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it amended or superseded by a law containing provisions similar to 

 those of the meat-inspection law, so far as they may be applicable, but 

 retaining the revenue feature of the present law. 



VETERINARY EDUCATION, 



As stated in my last report, the courses of instruction in the various 

 veterinary colleges in the United States were investigated by two 

 committees, and certain recommendations as to requirements for ad- 

 mission to the civil-service examination for veterinary positions in the 

 Bureau were approved by the Secretary of Agriculture and the 

 United States Civil Service Commission to take effect September 1, 

 1909. ]\rost of the colleges have been disposed to meet the requirements 

 of the regulations in order that their graduates may be eligible to the 

 Bureau service, and there has already been considerable improvement 

 in the courses and facilities at these colleges. The result is that not 

 only is it possible for the Bureau to obtain men better educated and 

 qualified for its veterinary work, but the standard of veterinary edu- 

 cation in the United States is being elevated. 



PUBLICATIONS AND DIFFUSION OF INFORMATION. 



The results of the Bureau's work are made available to the people 

 through publications, correspondence, public addresses, and material 

 furnished to teachers, writers, and the press. 



The Bureau's new publications issued during the fiscal year num- 

 bered 89, aggregating 1,970 printed pages, besides which there were 

 numerous reprints of earlier publications. The new publications con- 

 sisted of the Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Bureau (for 1908), 

 the annual report of the Chief of the Bureau for the fiscal year 1909, 

 12 bulletins, 15 circulars, 2 Farmers' Bulletins, 10 reprints from the 

 annual report, 2 Yearbook articles, 29 orders and amendments, and 17 

 miscellaneous publications. 



In addition to the distribution of literature it is necessary to conduct 

 a heavy correspondence to meet the large volume of requests for 

 information. 



THE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DIVISION. 



The Animal Husbandry Office of the Bureau was designated as the 

 Animal Husbandry Division after January 1, 1910. by order of the 

 Secretary of Agriculture. The work of the division is in no essential 

 manner different from that of the Animal Husbandry Office. Mr. 

 George M. Rommel has all along been in charge of this work, as 

 Animal Husbandman during the first half of the fiscal year and as 

 Chief of the Animal Husbandry Division since the establishment of 

 that division. 



HORSE BREEDING. 

 COLORADO WORK. 



The work in carriage-horse breeding at the Colorado Experiment 

 Station has been much more satisfactory than during the previous 

 year. There was no serious loss at foaling time and the foals are a 



