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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



The present condition of live stock shows good results of work 

 done in previous years. Hope the next appropriation will be 

 sufficient to test and dispose of suspicious cases. 



Yours very truly, Geo. P. Smith, 



Inspector. 



The cleaning up of herds has been done to a very limited 

 extent, and only under the following conditions : the State 

 furnishes tuberculin and an agent to test the cattle, and 

 pays for reacting animals that are unlit for food, on condi- 

 tion that the owner will take the beef value from the butcher 

 for those that are fit for food, and will thoroughly disinfect 

 his premises at his own expense under rules laid down by 

 the Board, and will buy only healthy cattle to take the place 

 of the diseased ones. These requirements bring part of the 

 burden on the owner, and, if he is not sincere in his desire 

 to eradicate tuberculosis from his herd and willing to co-op- 

 erate with the Cattle Commission, he will not agree to them. 

 It is useless to attempt to eradicate tuberculosis from a herd 

 without the co-operation of the owner, and it is better to 

 wait until the farmer is ready to come to the commission and 

 ask its assistance than to force its services upon him. 



Herds have been tested in the following places and results 

 obtained as below : — 



♦ These two animals were new acquisitions to the herd after June 27. 



t These two reacted the first test, but were not killed until retested, October 27. 



X Three to be retested. 



A word of explanation is necessary in regard to the herds 

 of S. C. and G. H. E. 



