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seized and refused shipment on account of infestation or having 

 undesirable soil attached to the roots. 



ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



This Division, which is mainly engaged in the control and erad- 

 ication of infectious and contagious diseases of live-stock, has 

 during the past year continued its efforts at suppressing bovine 

 tuberculosis, while the restrictive measures against anthrax have 

 been successfully enforced. The latter disease, which appeared 

 on three of the principal islands, almost simultaneously, during 

 1917, may now be said to be under complete control. Only two 

 cases, both on the Island of Kauai, occurred during the past year. 

 In combating this disease the Territory has expended nearly 

 fifty thousand dollars, while the loss of live-stock has amounted 

 to nearly the same sum. With the continued vaccination of all 

 cattle in the infected districts there is no longer any cause for 

 apprehension as to its permanent establishment here. 



The eradication of bovine tuberculosis has progressed favorably 

 since the Territorial legislature provided ample funds for the in- 

 demnification of the owners of infected cattle. The 1917 as well 

 as the 1919 legislature appropriated $20,000 for this purpose, and 

 it is expected that the end of the present fiscal year will see the 

 amount of infection reduced to less than one per cent. 



No case of glanders or epizootic lymphangitis has come to 

 notice during the past year, and only one outbreak of swine plague 

 and necrotic enteritis has been recorded. Hog cholera has not 

 occurred in the Territory for several years. 



Live-stock importations have increased to a certain extent since 

 the ending of the war. A considerable number of good dairy 

 cows have been imported, while the beef cattle breeders have 

 brought in some of the best blood, esj)ecially Herefords, obtain- 

 able in the States. Hog-raising continues on the increase, and 

 only smoked meats of this class are now imported. 



Owing to the continued high cost of feed and transportation, 

 the dairy industry remains confined to the production of the requi- 

 site amount of milk, which retails at fifteen cents per quart, while 

 practically all butter and cheese is imported. The same applies 

 to poultry and eggs. The disease known as chicken pox or sore- 

 head is quite prevalent, and even though vaccination is practised 

 to a considerable extent, it is difficult to raise chickens which are 

 hatched later than the end of May. 



