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tioii of work and fixing of responsibility, was one of which I 

 am very proud, and in which I am confident you will be 

 greatly interested. Under the old regime the Cattle Bureau 

 inspector had no authority to enforce the improvement of 

 sanitary conditions in barns, stables or other buildings where 

 neat cattle are kept, the control of such improvement being- 

 assumed by the State Board of Health under the guise of 

 protection of the milk supply. Under that arrangement con- 

 ditions were not always improved. Chapter 381, Acts of 

 1911, a bill originating from this Bureau, conferred upon this 

 department definite authority to make all reasonable rules 

 regulating conditions in farm buildings where cattle are 

 housed, and this has been supplemented by Cattle Bureau 

 Order JSTo. 30, recently approved by the Governor and Coun- 

 cil, which empov/ers the Chief of the Cattle Bureau to enforce 

 any and all changes of a sanitary nature that may to him 

 seem wise. I shall use this power with discretion. I am by 

 profession a farmer, and I have had a lifelong and intimate 

 association with the trials, disappointments and reverses the 

 farmer is bound to encounter. I shall not rashly attempt to 

 correct or regulate the business of my brother farmer. I 

 know many men, and they have my sympathy, who have 

 given up the dairy business in disgust rather than submit to 

 the arbitrary dictation of some theoretical inspector whose 

 sole object in life seemed to be to make all the trouble possible 

 regardless of results attained. T have sought (and in most 

 cases have succeeded) to foster co-operation between the indi- 

 vidual and the Bureau. 1 instruct the Bureau agents to 

 proceed with a determination to enlighten rather than to 

 frighten those with whom they have to deal. IMuch of the 

 success under this section of law depends upon the character 

 of the men employed. 



Under this act I have appointed a number of district 

 agents, covering various sections of the State, whose duty it 

 is, in addition to regular departmental work, to make 

 thorough examinations of farm buildings with reference to 

 their hygienic condition, consult with the owner, advise as to 

 needed changes along practical lines, and explain the benefits 

 which will accrue if such changes are made. It gives me 



