedlers..... 348 Total cans inspected... 1,346 Number of samples of milk delivered to chemist. 3 2 |