THE YOUNG FARMER 



eral guide. A circular giving the required 

 information may be secured by addressing 

 the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C. 



LIVE STOCK SANITATION 



The control of contagious diseases in 

 domestic animals and the inspection of meat 

 products have been the chief work of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture since its 

 establishment. 



The bureau inspects all imported live ani- 

 mals and under certain conditions will 

 inspect live animals intended for exporta- 

 tion. It inspects all meat products intended 

 for export. Its inspection of meats intended 

 for interstate commerce is less rigid than 

 that exported. Meats sold within the state 

 in which they are slaughtered cannot be 

 required by the federal government to un- 

 dergo inspection. It thus happens that the 

 people of the several states enjoy less pro- 

 tection in the consumption of meat than the 

 foreign purchaser of American meats unless 

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