94 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



the advantages gained in previous years, and that a larger sum be 

 devoted to tlie supervision of the interstate transportation of live- 

 stock, as shipments are constantly increasing and should continue to 

 be closely watched. 



It is further recommended that a considerably larger appropria- 

 tion be made for the eradication of tuberculosis. This great project 

 has been rcceiNcd with enthusiasm throughout the country, and much 

 largi'r Federal funds will be necessary in order to keep pace with 

 the lil)eral expenditures of the States. 



An increase of approximately $175,000 for dairy work should by all 

 means be granted. The country has tAvo billion dollars' worth of 

 dairy cattle, and consumers annually pay four billion dollars for 

 dairy products. Certainly the Federal funds for increasing the 

 efficiency of production and for better utilization of by-products 

 should be liberal. 



An increase of a similar sum is urgently needed in the animal- 

 husbandr}' projects. Beef production is at a critical period, and help 

 on the part of the department is essential. The bureau sheep range 

 in Idaho ha^ readied a point where a material increase for expendi- 

 tures for a fcAV years will enable the de[)artment to reach conclusions 

 of great a alue. An extension of the bureau's poultry work also is 

 necessary in order to meet tiie urgent calls from States for help in 

 solving poultry proijlems and in the organization o.f poultry clubs. 



Small increases are also recommended in the appropriations for 

 investigations of animal diseases, .especially for the study of internal 

 parasites of hogs and parasites of southern livestock. After territory 

 is freed of cattle ticks and livestock raising becomes a great industry 

 in the South it is essential that the parasitic infections of the new 

 areas be thoroughly understood. It is especially urged that funds 

 for the eradication of hog cholera be so increased as to provide the 

 same amount of money as was available before this fiscal yeap. The 

 great extent of this industry, and the large reduction in losses directly 

 attributable to the bureau's efforts heretofore, offer an unanswerable 

 argument for continuing this work at its former level. 



Inasmuch as there has been no construction at the Beltsville farm 

 for three years, it is necessary that a somewhat larger sum now be 

 devoted to this ])urpose. The numbers of animals have been increas- 

 ing and the experimental projects have so grown that additional 

 buildings must be provided. 



A small item shoald be included also to cover the campaign for 

 better sires and better stock, which has proved so successful and 

 popular. 



An increase of approximately $300,000 is recommended for meat 

 inspection, a sum Avhich will cover the steady growth of this service 

 and will provide for increases in salary for a portion of the 2,500 

 employees. 



In conclusion, at the risk of repetition, I strongly recommend that 

 the insurance fund of $1,000,000 carried in the appropriation until 

 this year, for use should an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, 

 rinderpest, or other animal scourge occur, be restored to the law. As 

 lias been explained so often, this is not an appropriation of money 

 but merely the makinc: available of a sum to be used only in the 

 event of an outbreak oi any of the Old World destructive diseases 



