﻿Diseases 
  of 
  Domestic 
  Animals. 
  

  

  Xearly 
  all 
  the 
  States 
  and 
  territories 
  have 
  established 
  commis- 
  

   sions 
  or 
  boards 
  for 
  the 
  suppression 
  of 
  contagious 
  and 
  infectious 
  

   diseases 
  among 
  domestic 
  animals. 
  These 
  laws 
  aim 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  

   owners 
  and 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  consumption 
  of 
  unwholesome 
  animal 
  

   products. 
  

  

  The 
  Xational 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Animal 
  Industry, 
  working 
  in 
  co-opera- 
  

   tion 
  with 
  the 
  States, 
  has 
  done 
  much 
  to 
  promote 
  effective 
  results. 
  

  

  A 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  table 
  will 
  show 
  the 
  nuiiiber 
  of 
  

   domestic 
  farm 
  animals 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   K'ew 
  York 
  in 
  1900: 
  

  

  United 
  States. 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Horses 
  13,537,524 
  590,771 
  

  

  Mules 
  2,086,027 
  3,714 
  

  

  Cattle 
  27,610,054 
  572,299 
  

  

  Milch 
  cows 
  16,292,360 
  1,487,416 
  

  

  Sheep 
  41,833,065 
  846,165 
  

  

  Swine 
  57,409,583 
  650,000 
  

  

  Value 
  $2,042,650,812 
  $109,022,307 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  abstract 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  of 
  

   the 
  several 
  States 
  and 
  territories 
  will 
  give 
  some 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  re- 
  

   quirements 
  of 
  each, 
  omitting 
  methods 
  of 
  prosecution 
  and 
  penalties. 
  

  

  For 
  full 
  text 
  of 
  the 
  laws, 
  see 
  references 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  each 
  

  

  paragraph. 
  

  

  UmTED 
  STATES. 
  

  

  The 
  government 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  established 
  a 
  bureau 
  of 
  

   animal 
  industry 
  in 
  1884, 
  and 
  placed 
  the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  various 
  

   laws 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agricul- 
  

  

  