488 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Iowa has practically double the ' ' . . stock values of any other 

 state in the Union, and at present we have an appropriation of only 

 $11,000.00 annually for our work of controlling animal diseases. 

 Minnesota, with about one-half our live stock values, has about 

 $80,000.00 a year for its live stock sanitary work. Pennsylvania, 

 with live stock values not exceeding 25 per cent of those in Iowa, 

 has approximately $75,000.00 a year to carry on their live stock sani- 

 tary work. These comparisons are surelj^ sufficient to indicate that 

 the great state of Iowa is not doing enough for the protection of her 

 live stock. 



We recommend that there be appropriated annually at least 

 $100,000.00 to carry on the live stock sanitary work in Iowa, espe- 

 cially looking toward the eradication of tuberculosis and hog cholera. 



During this period we were confronted with the greatest pos- 

 sible menace to our live stock industry, in the outbreak of foot and 

 mouth disease, which occurred in November, 1914, which, in full 

 co-operation with the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, we succeeded in eradicating in less 

 than five months, with no recurrence, which fact proves that the 

 work of eradication was thoroughly carried out in every detail. 



To accomplish this result it was necessary to resort to severe 

 quarantine measures to which there was some opposition, although 

 considering the extent to which these measures interferred with 

 the business of the state, we must say that the people with few ex- 

 ceptions, were loyal in their support of the work of the department. 

 The United States Department of Agriculture bore one-half of the 

 expense connected with the outbreak, and we take this opportunity 

 of publicly expressing our thanks and appreciation to the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and 

 all. the bureau inspectors who worked so faithfully, assisting us in 

 overcoming the dread foot and mouth disease. _ 



In this report we present a short history of the general outbreak 

 of foot and mouth disease throughout the country, by Dr. John R. 

 Mohler, and a detailed statement of the outbreak in Iowa, by coun- 

 ties and individual premises. 



