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tions. The meats and products inspected aggregated 9,688,427 

 pounds, of which 475,154 pounds were rejected. Ilejections were 

 made on account of the sour, slimy, or putrid condition of the prod- 

 uct, for faikire to comply with the specifications regarding the weight 

 or the amount of fat, and because of the substitution of buck, bull, 

 heifer, or cow meat for tlie meat of wethers and steers. There w^ere 

 also inspected for the Navy 37,40G dozen eggs, 8,45G dozen of which 

 were rejected. 



CONTROL OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 

 TEXAS FEVEB. 



The number of cattle shipped from the quarantined area to north- 

 ern markets during the fiscal year 1912 was 998,338, as compared 

 with 934,910 during the preceding year, being an increase of 6.78 

 per cent. These cattle were transported in 36,647 cars, 35,750 of 

 which were cleaned and disinfected under bureau supervision. Dur- 

 ing the year 196,453 reshipments in 7,265 cars were made from quar- 

 antine pens. 



The number of inspections of cattle of the quarantined area dur- 

 ing the fiscal year was 260,851, as compared with 103,338 during the 

 preceding year. The number of dippings during the year was 

 162,395, being an increase of 255.78 per cent over the dippings of 

 1911. Of this number 52,971 were second dippings. 



During the fiscal year 2,900 certificatas w^ere issued for the ship- 

 ment to northern markets of free cattle and those dipped or other- 

 wise treated as provided in the regulations, as compared with 983 

 certificates issued in 1911. 



TICK ERADICATION. 



As the result of the work done in cooperation with authorities of 

 various Southern States for the extermination of the ticks which 

 spread the infection of Texas fever of cattle, areas aggregating 

 22,827 square miles, as shown by the following table, were released 

 from quarantine during the fiscal year. The total area released since 

 the beginning of this work in 1906 amounts to 162,648 square miles. 



Areas released from Texas fever qnaraniinc as a result of eradicating cattle 



ticks, fiscal year 1912. 



States. 



California 



Oklahoma 



Missouri 



Mississippi 



Arkansas 



North Carolina 

 South Carolina 



Square 

 miles. 



3.388 

 2,557 

 1,1 r)2 

 2.182 

 850 

 :,081 

 3.797 



States. 



Tennrssco.. 



Texas 



Virginia 



Gcorgria 



Total 



Square 

 miles. 



1.320 



5.240 



96 



257 



22.827 



In addition to the States named, operations are being carried on 

 in the States of Alabama and Louisiana. 



During the year the total number of inspections made by bureau 

 employees was 4,324,540, of which 3,384.189 were reinspections. This 

 is an increase of 7.6 per cent over the inspections for 1911. 



