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was placed upon this department and no funds provided for 

 carrying it out. 



In the latter part of May of this year we received informa- 

 tion from outside sources that there was a possible chance to 

 secure one of the three counties to be selected in each of three 

 states to be used as a demonstration for the eradication of hog 

 cholera by the Bureau of Animal Industry co-operating with this 

 department. I at once informed your Secretary, and by the 

 active co-operation of the two departments w^e were enabled to 

 have Pettis county, Missouri, selected for demonstration pur- 

 poses. We sincerely trust that this demonstration will prove of 

 much benefit to the farmers of Missouri in the eradication of hog 

 cholera. 



From time to time applications have been made to this 

 office for the movement of hogs from the public stockyards at 

 Kansas City and St. Joseph back to the country again for feed- 

 ing purposes. In June of this year a committee was appointed to 

 draw up rules and regulations whereby stock hogs could be safely 

 moved back to the country again. After an inspection of the St. 

 Joseph and Kansas City stockyards a meeting was held in 

 Kansas City and rules and regulations adopted which at the 

 present seem rather stringent, as very few have attempted to 

 comply with the requirements. We believe that this is a step 

 in the right direction and that the rules can be modified and 

 stock hogs moved to the country again with safety. We suggest 

 that this receive your earnest attention and consideration, as 

 unciuestionably it will be of material assistance to the hog raisers 

 of this State. 



RABIES. 



The State is again remarkably free from rabies. In fact, 

 no cases have been reported for the past seven months of this 

 year. 



TEXAS FEVER. 



In our last annual report we recommended that the state 

 and federal quarantine against Newton, McDonald and Oregon 

 counties be released. We have caused frequent inspections to 

 be made of the above named counties, which early in the season 

 were placed under the supervision of Dr. H. C. Tuck, one of our 

 field veterinarians, and Mr. Roark, acting for the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry. Very little infection has been found up to the 

 present time in the above named counties, and they should 



