No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 163 



As the deficit at the end of the liseal year of 1908 was 

 nearly $12,000, and as there will probably be a deficit of over 

 $:>2,000 when all the bills for lUOU have been paid, it can 

 readily be seen that if the expenses continue in the same pro- 

 portion for another year, after paying out the $22,000 due 

 for back bills there will be barely enough left to go on to the 

 end of the year doing the usual amount of work, if $100,000 is 

 a[)pr()priatcil for this and previous years, provided the present 

 policy of the State in dealing with contagious diseases of 

 animals is to be continued. 



Respectfully submitted, 



AUSTIN PETERS, 



Chief of Cattle Bureau. 



