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is set out in detail in the report of the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries (Cd. 4129. Price, is.), in which the operations 

 under the Diseases of Animals Acts during the year 1907 are 

 discussed. It is stated that the increases in the number of 

 outbreaks of sheep-scab and of anthrax do not give cause for 

 any special anxiety, but that the greater prevalence of swine- 

 fever is a matter for considerable concern, although there 

 is no reason to believe that the favourable position which was 

 attained in 1905 may not be recovered. 



This publication includes a report by the Chief Veterinary 

 Officer, Mr. Stewart Stockman, on the experiments and in- 

 vestigations which have been conducted in connection with the 

 various diseases, and also a report by the Assistant Secretary 

 in charge of the Animals Division, Mr. A. W. Anstruther, C.B., 

 dealing with the administrative work undertaken during the 

 year. It contains two coloured maps showing the relative 

 prevalence of sheep-scab and swine-fever during the past three 

 years and also a number of statistical tables. 



In a despatch to the Foreign Office, the British Minister at 

 Bogota (Mr. F. W. Strange) states that the cattle business in 

 Colombia is a very lucrative industry. 

 Live Stock in Some high-class bulls have been imported 

 Colombia, South and have thriven well on the Sabana, and 

 America. fine stock may now be seen there. It is 

 said, however, that Shorthorn blood 

 soon degenerates, and that the Devon strain is more constant, 

 although maturing less rapidly and therefore in some respects 

 inferior. Polled Angus have also been imported, but only by 

 a few breeders. There is a small export of cattle to the West 

 India Islands and Panama. 



Sheep do well on the uplands, but the quality is not of the 

 best. Pigs are very abundant and some of them, at least, are 

 well shaped. 



Mr. William Gordon, Vice-Consul at Medellin, reports that 

 live stock has occasionally been imported into that district 

 both from the United Kingdom and France, and has no doubt 

 tended to develop the relatively fine quality cattle which can 

 be seen at the weekly fairs. In cows there is apparently 

 ample room for improvement in milk-producing qualities. 



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