38 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



Report of State Veterinarian. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Board of Agriculture: 



With the exception of a wide-spread outbreak of sheep scabies 

 in Laclede county and Texas fever in parts of Jasper, Newton and 

 McDonald counties, the control work by the Veterinary Depart- 

 ment has been about the same during 1906 as in former years. 

 Aside from attending to outbreaks of glanders and other diseases 

 which require more or less attention every year in all of the states, 

 this department has undertaken to completely stamp out sheep 

 scabies and Texas fever, and an unusual number of tuberculin 

 tests of beef and dairy cattle have been made during the year. 

 The tables in another part of the annual report will show in detail 

 the work done by regular deputies. In addition to the work shown 

 by the tables, and aside from attending to work at the office, I 

 have given my personal attention to testing cattle with tuberculin, 

 and have spent a considerable part of my time in attending farm- 

 ers' institutes and other educational work. 



Although not requiring much of my time, the work of regis- 

 tration of the veterinarians of the State has been completed, and 

 it might be of interest to the Board to know something of the re- 

 sults of the registration. The Veterinary Practice Act, which 

 made it unlawful for anyone to practice veterinary surgery after 

 the first day of January, 1906, without a license, provided for the 

 registration of veterinarians on three conditions. Section 2 pro- 

 vided for the registration of anyone who had practiced in the State 

 for a livelihood for three years prior to January 1, 1906, regard- 

 less of the qualifications of the applicant. Under this section 

 265 persons registered, many of whom are by no means qualified 

 to practice. The privilege of registration under this section was 

 provided on account of a decision rendered by the Supreme Court 

 in connection with a medical act, in which it was held that to de- 

 prive a man of the right of earning a livelihood by his usual voca- 

 tion was unconstitutional. Section 3 of the Veterinary Act pro- 

 vided for the registration of anyone who was a graduate of a regu- 

 larly chartered veterinary college at the time the act went into ef- 

 fect. Under this section 164 persons were registered. Nearly all 



