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at San Krancist'o. In tliat cast? the iinportor hir*?^ u stabU* uu«l we 

 kf«M) tin' aiiiiiials iukKt Miporvisifui. 



Mr. Andkksiin. riu> sI(kU business in Scotland niu.st 1m* alwnt m 

 it is lu'ie if thcv can affonl to ship thcni Ikti' at present |»n 



Doctor M(>hij:r. It is in just about the same shape 'Ihciv have 

 not boon any shipments allo\v»'«l out of Kn<;lan<l on account of the 



1)revah'iuo of the foot-aiul-iuouth iliseasi» for alxjut 1<> months. We 

 lave allowed some aninuils to come in froni the Islands of Jers<'y 

 and (luernsey, the first startin*; about the 15th of October, which is 

 the only importation that has ^one thn>Uj;h quarantine this year. 

 Thev came in at New York. 



Afr. Andkii.sox. How lon^ did you have to keep them there? 



Doctor MoHLwt. Thirty days from the date of arrival. That 

 pives an additional <j:uaranty of 'M) days t<> the 14 days that the 

 animals are on shipboard, 



Mr. Anderson, what does it cost — is the feedin«r and that .sort of 

 thinj; borne by the importer? 



Doctor MoiiLER. That is borne entindy by the imj)orters. They 

 have to have their own attendantvS, their own feed, and all suj)plies 

 must be furnished by the importer; in fact, under present conditions 

 we are requiring; the importer to m't all his prain and hay from this 

 side and take it over on the boat tliat he is poinjr to brinjrs the cattle 

 back on, so that we avoid theirebv the possibility of buyin<; hay 

 from farms in England where foot-and-mouth disease possibly 

 existed. 



Mr. Anderson. The importation must be rather ex|)ensive and a 

 tedious job, then, I should think? 



Doctor MoHLER. Only the wealthy are importin<r. Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Ander.son. These are show stock, evidently? 



Doctor MoHi^R. Yes. They are bought by wealthy people, who 

 are doing the importing. 



ERADIC.\TI0N of TUBERCULOSIS. 



The next item is on page 53, which covers our work on tubercu- 

 losis, its 'control and eradication. You know, Mr. Chairman, this 

 work has increased tremendously and I have prepared several tables 

 of figures which I would like to insert in the record. 



PBOGRf:SS OF WORK. 



Mr. Ander.s<in. I think vou better make a statement: I mav want 

 to ask .some (piestions about it. 



Doctor Mohlf:r. The work on tuberculosis progressed at a more 

 rapid rate during the last fiscal year than any previous year. During 

 the 1921 fiscal year there were under the supervision for the control 

 and eradication of tuberculosis 71,80G herds containing 1,105,797 

 head of cattle. At the end of the fiscal year terminating June ;^0, 

 19iJ"2, there were 212.182 herds of cattle containing 2,(')ll'»,39.") head 

 under supervision, an increase of 140,870 herds and 1.42(),.")1>8 head 

 of cattle. In other words, the work during that fiscal year more 

 than doubled. 



