■.Ml IOWA DEPARTHENT OF ACIRICl^LTrRS 



spector, there were found 20,620 which were affected with tuberculosis. 

 All of these were not totally condemned for food, but th's gives ycu the 

 number in which were found traces of tuberculosis. 



We have not got all our figures on cattle together, as it will require 

 some figuring out to get the Iowa cattle separate from cattle outside of 

 the state. 



We wish you would kiudly pardon us lor not having sooni'r replied 

 to your letter, but we prefer having all the information before giving you 

 a reply. 



Any further information which you desire we should be glad to give 

 you if it is in our power to do so. 



Yours truly. 



(Signed) T. .M. SINCLAIR & CO., Ltd. 



T. I\I. SINCLAIR & COMPANY, Ltd. 



roKK AND mCEF PACKERS. 



Cedar Rapids, Iowa, .lanuary 15, 1909. 

 Mu. C. F. Ci HTiss, 



Iowa State College, 

 Ames, Iowa. 



DicAH Sir: — We have your various letters in regard to tuberculosis in 

 cattle and hogs. We have already advised you that there were about 

 20,620 hogs affected with tuberculosis. Of this number 2,576 were con- 

 demned as unfit for food. 



We slaughtered during the year about 5,000 cattle from Iowa, and of 

 this number 144 were condemned for tuberculosis. We slaughtered about 

 20,000 cattle which came from other markets outside of the state, and in 

 this number there were twenty-five condemned for tuberculosis. 



We trust this is the information you desire and are very glad to be 

 able to give it to you. Very truly, 



(Signed) T. M. SINCLAIR & Co.. Ltd. 



We also wrote the Sinclair & Company to get information as to what 

 pei'contage of hogs affected were condemned as totally unfit for food. This 

 is indicated in the letter from Sinclair & Co. under date of January 15th, 

 and v.as that the total number affected (20,620), which is 3.346 per 

 cent; and of this number 2,576 were condemned as unfit for food. This 

 is 12.5 per cent of the total number affected, or .4 of one per cent of 

 the total number slaughtered. The number of tubercular animals re- 

 ported from Chicago is very much larger than the number reported from 

 Omaha and Iowa packing houses. It is evident, however, that the per- 

 centage reported by Swift & Company and by Dr. Dyson for Armour & 

 Company, are merely estimates. Whether they are reliable or not the 

 committee has no means of knowing. The reports from the government 

 inspectors on the Iowa packing houses are evidently correct, as exact 

 figures are given. The two reports from Omaha are conflicting, and 

 Oudahy Packing Company reports a very small percentage in both cattle 

 and hogs, while Armour reports a higher percentage than Chicago. The 

 committee does not undertake to explain these discrepancies. 



