REPORT. 



To the Stale Board of Agriculture^. 



The tenth semiannual report of the Chief of the Cattle 

 Bureau, as required by section 3 of chapter IIG of the Acts 

 of 1902, is herewith respectfully submitted to your honor- 

 able Board. 



This report gives in detail an account of the work of the 

 Cattle Bureau during the past year up to Dec. 1, 190G, 

 together with any suggestions that seem desirable for legis- 

 lation that may appear to be necessary to perfect existing 

 laws, and thus render the Cattle Bureau more efficient than 

 at present. 



The January report of the Cattle Bureau has heretofore 

 included the period commencing with December 16 of one 

 year and closing December 1 5 of the following year ; but 

 chapter 211 of the Acts of 1905 has changed the l)eginning 

 of the fiscal year from January 1 to December 1. For this 

 reason it seems better that the Cattle Bureau books shall be 

 closed November 30, in the future ; and therefore the present 

 report includes the period between Dec. 15, 1905, and Dec. 

 1, 1906. 



Beside the usual routine work of the Cattle Bureau, which 

 has been carried on much as usual during the past year, 

 there seem to be two topics of special interest ; one is the 

 question of a suitable system of meat inspection, and the in- 

 spection of animals intended for food at the time of slaughter ; 

 and the other is the outbreak of rabies, which has continued 

 during the past year to even a greater extent than it did in 

 1905. 



A complete system of veterinary sanitary science and 

 police contemplates State control of contagious animal dis- 

 eases, as already provided for in the statutes under which 



