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badly scattered in uninhabited range, that it required, in some 

 cases, two to four weeks' riding for their owners to find all of 

 them. Yet, under the method pursued, no infested cattle got away 

 from Southwest Missouri to the public markets or outside neigh- 

 borhoods, as far as we are able to learn, and only a few infested 

 individuals were shipped out of Ripley county undetected in four 

 or five shipments. 



I believe that every ticky animal in the State was quarantined 

 and disinfected. If it is possible to get the infested pastures and 

 ranges burned over before any cattle become re-infested in the 

 spring, there ought to be very little, if any, infection left in the 

 State next year. 



GLANDERS. 



The number of cases of glanders found over the State during 

 the year 1907, was 117. Of the animals condemned, 89 were in 

 Kansas City, and 28 over the balance of the State. From the num- 

 ber found over the State it may be judged that fair success has 

 been obtained in stamping out this disease. As long as shipments 

 of horses into and through the State continues, especially horses 

 from western ranges, where glanders is somewhat prevalent, a few 

 outbreaks are bound to occur. Compared to the traffic in horses 

 through this State the number of cases, outside of Kansas City, in- 

 dicates a good condition of affairs. On the other hand the number 

 of cases found in Kansas City is sufficient to warrant grave con- 

 sideration of the matter. I believe that a careful investigation of 

 actual conditions in Kansas City would show glanders much more 

 prevalent than is indicated by the number of cases reported. Dur- 

 ing the past five years Kansas City has had more cases of glanders 

 than all the rest of the State together. Considering that every ef- 

 fort has been made to stamp out glanders in Kansas City and the 

 fact that this disease is still so prevalent, is just cause for alarm. 



In this connection it is well to note that in 1903, when glanders 

 was widespread in Kansas City, the most perfect system possible 

 was put into operation for its eradication. The work was begun 

 in August of that year by securing the services of some thirty-four 

 Bureau of Animal Industry inspectors, with whose assistance prac- 

 tically all of the horses in the city, outside of the large, well kept 

 stables, were inspected in one day. This was followed up with a 

 systematic campaign in which the field officers of the Humane So- 

 ciety and the entire police force of the city were enlisted in re- 

 porting animals which they found on the streets showing symptoms 



