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the making of provisions for the inspection of these places, the course 
just set forth has been adopted. 
The territory under actual inspection is divided into six districts 
and one inspector assigned to each. Prior to September 20, 1907, 
there were but five districts, only five inspectors being then available 
for the inspection of dairy farms. The result was that in one dis- 
trict a considerable number of farms could not be inspected during 
the entire year. 
In order that an inspector of dairy farms may discharge his 
duties, it is necessary that lie be provided with means of transporta- 
tion. For this purpose, each inspector of dairy farms who resides 
in Washington is allowed by the District government $240 per annum 
to enable him to maintain a horse and vehicle for his official use, and 
each inspector residing in an outlying town, of whom there are three, 
is allowed $200. The difference in the amount allowed is based upon 
the relatively greater cost of maintaining a horse and vehicle in 
Washington. As a matter of fact, however, in neither case does the 
allowance cover the cost of maintenance unless the inspector cares for 
his own horse and vehicle, and even then unless he does such work 
in liis regular hours of duty, which is, of course, out of the question, 
he should be paid for his extra service. Moreover, in view of the 
long distances to be traveled, and the constant daily work, in all 
kinds of weather, it is almost necessary for an inspector to keep two 
horses, and his repair bills are correspondingly large. When an 
inspector is required to visit dairy farms beyond a driving distance 
from his place of residence, he is allowed actual traveling expenses, 
payment being made monthly on itemized vouchers, duly sworn to 
by the inspector and approved by the health officer. 
Xot withstanding the use of a horse and vehicle and the making of 
alloAvances for traveling expenses, the amount of work done by an 
inspector of dairy farms is seriously curtailed by the distance which 
he has to travel between the places which he inspects. This is true 
particularly in the more remote portions of the country from which 
the milk supply is derived, since dairy farms in such regions are few 
and far between. A certain part of the inspector’s time, too, not 
infrequently goes for naught during the summer season, when, if the 
cattle are to be examined, he must wait for them to be brought up 
from the pasture. And at any time of the year a careful inspection of 
dairy herd of any considerable size, including, as it must, an examina- 
tion of the udders and lungs, of itself consumes a considerable time. 
In the most thickly settled parts of an inspection district an inspector 
may make six or eight inspections in a day. In remote regions he 
may be able to make but two and possibly only one. The records of 
the department show that the average number of dairy farms visited 
daily by one inspector during the fiscal year ended J une 30, 1907, was 
