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120. Work of Veterinarians. In various phases 

 of the governmental work of the city, state and 

 nation the services of veterinarians are required 

 for inspection service. In the super\dsion of 

 dairies and their products veterinarians are 

 needed to assure the healthfulness of the cattle, 

 or goats, and as a portion of their duty they must 

 be depended upon to give tuberculin tests when- 

 ever required. In the matter of meat production 

 veterinarians are required to make inspections 

 before and after slaughtering, to detect diseases 

 among animals, and to exclude such meats as may 

 show conditions which would endanger human 

 life were they consumed. In the dairy industries 

 the veterinarians are thus used by cities, states 

 and the national government. In the meat indus- 

 try their most important service is under the fed- 

 eral laws, and to a less extensive, but not less im- 

 portant degree, they may be employed in some 

 cities and states. Veterinarians also find occupa- 

 tion in the detection and restriction of animal dis- 

 eases. Their services are also required by the 

 national government in the supervision of the 

 manufacture of biologic products. 



121. Methods of Governmental Control. There 

 are three methods possible in governmental con- 

 trol over industries which concern the people gen- 

 erally. First, governmental ownership, which 

 while especially applicable in such a matter as 

 water supply, and though it has been recom- 

 mended or suggested for milk supply,^ would 



1 Jethro Brown, Underlying 

 Principles of Modern Legisla- 

 tion, p. 202. 



