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of the previous contract between his department and the State of 

 Missouri. It was agreed that he would duplicate the force employed 

 by the State in this work. We employed Mr. Ed Moore, who was 

 in the service of the State last year, as inspector in Ripley county, 

 Dr. H. C. Tuck, one of our regular field veterinarians, was sent 

 to McDonald county with headquarters at Neosho. Later, Dr. L. 

 D. Brown, another of our field veterinarians, was sent to Newton 

 county, with instructions to look after the quarantined area and 

 some additional territory in Jasper county, with headquarters at 

 Joplin. Regular inspections were made of all herds where it was 

 thought there was danger of infection being located. Some of the 

 herds were examined only once or twice. 



All ticky herds were placed under quarantine with the farm 

 on which they were located and were held until it was thought 

 that there was no danger of further infection. All premises where 

 infection is liable to be carried over until next year are still in 

 quarantine. 



In McDonald county there were 278 herds held under observa- 

 tion. In the above herds there were 2,356 cattle. The number 

 of herds found ticky during the season was nineteen, while eight 

 herds were held in quarantine as probable points of infection for 

 the year 1913. 



In Newton county there was a total of 51 herds held under 

 observation. The total number of cattle in the 51 herds was 429. 

 Seven herds were found ticky, while seven were held in quarantine 

 as probable points of infection for the year 1913. 



In addition to the above a report was received at this office 

 that a shipment of ticky cattle, originating at Cassville in Barry 

 county, was received at the National Stockyards and Dr. H. C. 

 Tuck and Dr. Elwell, veterinarian for the Bureau of Animal In- 

 dustry, made an examination of the herds in that vicinity and found 

 two herds of cattle infested with ticks. One herd of 30 head, 

 owned by Mr. M. N. Brown of Cassville, was found badly infested 

 and is held in quarantine. Another herd of eighteen belonging to 

 W, A. Craig, near Cassville, was found slightly infected and is held 

 in quarantine. 



These farms will undoubtedly be infested next year, A re- 

 port was received at this office that ticky cattle were shipped from 

 Horse Hollow in Shannon county. An investigation was made 

 by Dr. Tuck and Dr. Darby, veterinarian for the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry, and it was found that three ticky cattle in the herd 



