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placed in this territory. It is the understanding that whenever 

 a reacting animal is found in any herd the veterinarian making 

 the test will report forthwith to the deputy in charge. The 

 regular deputy will take charge of the herd, tag and quarantine 

 all diseased animals, supervise the disinfection of the barn and 

 dispose of the diseased animals. He will make such retests 

 every sixty or ninety days as may be necessary without any fur- 

 ther charges to the dairyman. 



It seems with this plan that we promise fair during the com- 

 ing year to clean up the tuberculosis among cattle in the western 

 half of Missouri from which milk is being sold and many from 

 which butter is sold. We will have a clean area then reaching 

 across the central part of the State to the Mississippi river at 

 Hannibal. If we were provided with funds we could practically 

 finish the balance of the State in 1914. It is possible that we will 

 get in touch with the breeders of pure bred herds and manage 

 within the next year or two to have practically all of our pure 

 bred herds on the "white list." 



If this work is allowed to go forward, we may soon expect to 

 see our dairy and breeding cattle and our dairy products at a 

 premium on all markets. 



"white list." 



There is a movement on among the official veterinarians of 

 the different states to get registered herds on the "white list." 

 As yet definite rules governing this matter have not been laid 

 down, but in practice the work is about as follows: 



Anyone who owns a registered herd will have that herd 

 officially tested for tuberculosis. The names of all owners of 

 such herds will be furnished by this department to the officials 

 of other states. Whenever the owner of a herd on the "white 

 list" desires to ship an animal out of the State, he can write the 

 State Veterinarian to that effect and receive a shipment per- 

 mit by return mail. In the event of an emergency shipment, 

 this business can be transacted by telegraph. In this way 

 tuberculosis will be controlled in all of our breeding herds with- 

 out any expense to the owner, and the owner of the herd will be 

 spared the expense and delay of securing inspection for each 

 animal that he desires to send out of the State. The Jersey and 

 Hereford cattle breeders are in line on this proposition at the 

 present time, and if this department were supplied with the 



