128 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Treasury Dei)artmcnt in the lumdliiij^ of these shipments and from 

 American consuls in foreign countries who are char<5ed with tlie 

 responsibility of issuing or approving certificates and reporting out- 

 breaks of disease. Tanners in the United States have generally 

 shown a disposition to comply Avith re(iuiroments and to improve 

 sanitary conditions at their establishments. 



INSPECTION OF ANIMALS FOR EXPORT. 



Tliere was an unusually heavy demand for the inspection and cer- 

 tification of livestock intended for shipment to foreign countries, 

 especially of cattle, sheep, and swine for Central and South America 

 for breeding purposes. Every effort has been made to make inspec- 

 tions and issue certificates as required by the authorities of the coun- 

 tries to which the animals have been consigned. 



The inspection and tuberculin testing of several thousand dairy 

 cattle for shipment to France under a special contract of the French 

 Government and supervision of the fitting of vessels to carry such 

 animals were continued from the preceding fiscal year and completed 

 during the autumn. Economic conditions in Europe and improved 

 shipping facilities apparently encouraged the exportation of cattle 

 for slaughter, such shipments, chiefly to Belgium and France, exceed- 

 ing in volume those for any like period in recent years. 



Statistics of the inspection of animals for export are given in the 



folloMdng table 



Inspections of animals for export. 



Of the cattle inspected for shipment to Canada, 942 w^re dairy 

 and breeding stock and were testecl with tuberculin, with 11 reactors; 

 and 3,450 were range cattle and were not tested. For shipment to 

 other countries, 12,174 cattle passed the tuberculin test. The mallein 

 test was applied to the horses and mules for Canada and to 82 horses 

 and 40 mules for other countries. 



In carrying out the regulations governing the overseas transporta- 

 tion of livestock 339 inspections of vessels were made before clearance. 



FIELD INSPECTION DIVISION. 



The Field Inspection Division, under Dr. A. W. Miller, chief, 

 has continued its activities for the control and eradication of certain 

 diseases of livestock and has also conducted work in the enforcement 

 of certain livestock quarantine and transportation laws. 



