The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-14
LIVE STOCK INFECTION

Denver.-The day of the horse thief
has passed, according to report sub
mitted to Governor Mcdonald by the
State Board of Stock Inspection COM
missioners. The annual report of this
department of the state service is proof
that deal of work of benefit in the
cattle industry has been done.
The report of E. McCrillis, secre-
tary, shows that from May /, 1905, to
May !, 1906, the number of cattle in
spected was SIG, ,462: horses, 1S,945:
fees collected, $4,000 These animals
were looked over by the regular in
spectors. The special inspectors in
spected III ,907 cattle. 5,72S horses,
and collected $906.53 in fees. For these
services the specials received $2,953.92.
The receipts of the office were: Cash
from the sale of estrays, s18,3S2.90;
cash from inspection fees, etc,
$6,62S36. making a total of s25,011.26.
Disbursements: Cash paid owners
for estrays, s13,092.5s; cash paid spe-
cial inspectors, advertising fees, etc,
ss,101s6; total, s21 1914. Cash on
hand amounts to s23,453.77.
I'm addition to inspecting ship
ments," says the report, the inspec-
tors have looked after the killing OF
cattle by local butchers, examined
mails killed on the railroads, reported
same to this office and sold all adver
tised estrays in their respective dis
tricts. The inspectors have as hereto
fore continued to aid the county au-
thorities in detecting and prosecuting
cattle and horse thieves"
A detailed report of horse and cattle
stealing is given. The stock laws
passed by the Fourteenth General AS
sembly, it is stated, have proved to be
satisfactory. The estray law enables
many people to find their animals that
have strayed from home and has
caused many estrays to beladvertised
and sold thereby building up fund
that will enable future boards tot$o
business with for the benefit of the
stock industry, and this has removed
the temptation to rustlers to steal ami
mails In this way the number of ar
rests for horse and cattle stealing is
diminished and the various counties
are relieved from the costs of prosecu-
tion, which have amounted to thou
sands of dollars annually in the past
"The law requiring the inspection
for brands and issuing the certificates
before stock can be removed from the
state or shipped from one point to
another point in the state" says the re-
port, '.is of the utmost Importance to
the stock interests, and If adjoining
states had similar laws, it would be
well nigh impossible for stock thieves
to do business"
DIR. c. G. Lamb, state veterinary sur
geon, makes his third annual report.
He states that he found and killed six
horses afflicted with glanders. The
only other disease of a contagious ma
ture affecting the horses is coital ex-
anthema, which disease was first dis
covered in Longmont in 1904. An ex-
animation of horses before breeding is
expected to do away with this disease
as far as Colorado is concerned.
Colorado, says DR.. Lamb, is destined
to be a large producer of hogs, but
immediate steps must be taken to pre-
vent the Introduction of hog cholera.
"a regulation will have to be passed
soon," says the report, requesting that
all breeding or stock hogs must bo
kept in quarantine for at least thirty
days before being turned loose"
A determined effort is being made to
eradicate scabies in sheep. Dipping
of both sheep and cattle is being car
ried on consistently and all afflicted
animals are taken in hand without
delay.
The board is composed of L. X. Wat
kns, ]. w. Bennett, ]. N. Pierce, ]. B,
Farr, S. p. Sloss and E. E. Shinn.