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proven to be correct, but to discover new and more efficient means 

 for the destruction of enemies whose habiis are Ivnown, and to find 

 out what may be learned of the life history of others that are not so 

 well understood. This work is greatly appreciated by the farmers 

 and fruit growers of the State, and as the demand for work of this 

 character is constantly increasing, I deem it proper to call the atten- 

 tion of the General Assembly to its importance, and suggest that it 

 be supported by liberal appropriation. 



The work of the StateVeterinarian has been in great demand 

 during the year. Several outbreaks of Glanders among horses and 

 mules have occurred, and in a number of instances he was called out 

 to investigate diseases of livestock unfamiliar to the people of the 

 community where they appeared, and to every call he responded with 

 the promptness for which his work has been noted ever since his 

 connection with the Department. The duties of the State Veter- 

 inarian combined with his work as Secretary and Executive officer 

 of the State Livestock Sanitary Board, are more than a man even 

 of Doctor Pearson's vigor and robust constitution should be ex- 

 pected to perform, and the work of his Division is so important, not 

 only to the livestock interests of the State, but to the health of the 

 public, that proper measures should be taken to provide for him 

 the help so mi^ch needed. I would respectfully recommend that 

 this matter receive the careful consideration of the General As- 

 sembly and that at the next biennial session an Assistant State 

 Veterinarian and adequate clerical help be provided for this import- 

 ant Division. 



The most important work committed to this Department is that 

 of protecting the food supplies of the people of the State from 

 adulteration, and the energy that has characterized the efforts of 

 Dairy and Food Commissioner Warren to secure this result has been 

 most commendable, receiving the approval of the Head of the De- 

 partment and the public at large. The vigilance with wiiich the 

 Commissioner has administered the law^s regulating the sale of 

 oleomargarine and providing for pure dairy supplies is worthy of 

 special mention, and has received from the farmers and dairymen 

 of the State the approval it merits. 



The Department did not during the year relax the energy wath 

 which the law regulating the sale of Feeding Stuffs was adminis- 

 tered during the year 1905. It is unfortunate that so many com- 

 paratively worthless feeds should have found their way into the 

 markets of the State. Farmers and others having the care of 

 domestic animals have in recent years been greatly embarrassed to 

 know what feeds may be relied upon as furnishing proper nutriment 

 and at the same time being free from 'any deleterious or injurious 

 effects upon the animals consuming them. The chemical and micro- 

 scopic examination of the samples of feeds collected by the agents 

 of the Department have revealed the fact that many of the mixed 

 feeds having high sounding names are quite deficient in real feeding 

 value, and in some instances contained substances detrimental to 

 the health of animals. In every case, where there v.as found to be 

 a clear violation of our Feeding Stuffs law, prosecutions were in- 

 stituted and the effect of the vigorous crusade that has been kept up 

 during the last two years has been to drive many of the more worth- 



