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AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1924. 



Cooperation of States tcith the Bureau of Animal luitustry in hofi-cholera 



control irork. 



Names of States. 



Alabama . 

 Arkansas . 

 California . 

 Colorado . 

 Delaware. 

 Florida... 

 ■ Georgia.. 



Idaho 



Illinois. . . 

 Indiana.. 



Iowa 



Kansas . . . 

 Kentucky 

 Louisiana , 

 Maryland . 

 Michigan . 



Names of States. 



-Mississippi 



M issniin 



Nebra,ska 



New .Mexico. . . 

 North Carolina 

 North Dakota. 



Ohio 



Oklahoma 



South Carolina 



Tennessee 



Te.xas 



\'irginia 



West Virginia. 

 M'Lsconsin 



Approxi- 

 mate 

 number 

 of men 



em- 

 ployed. 



1 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 U 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 2 



71 



Apijro.xi- 



mate 

 amount 

 of money 



e.ii- 

 pended. 



S2,S00 

 4,0(10 

 4,000 

 2,400 

 4.500 



l,0fjn 



4,500 

 9,000 

 2.5,000 

 4,500 

 4.0CO 

 3,000 

 1.500 

 4,712 



195,872 



Some State.s produce aiitiliofr-cholera serum, wliile others purchase it and 

 sell it to farmers at actual cost, including handliuj;. 



COMPLETE ERADICATION OF HOG CHOLERA. 



Mr. AxDER.sox. You did some eradication work in Texas at one 

 time. Did that contemplate the possibility of complete eradication 

 of ho<r cholera ? 



Doctor MoHLER. Xo. sir. I do not think complete eradication is 

 possible under present conditions. I think the cost of completely 

 eradicatinff ho<r cholera would be so immense under jircsent condi- 

 tions that it would be extrava<j:ance to try it. It Avoiild cost a jrreat 

 deal more than probably would be appropriated. The thinjz to do. I 

 believe, is what we are doin*; — stop the infection where it ori<rinates. 

 and keep it from spreadin<r all over the country. Ei<rht or ten years 

 a<ro when an outlireak occurred (m one farm it spread to the whole 

 community until a snowstorm or some chan<;e of weather conditions 

 killed it off or it burnt itself out; but to-day a farmer may have hop: 

 cholera on his farm and it will be kei)t from spi-eadinp to his neifrh- 

 bors. 



Mr. AxDEKSON. Is it transmitted by peojile carry iuL' it on their 

 shoes ? 



Doctor M()iiLEi{. Yes; it is not nearly as infectious a.^ the foot-and- 

 mouth disease, but it is carried in the same Avay by bird.s, pijreons, 

 and (lo<rs, on farmer's boots and clothinjr. ami it is also carried by the 

 wheels of automobiles from an infected farm to other sections. It 

 is very easily disseminated. 



Mr. AxDEKsoN. You have to disinfect the premises where it occurs? 



Doctor Moiii.EU. Yes. 'I'hat is one es.sential thin«r. Our inspectors 

 do not do that, but tlicy supervise the work and tell the ownei"s how 

 :o do a <rood job. That is the reason our men are so xaluable. be- 

 cause they cover larfxe territories ^i\in^ advi»-e and supcr\ i-iuir the 

 control of the disease. 



