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tion was to be confined to she-cattle ; that would eliminate a very 

 large proportion of those slaughtered. Those she-cattle could have 

 been tagged by the shipper, and in the event any of them had been 

 condemned by the packing houses, the inspector in charge would 

 post in the exchange a list of those tags, and the numbers or initi- 

 als, whatever was placed on them, showing the cause for which 

 they were condemned, in whole or in part — and it would have been 

 absolutely above board ; every one could have seen exactly whether 

 his animals were condemned or not; if the number wasn't on the 

 board, he would know they were not condemned. 



The President : I would like to ask if there is any reason why 

 the same system in vogue at the other markets and centers, in regard 

 to disposing of these sdspected animals, should not be in vogue in 

 Chicago also. 



Dr. Melvin: No reason I know of. I suppose some one has a 

 reason. 



Question: You mean to say the Federal Government has no 

 reason for not putting that system in effect? 



Dr. Melvin : No, sir ; none whatever. 



Question: Is it necessary, in shipping cattle from one state to 

 another to have them inspected? 



Dr. ]\Ielvin : It is in some states. 



Question: In shipping from Iowa to Minnesota? 



Dr. Melvin : In shipping from Iowa to Minnesota, so far as the 

 Federal Government is concerned, there would be no permit re- 

 quired, but the shipment of animals affected with contagious dis- 

 eases or inoeculable diseases, is absolutely prohibited by law, and 

 they couldn't be shipped under permit or any other way. This 

 holds, with the exception of southern cattle, which are shipped and 

 marketed for slaughter. 



A Member: I have had some experience with hogs in the last 

 three or four months in our neighborhood. A disease broke out 

 they called cholera and of course, different medicine men were on 

 hand to sell their medicine. I had a veterinary come in and open 

 one of them up and he found the trouble to be with their lungs. He 

 also went across the road to another farmer and opened three in 

 that yard that died that morning. The man took the balance and 

 went to Chicago; they went straight. How do you account for 

 that? 



