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was killing the buffalos in the Yellowstone Park. Then Dr. 

 Mohler, now Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, went 

 out and made a vaccine. That is what we are using here now. 



It converts in short time the healthy organs of an animal 

 into the most hideous conglomerations of diseased tissue. Lungs 

 that were pink and inflatable a day before become green solid 

 masses of tissue interspersed with gelatinous streaks. Guts that 

 were hitherto named for their emptiness (Jejenum) become 

 filled with blood. ( )rgan cavities — chest and abdomen — fill up 

 with gelatinous clods, the lymph-glands that were provided for 

 the protection of the organism, simply throwing up their hands 

 and crying "Help." A disease that makes the veterinarian sit 

 up and take notice. Where would we be if the last legislative 

 assembly had not provided for it? We — the Division of Animal 

 Industry — had on hand between five to six thousand doses of 

 anti-hemorrhagic septicemia vaccine and applied it in the out- 

 break of this disease in Kau, Hawaii. We had to have new 

 shutes built and the cattle were vaccinated. Only 160 out of 

 6,000 died, a better record than the anthrax one. Wliat would 

 have happened, had we not had on hand the vaccine, may be 

 guessed at. 



We have now on hand between live to six thousand doses of 

 anti-hemorrhagic septicemia vaccine, and unless the disease 

 should break out all over at the same time, we shall be well able 

 to take care of it. This, hozvever, is the disease that I, as Ter- 

 ritorial Veterinarian, dread more than anthrax or any other dis- 

 ease. 



The cost of vaccination for hemorrhagic septicemia is about 

 $.11 per dose. The curative dose of serum is $2.50, but it does 

 not always cure. 



(To be continued.) 



ARE THE AGRICULTURISTS OF HAWAII FOR- 

 TUNATE? 



By E. M. EHRHORN, CMef Plant Inspector. 



In an article in the "California Cultivator" of May 22, 1920, 

 entitled "Animals Destructive to Agriculture," the author places 

 these animals in two classes — rodents and predatory animals. 

 In the first class are house, meadow and field mice, house and 

 Kangaroo rats, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, jack and brush 

 rabbits. In the predatory class are coyotes, wild cats and moun- 

 tain lions. The first class, on account of the size of the animals 

 and greater numbers, is nearly a hundred times as destructive 

 to agricuhure as the second class. A conservative estimate of 

 the present losses to the farmer amounts to about $45,000,000.00 

 divided as followr • $20,000,000.00 from ground squirrels. $15. 



