182 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



KEPORT OF WORK AS STATE VETERINARIAN. 



In May, 1911, I was appointed by Gov. Osborn to the office of State 

 Veterinarian to complete an unexpired term, and on July 1st of the 

 same year I was reappointed for the term of two years ending July 1, 

 1913. This appointment was made at the request of the representatives 

 of the State Board of Agriculture with the idea that it would be for 

 the mutual interests of the College and Experiment Station on the one 

 hand and of the State Live Stock Sanitary Commission and live stock 

 interests of the state on the other. We trust that no one has been dis- 

 appointed more than the recipient of the honor of the appointment. 



The pleasantest of relations have existed in the pursuit of all the 

 duties of the office, but it is well to call attention to the serious inter- 

 ference with real research and satisfactory teaching that has resulted 

 from enforced absence from the laboratoi*}'. Most of the work reported 

 here is of a routine nature that it is felt could be performed by another, 

 under suitable direction, with the result that our time could be more 

 profltabl}^ devoted to instruction and research, the demand for which 

 is apparent. 



Correspondence connected with this work has been a great consumer 

 of time, but it may well be classed as valuable extension work. It is 

 significant that much of this correspondence is impersonal, i. e., letters 

 come to the State Capitol and to the Agricultural College for the State 

 Veterinarian from residents of the state who seem to expect naturally 

 that the State Veterinarian is to be reached in this manner, although 

 they are not informed as to who is the official. This indicates that the 

 office of State Veterinarian should be located at the ^Michigan Agricul- 

 tural College. After my appointment, the members of the Live Stock 

 Sanitary Commission were notified that it was my intention to attend 

 the University of Chicago for the summer, consequently I was not 

 called upon until August, 1911. 



August 5. — Made autopsy on 7 reacting cattle near Zeeland, 5 of 

 which showed supramammary glands affected. No involvement of mam- 

 mary gland. The animals should have been used for beef. 



August 9. — Visited Perronville and Whitney where 2 herds of cattle 

 w^ere recovering from foot-rot. Cause seemed to be local. No B 

 necrophorus could be isolated. 



August 11. — At Ashley, found very extensive losses in sheep due to 

 stomach worms (H. contortus). Attending veterinarians and fanuei'S 

 at a loss to account for deaths. Dense ignorance of commonest sheep 

 disease manifested. 



August 15. — At MuUiken, found Red Poll cow suffering from malig- 

 nant catarrh. Similar cases reported in previous annual report of 

 bacteriologist. 



August 21.— At Lowell, killed 4 fat Red Poll cattle. All showed 

 slight lesions of tuberculosis and would have passed federal meat in- 

 spection. Should have been used for beef. 



August 30. — A horse near Kalamazoo examined for glanders. 



