14 MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



at the time of the visit, whether one or more.) Of the entire number 

 two hundred and sixty-three visits the following classification is made : 



Cases of glandeis for Kansas City .. 

 Cases of glanders for rest of iitate 



Cases of scabies, whole State 



Cases of Texas lever, whole State.. 



Cases of rabies, whole State 



Cases of ergotism, whole Stale 



Cases of anthrax, whole State 



Cases of tuberculosis, whole State . 

 Miscellaneous cases. State 



82 

 59 

 17 

 11 

 4 



1 



1 

 86 



The eighty-six cases classed as miscellaneous were of a less danger- 

 tius character, many of them not contagious. 



The thorough and effective manner of the control work is shown 

 by the fact that not a single case has been reported as having originated 

 with any of the diseased animals, outside of those which were already 

 exposed at the time they were quarantined. 



•At the meeting of the executive committee held on June ist, the 

 committee was informed that the public watering troughs in Kansas City 

 had been opened up for public use, and that the number of cases of 

 glanders had increased from none at all in April to seventeen cases for 

 the month of May. After due deliberation the committee instructed the 

 secretary to notify the authorities in charge at Kansas City that unless 

 the watering troughs were removed or kept closed from public use, until 

 all apparent danger was passed, that within ten days the Board of Agri- 

 culture would declare a quarantine against the city. In reply to this notice 

 this office was informed by his Honor, the Mayor of Kansas City, that the 

 watering troughs had been closed indefinitely. There was but one case re- 

 ported from the city for November, and with the continued co-operation 

 of the city authorities the further spread can be kept under control or 

 entirely eradicated. 



During the year Dr. Jesse Robards has acted as cattle inspector in 

 southern Missouri, giving most of his time to looking for infested cattle 

 in this State, and giving the owners instruction about disinfecting their 

 cattle and clearing the pastures of the ticks. Only a very few herds of 

 infested cattle have been found this year. 



QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. 



The cattle quarantine regulations adopted at the last annual meeting, 

 and which were approved and promulgated by proclamation of the 

 Governor on December 22, 1903, I believe fully meet all emergencies, 

 and can safely be continued without amendment. 



The State Veterinarian made a verbal report explaining in detail 

 the work of the Veterinary Department and outlining some future work. 



