RURAL LEGISLATION 



there is a state meat inspection law. How- 

 ever, it is becoming more and more the 

 custom for the large packers to have all 

 their products inspected without regard to 

 their destination. The meats slaughtered in 

 the locality in which they are consumed are 

 the ones that receive the least supervision. 



The federal government has been espe- 

 cially active and efficient in the prevention 

 of interstate commerce in cattle suffering 

 with Texas fever, and sheep attacked with 

 scab and foot rot. Through the agency of 

 the bureau dipping tanks have been pro- 

 vided in all the great live stock markets for 

 the disinfection of cattle and sheep when 

 needed. 



Several of the states have laws controlling 

 the importation of diseased animals from 

 other states and the transfer of them within 

 the state. The following are the diseases 

 most commonly mentioned in the laws of the 

 several states: Anthrax, black quarter, hog 

 cholera, swine plague, rabies, glanders and 

 tuberculosis. The law is generally enforced 

 by a state veterinarian, whose acts are super- 

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