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ANNUAL REPORTS OP DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



number of 13,179 were shipped to points where inspection and dipping 

 facilities are maintained for further treatment for movement as non- 

 infectious. 



At points other than public stockyards 383,513 cattle were in- 

 spected or dipped and certified for interstate movement as nonin- 

 fected, as provided for in the regulations. To cover the shipments 

 of these cattle 2,108 certificates were issued. 



TUBERCULOSIS ERADICATION DIVISION, 



The Tuberculosis Eradication Division, with J. A, Kiernan as 

 chief, has taken up cooperative work for the control and eradication 

 of tuberculosis of live stock in 40 States. Live-stock sanitary offi- 

 cials of the States in most instances have expressed a willmgness to 

 cooperate with the bureau in this work. Cattle owners throughout 

 the country are becoming more interested in the eradication of 

 tuberculosis from live stock, especially in the movement to establish 

 tuberculosis-free herds of pure-bred cattle. 



The compulsory tuberculin testing of cattle has been continued in 

 the District of Columbia, and of 1,206 cattle tested 12 reacted, a 

 trifle less than 1 per cent. 



COOPERATIVE TUBERCULOSIS INVESTIGATIONS. 



A summary of cooperative tuberculin testing in the various States 

 is given in the following table. This work was done by bureau vet- 

 erinary inspectors and by veterinarians regularly employed by the 

 respective States. Bureau inspectors in charge of tuberculosis- 

 eradication work are stationed at 26 points tliroughout the country: 



Results of cooperative tuberculin testing oj cattle. 



state. 



Alabama 



Arkansas 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



District of Co- 

 lumbia 



Florida 



Georgia 



Idaho 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts... 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



Montana 



Tested. 



4,083 



130 



592 



71 



1,206 



456 



4,563 



1,454 



2,508 



2,325 



197 



838 



1,093 



4,706 



3,171 



2,004 



3,769 



12, 138 



1,944 



19 



18, 597 



React- 

 ing. 



44 

 42 



12 



37 

 170 



90 

 590 

 107 



29 

 8 



20 

 184 

 170 

 235 

 203 

 493 



21 



1 



,084 



React- 

 ors 

 slaugh- 

 tered. 



8 

 '36 



10 

 36 

 152 

 63 

 42 

 91 

 14 



7 

 139 

 143 

 154 

 164 

 512 

 11 



1 

 939 



Per 



cent 



reacted. 



1.2 



"7.'ii 



1.0 

 8.0 

 3.70 

 6.19 



23.52 

 4.65 



14.72 



.96 



1.S3 



3.91 



5. 36 



11.73 

 5.39 

 4.06 

 1.80 

 5.26 

 5.80 



State. 



New Hampshire. . 



New Jersey 



New Mexico 



New York 



North Carolina . . . 



North Dakota 



Ohio 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania 



Rhode Island 



South Carolina... 



South Dakota 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Utah 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Washington 



West Virginia 



Wisconsin 



Total 



Tested- 



249 



570 



567 



196 



2,108 



14,869 



3,360 



1,805 



1,045 



163 



3,594 



1,246 



2,684 



936 



4,019 



7,472 



18,627 



1,424 



257 



3,087 



134,042 



I React- 

 React- ors 



mg. 



17 



29 



6 



30 



63 



502 



153 



62 



60 



13 



89 



86 



111 



20 



65 



989 



548 



84 



7 



70 



slaugh- 

 tered. 



6,544 



29 



6 



27 



22 



260 



71 



30 



24 



8 



52 



14 



70 



16 



60 



863 



491 



33 



6 



3 



4,625 



Per 



cent 



reacted. 



6.83 

 5.09 

 1.06 



15.31 

 2.99 

 3.38 

 4.55 

 3.43 

 5.74 

 8.0 

 2.48 

 6.90 

 4.14 

 2.14 . 

 1.62 



13 24 

 5 90 

 2.94 

 2.72 

 2.26 



4.88 



