EDITORIAL 
703 
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to accomplish its passage without first enlisting the support of 
the entire profession of the State, and it never left the commit¬ 
tee to which it was referred. Now, however, we have the State 
Society, of which Dr. Pendry is a member, pledged to its sup¬ 
port, and with him, as its champion, they should make an irre¬ 
sistible combination, which will never rest until the animal 
industry of the Empire State is properly guarded against the 
ravages of the very many scourges which cause greater financial 
losses yearly than would support such a veterinary guardianship 
for a decade. 
The hour, the man, and the opportunity are upon us. What 
are we going to do about it? 
WORK OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAE INDUSTRY. 
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has transmitted to the 
President, under date of November 23d, his report for the year 
1901, and it is the most voluminous and comprehensive state¬ 
ment of the affairs of this department ever issued. A large 
portion of the report covers the subject of animal industry. 
The grand total of animals and animal products exported dur¬ 
ing the year exceeded $250,000,000 in value. This vast foreign 
market is only preserved to our producers by the indefatigable 
efforts of the department and the rigid inspection exercised 
through the Bureau of Animal Industry. This bureau inspected 
for export 385,000 cattle, 228,000 sheep, and 48,000 horses and 
mules, and nearly 1000 vessels carrying live stock. Imported 
animals were also inspected to the number of 342,000, and, 
where necessary, quarantined. The Secretary suggests that 
with the enormous interests our stock-raisers have at stake, and 
inspection or quarantine affording after all, a relative, not 
an absolute guarantee of protection, it might be well for this 
country to follow the example of Great Britain and exclude live 
stock from other countries entirely. The meat inspection ser¬ 
vice involved the inspection at time of slaughter of nearly 
37,000,000 animals. Of the more than 5,000,000 cattle in¬ 
spected, the condemned carcasses were about one-fourth of 1 per 
