580 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



we have record of 1,044 import shipments, 233 of which were stock 

 cattle, leaviiii>' 811 imniigraiit shipments representing a family of 

 5 persons we received into the state 4,055 people as against 8,775 

 people exported which leaves a balance of 4,720 against onr popu- 

 lation in a period of six months. Some might consider these sta- 

 tistics as evidence against the state of Iowa, but we feel more 

 like congratulating ourselves as lowans upon the fact that condi- 

 tions are so good in this state that so many people can accumulate 

 sufficient money and live stock to move to other states and buy 

 larger tracts of cheaper land. 



ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION. 



The first Animal Health Commission was appointed by Gov- 

 ernor B. F. Carroll. The following gentlemen constituting its 

 membership : Frank Kinsley of ]McGr'egor, Iowa, representing 

 the dairy interests; C. A. Saunders, Manilla, Iowa, representing 

 the beef interests; Dr. G. W. Blanche, Belle Plaine, Iowa, and 

 Dr. Tom Downing, Washington, Iowa, being the two veterinar- 

 ians appointed. Under the Animal Health Commission act the 

 State Veterinarian is made chairman and executive officer of the 

 Commission. 



The Commission met ni"st in July, 1911, and formulated rules 

 and regulations for the prevention and spread of diseases among 

 domestic animals, which rules have been amended and appear in 

 this report. 



Rule 18 referring to the importation of live stock into the state 

 of Iowa is serving as a safeguard against the importation of 

 horses affected with glanders and cattle affected with tuber- 

 culosis, also hogs affected with cholera. 



Since the adoption of the rules many instances have come to 

 light where under the application of the rules the animals in- 

 tended for shipment into Iowa have been found diseased and 

 therefore the shipments prohibited. The application of Rule 19 

 to shipments arriving in the state without proper health .certifi- 

 cate has also brought to light diseased animals that had already 

 been shipped into the state and were destroyed after being tested 

 in compliance with the rule. "We believe the strict application of 

 these rules will save the farmers of the state a large percentage 

 of the loss heretofore sustained as the result of the importation 

 of diseased live stock. 



