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Mr. Bowir. That would be ample margin? 
Mr. Satmon. I think that would be ample. 
The Cuarrman. Does any member of the committee wish to ask the 
Doctor any further questions? 
Mr. Grarr. Do you know, Doctor, whether there is a cattle book 
that has been prepared for publication, for distribution ? 
Mr. Sautmon. The revision is not yet quite finished. 
Mr. Bowrs. What time do you expect it to be finished? 
Mr. Satmon. Ina very short time. Nearly all of it is finished. I 
think only one article is not yet finished. 
Mr. Grarr. Is it simply a revision of the old work or is it largely 
Mr. Saumon. A great deal of it has been rewritten. 
Mr. Burueson. It is being brought up to date, is it? 
Mr. Satmon. Yes, sir. 
Mr. Bown. Doctor, how about my hog book? 
Mr. Sautmon. I hove not been able to take up the hog book yet. 
Mr. Burueson. Hogs are subject to only about two diseases. 
Mr. Bowir. He told me he was working on some experiments on 
that. 
The Cuarrman. He had some immune hogs up here at Bethesda 
station. 
Mr. Satmon. We will have that worked out in the course of time, 
but we can not do everything at once. 
The Cuairman. He has some hogs there that have been exposed to 
all the hog diseases under the sun and that have come out from under 
it free, and from those hogs they are going to breed a disease-resistant 
variety. 
Mr. Scorr. Did those hogs take the diseases and get well of them? 
The Cuatrman. Doctor, did these hogs get well? 
Mr. Satmon. They got well. 
The Cuarrman. They had the disease and got well? 
Mr. Sautmon. Yes. 
The Cuarrman. I thought they did not take it at all. 
Mr. Satmon. They all had these common diseases of hogs, I think. 
Mr. Grarr. Including hog cholera? 
Mr. Satmon. Yes. 
Mr. Havueen. Generally in every lot there are a few that survive, 
‘are there not? 
Mr. Satmon. A few that survive, yes. 
Mr. Wricutr. How did you get those hogs? Did you confiscate 
them or buy them? 
Mr. Satmon. These hogs are some we bought for experimental 
purposes. 
Mr. Wricut. In case of farcy in horses, you only get just now and 
then a case of it? 
Mr. Satmon. We have not been doing anything in farcy, but we 
ought to take it up. The States of Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota 
and Iowa, those States which are near the range country, are being 
flooded with glanders all the time by horses from the range, and they 
have applied to us again and again to put inspectors there to inspect 
the horses. 
Mr. Wricutr. When vou run across it, do you condemn them—kill 
them ? 
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