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feel that way themselves ; but when we consider that they make 

 Tio effort to locate or hunt for diseased herds ; that the busi- 

 ness is absolutely upon the application of the owners of the 

 cattle themselves ; that it takes the entire time of the Commis- 

 sioners to keep up with the work; that it requires the services 

 of 40 veterinarians to do the work of testing and disinfecting 

 premises; and under the law the Commissioners have no way 

 or excuse to curtail the business, it becomes evident that it is 

 the policy of the State under the present law, backed up by 

 public sentiment, that tuberculosis amongst our dairy herds 

 must be eradicated as nearly as possible and that the Commis- 

 sioners are not responsible for the amount of money being 

 expended, further than the efficient manner in which the work 

 is done and the economical conduct of the business. 



There have been 50,120 cattle tested during the two years, 

 costing the State for every expense pertaining to the business, 

 $145,309.27. 



After deducting the $2,687.66 paid to the State Treasurer 

 for the sale of hides, the cattle tested cost the State $2.84 each, 

 upon an average, including all expenses. 



Of this $2.84 for each animal tested, the owner received $2.09 



The Commissioners received for each animal tested, .22 



The veterinarians received for each animal tested. .48 



It cost for disinfecting, postage, stationery and printing, .05 



$2.84 

 This would seem to imply that the veterinarian only received 



48 cents on tlie average for testing each animal. 



This would not be fair, as the owners paid for testing 



about 8,000 



Commissioner Adams tested about 980 



There were tested at Brighton about 11,200 



20,180 



This leaves 29,940 which the State paid for, or at the rate 

 of SojA (eighty and one-half) cents each for testing. 



What have the Commissioners accomplished under the law? 

 Six years ago the Commissioners went before the Agricul- 



