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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
OctoDer 20, ly!4 
Mr. Alex ’Vetmore, 
Ogden, Utah. 
Pear Mr. We too re: 
I note in your letter of October 11 to Mr. McAtee that you speak 
of the work about Salt Lake as near an end. Before authorizing an 
extension of the work to California I should like, in Doctor Fisher’s 
absence, to know a little core about what you propose to do. The last 
that I heard of the situation in San Joaquin Valley was that owing to 
the abundant rains there is practically no disease among the ducks of 
the valley, and if those are the actual facts of the case I see no 
special necessity for making the trip, which, of course, will entail 
considerable expense and, if undertaken, should promise adequate returns. 
Are there any other localities in the Test where duck disease, supposedly 
similar to that which prevails among the ducks of Salt Lake Valley, is 
now prevalent? 
As stated above, I would like further details before authorizing 
the trip and will beg you in your reply to give me all the details in 
regard to the duck situation in other parts of the country that may have 
come to your notice. 
Very truly yours, 
Chief, Biological Survey 
