60 Missouri Agricultural Keporl. 



APPROPRIATIONS. 



For the lack of sufficient appropriations we have been compelled to 

 do all of our work in a hurried manner and to neglect a great many out- 

 breaks of disease that should have been thoroughly investigated and con- 

 trolled. We will need an inspector at each of the public markets next 

 year to perform the duties that I have outlined above. "We ought to avail 

 ourselves of the benefits of the hog cholera serum and do aggressive 

 work in stamping out hog cholera. The requests for the tuberculin test 

 are coming to the office in increasing numbers, and if we expect to at- 

 tain success under our present plans we must be prepared to answer 

 these requests as fast as they are received. It is impossible to tell how 

 many requests will fall to this office during the coming two years, but 

 we ought to be provided with the funds to answer them regardless of 

 the number and to carry on tuberculosis eradication work and public 

 demonstrations with a view to hurrying through with the tests of the 

 permanent herds of this State. It is plainly evident now that it will re- 

 quire $60,000 for the payment of salaries and expenses for the work that 

 will fall to this department for the coming two years, and I recommend 

 that the Board attempt to secure an appropriation of this amount. For 

 a number of years the small amount appropriated for the payment of 

 diseased animals has been deficient. Without a single exception in the 

 past ten years there has been a deficiency in this fund. The delay in the 

 payment of the small amount of indemnity allowed by the State has 

 caused some dissatisfaction. The State ought to be prompt in per- 

 forming its obligations in this matter, and the fund for paying for dis- 

 eased animals should be sufficient to make prompt payments of all 

 claims. I therefore recommend an appropriation of $60,000 for the 

 payment of salaries and expenses of the office and the sum of $15,000 

 for the payment of diseased animals condemned. 



Respectfully submitted, 



D. F. LUCKEY, 



State Veterinarian. 



