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THE ITINERANT HORSE PHYSICIAN 



The inspection, as it was carried out then, was 

 very slipshod and unscientific. Under instruc- 

 tions, I -sat for nine hours, with a short lunch 

 period, in a chair inspecting hog viscera. I was 

 supplied with a pronged stick for poking any 

 particular set into position for a better view. 

 Unless a gross pathological process was present, 

 it was impossible to detect abnormalities. 



This system of inspection did not agree with 



I was sent to Colorado City, Texas, to inspect cattle for interstate 



shipment 



my ideas of "value received," and when my 

 superior persisted in releasing the few carcasses 

 which I did hold up in spite of this poor method 

 of inspection, I resigned. I had been on the job 

 only two weeks. 



When I was reinstated in the service, in the 

 spring of 1905, I went into the quarantine divi- 

 sion. 



In this division I found an entirely different 

 state of affairs. The inspectors were capable 

 and efficient fellows, and did their work well. 



