No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. l71 



HORSE BREEDING 



Balance on hand, January 1st, 1914, $6,269 98 



Expenditures — Services, expenses, supplies, 3,807 09 



Balance January 1st, 191.5, 2,462 89 



Note: — Fees for 1914 for the enrollment and licensing of stallions, deposited iu 

 State Treasury, $2,849.00. 



ACCOUNTING DIVISION 

 FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1915. 



The following is a statemeut of money expended by the different 

 divisions of the Board from the several appropriations of the Legis- 

 lature of 1013 and 1!)15; showing a detailed summary of the cost of 

 eradicating foot-and-mouth disease for the year 1915. Also showing 

 a total cost to the State of Pennsylvania for foot-and-mouth eradi- 

 cation beginning with November, 1014, to and including December, 

 1915. 



INDEMNITY AND EXPENSE FUND 



Balance on hand January 1st, 1915, $28,266 48 



Emergency appropriation, February 25th, 1915, 500,000 00 



Transferred, April 9th from the appropriation of 1913 



for the control and suppression of rabies, 1,500 GO 



Transferred, April 9th from the appropriation of 1913 



for the meat hygiene service, 4,500 00 



Emergency appropriation, May 14th, 1915, 125,000 00 



Appropriated June 16th, 1915, for two years, 200,000 00 



Total, $859,266 48 



Disbursements for the year 1915 as follow^s: 



MILK HYGIENE DIVISION 



Indemnity for tubercular cattle, $19,940 80 



Examination of dairies, post mortems, phy- 

 sical examinations and appraisements of 

 cattle, 985 46 



Total, $20,926 26 



TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE DIVISION 



Services and Expenses connected with 

 the investigation of— 



Glanders, $1,483 17 



Glanders (horses condemned) , 12,594 20 



Blackleg, 1,097 42 



Anthrax, 377 02 



Mange, 2.5 50 



Rabies, 652 15 



Hog cholera, 1,129 08 



Miscellaneous diseases, 868 91 



Cattle, 452,981 35 



Property destroyed, 41,029 34 



Disinfectants and pumps, 6,489 66 

 Unskilled labor: 



Burial, 16,143 24 



Disinfecting, 16,997 68 



Livery in connection with 



burial and disinfection, 1,947 43 

 Supplies— rubber goods, 



etc., 46,539 75 



Services of agent, 46,539 75 



Expenses, 39,049 52 



Clerical expenses, 9,376 25 



Miscellaneous, 5,044 79 



Foot-and-Mou th , •{ 



Total, 656,486 95 



