90 



In conclusion, I beg to recommend that the caretaker of the 

 Station be provided with an assistant without further delay. No 

 manure has been gathered for a number of months, and as it 

 becomes more and more evident that one man is required in the 

 dog division practically at all times, and that the feeding and care 

 of from 50 to 75 horse and mules, even with the assistance of the 

 owners' employees, necessitates the employment of another man, 

 I would urgently recommend that provision be made for the 

 same. Owing to the fact that there is no place wdiere an 

 additional man could be cjuartered, I doubt whether a reliable 

 person can be obtained for less than ten dollars a week (citizen 

 labor). 



Trusting that your honorable Board will consider that the im- 

 portation of live stock and other animals is a subject of the 

 greatest importance when viewed from the standpoint of en- 

 couraging such importations and at the same time excluding in- 

 fectious and contagious diseases, I would earnestly recommend 

 that the above suggestion be given due consideration. 



Very respectfully, 



^'ICTOR A. NORGAARD, 



Territorial \'eterinarian. 



REPORT OF ASSISTANT VETERINARIAN. 



Honolulu, ^larch 31, 1913. 

 Dr. \'. A. Xorgaard. Chief of Division of Animal Industry, 

 Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry. 

 Sir: — I beg to submit the following report for the month of 

 March, 1913- 



Tiibcrcitlosis Control. 



Replying to your request for a concise statement showing the 

 present status of tlie tuberculosis control work on this island, I 

 submit herewitli in tabulated form, the work accomplished during 

 the past three years — 1910, 1911 and 1912 — giving the total num- 

 ber of animals subjected to the test, the number passed, condemned 

 and sus])icious, and the percentage of reacters. 



During the month only two family cows have been tuberculin 

 tested, both of which passed. 



Commercial Dairies, Citv of Honolulu: 



1010. I'Ml. l'»12. 



Ko. of dairies 50 05 00 



No. of animals tested 1 5 If. 1 538 2237 



No. of animals passed 1033 1380 2001 



No. of animals condemned 440 l.~>2 140 



Private Dairies, Citv of Honolulu: 



No. of dairies " 13 31 15 



No, of animals tested 28 70 31 



