Report of State Veterinarian. 



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REPORT OF S. SHELDON, STATE VETERINARIAN. 



Er. S. S.eldo i. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Missouri State Board 

 of Agriculture: 



I beg to submit that part of my annual 

 report of the work covered by this depart- 

 ment from January 1, 1913, to September 1, 

 1913; also recommendations for the future 

 work of this department. 



It is useless to state that we are again 

 placed at a serious disadvantage in our sani- 

 tary control work by an unjust oversight of 

 the last Legislature in refusing to grant the 

 necessary appropriation that was recommended 

 by you for this department. Just how long 

 the live stock industry of this State- will stand 

 for such neglect at the hands of our lawmakers 

 remains to be seen. We are compelled to turn down important 

 calls almost daily in order that we may not exceed the meager 

 allowance granted this department by the last Legislature. We 

 would most heartily recommend that you again ask for an 

 appropriation of not less than $50,000, and that each member 

 in his legislative district present the needs of this department 

 to his State Senators and Representatives and urge on them 

 that the above appropriation be secured. If the matter is 

 properly presented there is no question as to the result. When 

 it was found that we would have no additional funds to carry 

 on the work of this department we were compelled to make 

 radical changes in our plan of action for the next two years. 

 Much of the important work that we had under consideration we 

 were compelled to give up, but trust that at some future time it 

 may be carried out. 



We would most heartily recommend that the salary of our 

 successor be increased to not less than $3,000 per annum and 

 that the salary of the assistants who have worked so faithfully 

 for the protection of the live stock industry be increased from 

 $1,500 to $1,800 per year. We would further recommend that if 

 it was found that the State Veterinarian and his assistants were 



