FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE New York State Dairy Commissioner, WITH ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS. TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE JANUARY 15, 1885. ALBANY: WEED, PARSONS AND COMPANY, LEGISLATIVE PRINTERS. 1885. STATE OF NEW YORK. No. 27. IN SENATE. JANUARY 15, 1885. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NEW YORK STATE DAIRY COMMISSIONER. To the Legislature of the State of New York: The New York State Dairy Commissioner, in obedience to the requirements of chapter 202 of the Laws of 1884, respectfully submits the following report: The undersigned filed his oath of office on the 14th day of May, 1884, and immediately entered upon the discharge of his duties as "New York State Dairy Commissioner." This being a new department it became necessary to organize a force of assistants by the selection of such persons as possessed qualifications adapted to the special duties contemplated in the law. This was attended with considerable difficulty, for the reason that persons who were experts and competent to detect oleomargarine, or the presence of any oleaginous substance, the manufacture and sale of which is prohibited, and whose services could be obtained, were comparatively few. Geo. L. Flanders, of Hopkinton, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., and Benjamin F. Van Valkenburg, of Brooklyn, N. Y., were appointed assistant commissioners. The former entered the service June 1, has charge of the affairs of the office at Albany, and receives a salary of $1,200 per year; the latter entered the service July 11, has his office at his place of business, No. 350 Washington street, New York city, and receives a salary of $2,000 per year. The following is a list of the persons employed as chemists, experts and agents, who have received certificates of employment, together with the date of entering service and the rate of compensation: 174481 |