I04 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



work under my instructions as well as possible, which has made 

 the expense of disinfecting much less than ever before. No 

 state in the Union is paying as much as Maine to stamp out 

 tuberculosis and keep its herds healthy and no state allows 

 such a large appraisal for cattle that are condemned. And if 

 the State, the farmers and the veterinarians will continue to 

 cooperate in the work, the disease can be practically stamped 

 out. In sections where the testing has been followed up. the 

 percentage of diseased animals has decreased very much, but 

 in sections where testing has not been done in many herds a 

 large number of reactors are found and destroyed ; but on the 

 whole there are few, if any, states that have as low a percent- 

 age of tuberculous cattle as has this State. 



It has been impossible to get the exact percentage of cows 

 condemned to the total number tested, as the veterinarians have 

 neglected to send in reports of animals that passed the test. 



The following figures sliow the amount of business done 

 from May ist, 191 1, to Dec. 31, 1912: 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



May I, to December 31, 1911. 



Appropriation for 191 1 $25,cxx) 00 



Received from sale of hides and carcasses 1,486 18 



$26,486 18 



Paid for condemned animals *$i8,224 47 



Salary and expenses of Live Stock Sanitary Com- 

 missioner 1,755 37 



Disinfecting 171 75 



Other services and expenses of assistants *4i7 42 



Clerical work 253 00 



Printing and binding 84 87 



Hog cholera serum 115 00 



Express, telephone and telegraph no 23 



Miscellaneous supplies and incidental expenses.... *447 95 



Balance reverting to State Treasury 4,906 12 



$26,486 18 



* Amounts increased by bills received after report of 1911 to Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture. . 



