No. 4.] 1)0MEST1C ANIMALS. 167 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND 

 SANITATION. 



[Read and accepted at the Annual Meeting, Jan. 12, 1909.] 



While the field of investigation assigned to your committee 

 is covered by the Chief of the Cattle Bureau of the State 

 Board of Agriculture in detail, in the performance of his 

 duties, and a report is submitted by him semiannually to 

 this Board, we however desire to call your attention, very 

 briefly, to one or two matters that seem to us to be of par- 

 ticular importance. 



Notwithstanding the unsanitary conditions under which 

 most of our domestic animals are kept, more especially cows, 

 from which the bulk of our milk supply for human consump- 

 tion comes, it is apparent that within the past few years 

 there has been a decided change for the better in this respect 

 among our farmers, and improvement in sanitary conditions 

 on our farms is quite noticeable. Where new stables are 

 being erected there is a tendency on the part of the owners 

 to introduce those features that provide for better lighting, 

 more effective ventilation and more sanitary disposal of the 

 animal excrement. In addition, in many sections of the 

 State we have found that stock owners are remodeling old 

 stables that have been unsatisfactory, both from a sanitary 

 and economical standpoint, and have introduced many fea- 

 tures, making the stables more sanitary and less expensive 

 to operate and maintain. Your committee is convinced that 

 there is a general tendency among the stock owners and 

 milk producers to respond to the call of the public that our 

 domestic animals be given better care, and that the milk 

 for human consumption be produced under more cleanly and 



