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Horses 



Mules, 



Milch cows, 

 Oth<?r cattle, 



Sheep, 



Swine 



Value. 



607,010 ; $66,127,689 



40,S64 : 5,024,210 



1,141,494 I 41,093.784 



984,750 17,479,308 



1,102,058 , 5,353,799 



9S9,6$5 I 9J03,039 



TTie above table does not include animals not on farms, nor does 

 it include pouUry. According to the census of IDUU, there were 

 242,465 horses and mules in cities and towns which, at present prices, 

 are worth |26,739,625. 



The value of the poultry in the State is estimated at |5, 000,000; 

 this makes a total valuation of livestock of approximately^ fl'^'S,- 

 000,000. This industry is the main stay of a large proportion of the 

 224,000 farms of Pennsylvania. To a very large extent, the crops 

 raised on these farms are fed to animals and are marketed as animals 

 or animal products, the chief of which is milk. The importance of 

 our animal husbandry is, therefore, very great both to the rural 

 people and to the inhabitants of cities who depend so largely upon 

 the products of the animals of the state for food. Animal hus- 

 bandry, very properly, ranks as one of the leading industries of 

 Pennsylvania. In connection with such an industry there are many 

 important problems, the solution of which is of large significance to 

 those engaged in it. IMany of these problems relate to the health 

 of animals and fall within the domain of comparative pathology. 

 Others relate to the production and development of animals. All 

 of these problems, in many of their relations, at least, may properly 

 be classed among the veterinary sciences. It is, therefore, appar- 

 ent that there is a large field for the veterinary work of the State, 

 and that all that is now done in this direction is not only amply 

 justified by the magnitude of the industry, and its problems, but that 

 far more might be done without danger that this work will become 

 out of proportion to the industry that it is to foster. When one 

 considers the enormous losses, amounting to five or six million 

 dollars a year, that result from the neglect of preventible causes 

 of diseases of animals, it is clear that it is the duty of the State to 

 develop its facilities for preventing this enormous and unnecessary 

 annual depletion of its capital. This can be accomplished by pro- 

 viding increased facilities for veterinary work, including the veter- 

 inary work of the Department of Agriculture, the work of the State 

 Livestock Sanitary Board and tlie work of the veterinary college. 



EXPENDITURES. For the fiscal year ending ]\[ay 31, 1906, the 

 State Livestock Sanitary Board had available |45,000.00 for its 

 general work in repressing diseases of animals. Expenditures 

 under this fund may be classified as follows: for tuberculosis cattle, 

 123,344.06; for inspecting tuberculous cattle and herds, |3.8S6.92; 

 for horses afflicted with glanders, §2,941; for inspections for the 

 repression of diseases other than tuberculosis, for vaccination, etc., 

 14,293.60; for the cost of enforcing quarantines, for materials used 

 in making tuberculin, for making and shipping tuberculin, for the 

 diagnosis of specimens, etc., |3,309.31; for office and miscellaneous 



