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tagious pleuro-pneumonia of cattle. Later he accepted a posi- 

 tion under Commissioner LeDuc, of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, to investigate animal diseases in the South- 

 em States. In 1883, he was recalled to Washington to establish 

 a veterinary division in the Department. About this time, con- 

 tagious pleuro-pneumonia became a serious menace, and he 

 recognized the necessity of central authority and organization 

 to protect our cattle. He conceived the plan of a Federal Bureau 

 of Animal Industry and through his efforts it was established 

 in 1884. As Chief of that Bureau his work was two-fold; 

 research and the enforcement of regulatory laws. It was with 

 feelings of deep regret that he was gradually forced from 

 researches on animal diseases into the turmoils of administra- 

 tive life. However, it was for him to recognize the greater prob- 

 lems in the sanitary control of food-producing animals an^d to 

 initiate the means for their solution. 



During the twenty-one years he occupied this position, Da. 

 Salmon accomplished notable results in ridding the country of 

 livestock plagues. Under his administration the Bureau grew 

 from an original staff of a chief, one clerk, and a force of twenty 

 persons, to a department having approximately five thousand 

 employees. Its activities were developed in all phases of live- 

 stock production and the related industries, and nineteen divi- 

 sions and offices were established, the ramifications of whose 

 work extend into nearly every state of the Union and into foreign 

 countries. 



Among the benefits to the livestock interests which the Bureau 

 of Animal Industry gave to our people during his administra- 

 tion should be mentioned the eradication from America of con- 

 tagious pleuro-pneumonia of cattle; the federal inspection of 

 exported animals and the ships to carry them; improvement in 

 the quarantine regulations against imported animals; the dis- 

 covery of the cause of Texas fever and methods for the control 



