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exact amount of this increase, because many duties were performed 

 by regular employees who gave part of their time and much extra 

 time to the emergency work. 



It would he impossible even to estimate the losses to farming 

 interests, the live stock commission business, railroad companies, 

 stockyard companies, slaughter houses and other interests. It is 

 believed that the total of these losses would run up to several 

 hundred thousand dollars. 



]\Iuch credit is due 1o farmers in the affected district, railroad 

 companies, live stuck commission men and others for cooperation 

 with the department. Largely because of their help we were able 

 to eradicate the disease so soon, and to say that scarcely in a single 

 instance, even it' one, did the disease spread, after it had been 

 located, in a manner that could have been avoided. 



The great assistance furnished by the Federal Department of 

 Agriculture is referred to elsewhere (pages 336 -341). That de- 

 partment, having supervision of inter-state trade, placed quaran- 

 tines on state lines and pnl experts into this, as in oilier, affected 

 slates. Certain of these experts were given appointments in this 

 department (without compensation) to enable them to work under 

 the authority of our law and in harmony with regular and special 

 officers of this department. 



BOB VEAL 



During this fiscal year our records show that 477 bob calves 

 have been seized and 137 cases of bob veal seizures referred to 

 the Attorney-General. 



FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS (Article 8) 

 PRELIMINARY WORK 



Much work has been done along the lines of educating a certain 

 class of manufacturers, wholesalers and. retailers as to the intent 

 and purpose of article 8 and the benefit to be derived by all con- 

 cerned through a hearty cooperation with the department to bring 

 about a uniform understanding of its requirements and compli- 

 ance therewith. This has been done in some cases by inviting 

 manufacturers of food products or their representatives, associa- 

 tions, etc., to a conference with the department for the purpose 



