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MONEY NEEDED FOR APIARY WORK. 



The apiary work has not progressed during this four-year 

 term because of the lack of funds. The protection of the bee 

 industry and the increase in production of honey is of great 

 importance to the State, and this Board can well afford to use 

 their utmost power to secure much larger appropriations for this 

 fund to enable the Apiary Inspector to employ assistants 

 enough to drive the foul brood and other enemies of the bee out 

 of the State and keep it out. The appropriation, now $2,000, 

 should be at least $5,000 for the biennial period. 



THE VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. 



The Forty-sixth General Assembly increased the allowance 

 for this work from $23,200 to $25,000 for the two-year period. 

 Long before the end of 1912 it was apparent that the funds 

 would not carry on the work, and the Governor gave this Board 

 authority to continue the needed work and make a deficiency 

 demand on the next session. This was done and a deficiency 

 account of $2,634.51 was reported to the appropriation com- 

 mittee of the House and of the Senate, and every member 

 of each committee was supplied with the information. For 

 some reason best known to the House Committee, no appropria- 

 tion was made to pay this deficiency, although a similar over- 

 expenditure in the Highway Engineer's fund was provided for 

 and paid. 



The work of the State Veterinarian and his deputies has 

 increased enormously in Missouri during the last four years, 

 which increase is largely due to the prevalence of tuberculosis 

 and hog cholera. This Board very wisely asked our last Legis- 

 lature for an appropriation of $50,000 to run the veterinary 

 department for the years 1913 and 1914, but a short-sighted 

 Legislature authorized only half that amount, and it will be 

 absolutely necessary to exceed this allowance and create another 

 deficiency or let the people suffer the terrible ravages of tuber- 

 culosis, glanders and other diseases until another Legislature 

 can relieve the dangerous situation. In Dr. Luckey you have 

 a man by nature and temperament most admirably equipped to 

 carry on the work. To this may be added the great value of 

 his years of experience both in the office of State Veterinarian 

 and in private practice. The only need is in the support this 

 Board can and ought to give him. Pressure can and should be 

 applied in our next General Assembly to secure for this depart- 



