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DEPAKTMENTAL EEPORTS. 



If we olimhiate the number of animals that were probahlj^ infected 

 before they were vaccinated, and which died Avithin forty-eight hours 

 after the injection, also the number of deaths that were acknowledged 

 by the stockowners to be the result of their own mistakes, the num- 

 ber of cases that died after vaccination is reduced to 2,538, or 0.45 

 per cent. 



RABIES. 



During the fiscal 



year rabies continued to exist in the District ot 

 Columbia and adjacent sections. In consequence of inoculation tests 

 and microscopic examinations made with the medulla and plexiform 

 ganglion, respectively, of suspected cases, the following positive re- 

 sults have been obtained : 



Results of inoculation tests and 'microscopic examinations for rabies. 



GRASSHOPPER DISEASE FUNGUS. 



The Division of Entomology has received the cooperation of this 

 division during the past year in efforts directed toward the eradication 

 of the destructive grasshopper. A fungus isolated from a number of 

 grasshoppers that were found diseased in the vicinity of Sterling, 

 Colo., has been distributed in subcultures to the farmers in the infected 

 districts, together with other locust fungi which the Division of Ento- 

 mology obtained from South Africa. These molds have been kept alive 

 in this laboratory, subcultures being furnished the Division of Ento- 

 molog}^ on request. During the past year over 780 tubes of fungi 

 have been sent to 17 States in this country and some to several foreign 

 countries. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PREVENTIVES FOR ANTHR.\X. 



Anthrax seems to be on the gradual increase in this country, and 

 it would appear desirable for the Bureau to meet the great demand 

 which has been constantly made by the cattle owners in the infected 



