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in health by the deception when other products are sold to him as 

 butter, he is nevertheless the victim of an economic fraud and a 

 fraud against ethics. Aside from any features of inspection, hi fram- 

 ing legislation for regulating oleomargarin or other butter substi- 

 tutes or renovated butter every effort should be made to guard effec- 

 tively against the fraudulent sales of these products as butter. 



PUBLICATIONS AND DIFFUSION OF INFORMATION. 



The bureau endeavors to serve the people by furnishing informa- 

 tion on the various subjects with which it deals. This is done through 

 publications, correspondence, public addresses, and material fur- 

 nished to teachers, writers, and the press. 



The bureau's publications issued during the fiscal year numbered 

 89, aggregating 3,773 printed pages. This is an increase of approxi- 

 mately 20 per cent over the pages issued during the preceding fiscal 

 year. The new publications consisted of the Twenty-seventh Annual 

 Keport of the Bureau (for 1910), revised editions of the special 

 reports on Diseases of the Horse and Diseases of Cattle, the Annual 

 Report of the Chief of the Bureau for the fiscal year 1911, 14 bulle- 

 tins, 22 circulars, 5 Farmers' Bulletins, 2 reprints from the annual 

 report, 19 orders and amendments, and 26 miscellaneous publications. 

 Besides the new publications there have been numerous reprints of 

 earlier publications. 



The large volume of requests for information makes it necessary to 

 conduct a heavy correspondence in addition to the distribution of 

 literature. 



THE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DIVISION. 



The Animal Husbandry Division, of which Mr. George M. Rommel 

 is chief, deals mainly with the breeding and feeding of live stock and 

 poultry. 



HORSE BREEDING. 

 COLORADO WORK. 



The carriage-horse breeding work in cooperation with the Colorado 

 Experiment Station is progressing very nicely, the 1912 crop of foals 

 being an unusually fine lot of youngsters. Of the 24 mares bred at 

 the station during the season of 1911, 14 foals were dropped, 11 of 

 which are alive and thrifty. Of the 3 foals lost 1 died at birth, 1 died 

 at the age of 10 days from distempor, and 1 was fatally injured in 

 the pasture. The crop of foals is smaller than usual, but the average 

 excellence is above tliat of previous years. 



The ranks of the stud were badly depleted durin- fhe past 3'ear by 

 a very serious epidemic of distemper, which seemed lo attack the 

 young animals in its most virulent form. The disease spread l^•vr,ugh 

 the entire stud, in spite of everything that could be done to check it, 

 and resulted in the loss of 9 animals, as follows: One 3-year-old 

 stallion, two 2-year-old fillies, four yearling colts, one yearling filly, 

 and one foal. 



