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cattle iu Pennsylvania, you will find that this appropriation of 

 135,000 is somewhat less than two cents a head for each bovine 

 animal in the State. That is a very cheap insurance, I think, and 

 from results, we may be justified in congratulating ourselves, I 

 should say. At any rate, other states are now interested in the 

 character of the work that is being done in Pennsylvania against 

 tuberculosis, and they are continually making inquiry with a view 

 to taking up the work on similar lines. 



I don't know that it is necessary to say anything about the 

 present plans for the work against tuberculosis; they are all known 

 to you. As you know, it is largely a matter of co-operation between 

 the owners of infected herds and the State Livestock Sanitary Board. 

 The chief objection w^e have is that we cannot make the examina- 

 tions rapidly enough — as rapidly as the owners would like. Where 

 we cannot make an examination, we frequently' advise. The advice- 

 is free, and a good deal is accomplished in that way. 



There is another disease, glanders in horses, that has proven 

 rather destructive in large cities, particularly Philadelphia and 

 Pittsburg, and in other parts of the State, where there is importa- 

 tion of horses from other states. It seems that there is more 

 glanders than usual in the state where we get our horse suppi}', 

 and the high price of horses has tempted the importation of in- 

 fected horses under circumstances which, would otherwise not have 

 occurred. We have found it, for instance, in shipments of mules 

 from East St. Louis particularly to the mines, and in some cases 

 they contracted the disease before we knew it. There is a law 

 against the importation of such animals, and there is now a penalty 

 for the hiding of this disease, so we are getting closer to it. 



Rabies is another disease that requires attention. There are now 

 several districts in the State where the dogs are under quarantine 

 by the State Board for rabies. There have been a number of deaths 

 of children, to say nothing of cattle and horses. There are too 

 many dogs in Pennsylvania, as I am sure you will all agree. The 

 matter of taxation of dogs has been a very important one, and as 

 you know, through the efforts of the Department of Agriculture, a 

 bill was passed last year requiring the licensing of all dogs, and 

 requiring the County Commissioners to furnish a tag bearing the 

 name of the owner, to be attached to the dog, and requiring the 

 shooting of dogs that have no such tags; but in some parts of the 

 State this law has been deliberately ignored, so that we might just 

 as well not have any law, so far as results are concerned. 



Hog cholera practically does not exist in Pennsylvania except 

 wTiere hogs are brought in from other states, and in this case the 

 hogs are at once placed under quarantine, so that we have but little 

 trouble with this disease. 



Just a word as to one or two new diseases, or rather as to one old 

 disease, and or.' new disease that we have recently discovered : Tt 

 is called Epizootic Larynphangitis. When it was told the Governor 

 that this disease had appeared in Pennsylvania, he said, ''My gra- 

 cious! but that must be a terrible disease." and as a matter of fact 

 it is. Tt is caused by yeast that has the organism of the vegetabl(> 

 parasite of yeast; it starts in the larynx and spreads to other parts 

 of the body through the lymphatic glands. It may be cured, how- 

 ever. This disease appeared in Beaver and Jefferson counties 



