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Missouri Agriculfural Report. 



REPORT OF D. F. LUCKEY, STATE VETERINARIAN. 



Dr. D. F. Luckcy. 



Gentlemen of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture: 



Supplementary to the report ren- 

 dered by Dr. Sheldon covering the work 

 of this office during the greater part of 

 this year, I wish to submit herewith a 

 few statements covering various mat- 

 ters since I assumed the office, Sep- 

 tember 1, 1913. 



SHEEP SCAB. 



From Dr. Sheldon's report I got 

 the impression that sheep scab had 

 become widespread in Camden, La- 

 clede and Wright counties. I made a 

 personal visit to each of these counties 

 and held mass meetings with those interested in sheep industry 

 in each county. I found that scabies was present only in limited 

 areas in each of these counties, and I effected local organizations 

 of the sheep men whereby I think all sheep in the infected areas 

 will be properly dipped and cured without the necessity of a 

 quarantine. Numerous shipments of scabby sheep have come 

 from Morgan county during the present year, and it seems that 

 there is probably more scabies among sheep in this county than 

 anywhere else in the State. The sale or shipment of scabby 

 sheep is a violation of the law of the State. Scabies in sheep is 

 easily cured by dipping. I have notified shippers in Morgan 

 county of this law, and have taken the matter up with the prose- 

 cuting attorney. Hereafter we will rigidly prosecute all who 

 ship diseased sheep, and in this way I think we can thoroughly 

 control the matter. 



