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nature, feeders are asking for the privilege of taking diseased sheep 

 from the public stock yards for feeding under quarantine. Section 

 2330, R. S. 1899, forbids such a practice, and in my opinion, the disease 

 is of such a serious nature as to warrant the State enforcing this statute 

 to the letter. 



GLANDERS. 



The usual course was pursued in dealing with outbreaks of glanders. 

 Most favorable results have followed, except in Kansas City, where the 

 dangerous watering fountain is still in use. During the twelve months 

 preceding December 1st, there were in the entire State 103 outbreaks of 

 glanders, with 116 animals affected. The affected horses were distrib- 

 uted as follows : In Kansas City, sixty-seven ; St. Louis, twenty-three ; 

 in the balance of the State, twenty-six. There were eighteen more 

 glandered horses found in Kansas City than all the rest of the State, 

 including St. Louis, and the prevalence of glanders there is doubtless 

 largely due to the type of watering trough in use. The results of our 

 investigations continue to show the necessity of abolishing these troughs, 

 as was recommended to the authorities of Kansas City, and to this 

 Board some years ago. 



HOG CHOLERA. 



The control of hog cholera was left to the Veterinary Department 

 of the Experiment Station, in charge of Dr. J. W. Connaway. The 

 last Legislature made an allowance of $10,000 for the preparation and 

 use of the hog cholera serum by the Experiment Station. I am in- 

 formed that this amount was insufficient, and that the station was able 

 to answer only about one-half of the calls for assistance which it received. 

 I have personally visited a number of counties where hog cholera was 

 quite wide-spread, and from which no calls had been sent to the station. 

 It is reasonable to infer that not more than one-third of the outbreaks 

 of hog cholera in the State were taken care of during the past year. 



In order to prevent the spread of hog cholera from infected herds, 

 perfect organization is absolutely necessary. I would recommend that 

 the Board of Agriculture co-operate with the Experiment Station with 

 the view to securing the necessary funds for preparing hog cholera 

 serum, and thereby secure a supply for use by the deputy state veter- 

 inarians over the State. I suggest that these deputies be constantly sup- 

 plied with serum, and placed in a position to take charge of any out- 

 break of hog cholera that may exist in their respective sections of the 

 State. As I suggested in my last annual report, there would only be 

 a few hours, and in no case more than twenty-four hours elapse be- 

 tween the beginning of an outbreak of cholera, and the arrival of a 



