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ACRICILTIKAL AI'IMinpurATloX IUM„ I'd. 95 



that is n traiisfrr uf oiu* iimim to tho Secivtary s ollicc who will lie 

 assij^iKMl ti> tlu> ofVicc of nlitorial and <listriliiiti»»n work. 



Ill addition to that cluin/xt', it has \hh'u riM-onuiH'iidrd lo drop 27 

 dorks, hihoratory assistants, carpriitrrs, skillccl hd)oicrs, nu'ss<'n;:»M' 

 l)<>vs, and charwomen from the statutory roll, and t!ios«» positions 

 will 1)0 dropped on the 1st of next .fuly if appro\ed. 



Mr. Andkksox. Are there any of tln'm vacant now ^ 



Doctor Moiii.KK. S(nne of them are vacant now: hut the princijjal 

 reason for dropping; these positions is on arconnt of the effi<iencv of 

 the other persons who are in cori-elated positions and of tln> reduc- 

 tion of work in conse(iuence of some redtictioiis to he made next year. 



We conld, no douht, fill these five clerical positions, hut neverthe 

 less we have reconmiended that these five positions of $5)60 clerks l)e 

 omitted. 



Mr. AxoKitsoN. Ts there :inv otlier chanL^' in the lanpiajje of the 

 freneral item? 



Doctor Moiii-En. No. sir; there is no change there. 



OKNERAL EXPENSE APPKOPRIATION. 



Mr. Anderson. And the next appropriation item is on .'0 arid ."il, 

 inspection, quarantine work, etc. 



FOR inspection AND QUARANTINE WORK. 



D>octor AfoTii.ER. This item is a general item on ins])ection and 

 (jiiarantine and covers the work we are doin<r on the eradication of 

 scabies in cattle and sheep, the .supervision of the transportation of 

 live stock at the various stockyards, the importations of animals 

 from abroad, and other work, like mallein testinir of animals poin'r 

 interstate. The amount requested this jear is exactly the same as 

 that last year. 



DH'PING OK CATTXE. 



A widesi)read and prolonged drought during the summer months 

 in Arizona and Xew Mexico interfered seriously with the dipping 

 of affected and exposed .sheep. As a result the present outlook is 

 that there will be considerable .spread of infection -this fall and winter 

 in those States. In Texas, Colorado, Wyoming. Utah, Idaho, Ne- 

 vada, Oregon, and (California, the other range States in which sca- 

 bies is quite prevalent, the work has progres.sed in a satisfactory 

 manner. 



A considerable number of outbreaks of the disease has occurred in 

 the Corn Belt States. The bureau has extended all possible assistance 

 to the live-stock .sanitary officials of those Stati-s in arresting such 

 outin-eaks. Additional employees, so far as funds will ijermit, will 

 be assigned to fi^dd work during the coming spring in the States most 

 urgently in need of assistance. During the past fiscal year bureau 

 employees in the ficdd made 24,190,956 inspections and supervised 

 S,S(;!),:}S(; di])])ings of sheej). 



The work will be continued along the same lines as at present dur- 

 ing the coming fiscal year. Further intensive work will oe necessary 

 for a number of yc ars, however, before any relaxation of our efforts 

 can be safely permitted. 



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