East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-05
GREAT PROGRESS MADE IN BUREAU Of
ANIMAL INDUSTRY WORK

The report of the ch ef OF the
United States bureau Of animal in
dustry for the year Of 1907 is at
hand and in looking over II we note
the following important statistics
that should be OF interest to the peo-
pie of the entire nation. The bureau
has now in its employ in the entire
country 3152 employees, This num-
Der is more than double that which
was in its employ one year ago.
The report deals largely with the
work under the new meat inspection
bin which was passed June 30, 1906
The total amount of money expend-
ed for meat inspection during the
year Is reported as $2,159,474. The
total amount of money expended for
eradication OF sheep scab during the
year Is S244,249; for the eradication
OF the southern cattle tick $685. 5OS
was expended, while for the investi-
cation OF animal diseases 3123.7O5
was expended.
Under the provisions of the new
meat inspection law all packing
plants that do an interstate business
are required TO have their plants
under the Inspection of officials of
the bureau OF animal industry
During the year OF 1907 this report
indicates that 7OS different slaughter
ing houses in the United States had
government inspection. This inspec-
ton consists of an inspection OF the
live animal previous to the time OF
slaughter and also an inspection Of
the carcasses and its preparation
after slaughter.
The total number OF animals in
spected previous to slaughter Is
given as 50,999,0 034 OF which number
55,s32 showed evidence of disease
and were passed for further inspec-
tion at time OF slaughter.
The number OF carcasses Of ami
mals inspected at the time OF slaugh-
ter is gwen as 50935,216. OF this
number 1912 were condemned as
unfit Tor food and were converted |
into fertilizer or other non-edible I
products: also 71.166 carcasses were
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passed for lard and tallow only
This report indicates that at the
time OF slaughter 22O,95S animals
were condemned in the slaughter
houses OF the country as unfit for
human food. Such animals as are
condemned are a total loss to the
slaughterer except for such value as
hina and
the fertilizer products of the carcass
The principal disease for which con-
demnations were made is tuberculo-
sis From che report II is gathered
that tuberculosis Is prevalent
throughout the entire country prin-
cipally among cattle and hogs, and
that the disease is apparently on the
increase.
Another important paragraph OF
this report deals with the inspection
and dipping of sheep for scaoies
throughout the entire country. Dur
ing the year 1897 the total number
of sheep inspected in the United
States was 62,625.SS1. and the total
number of sheep that were dipped
under government supervision was
12,aS3,4 ,466. |,
The number OF. stock cars that
were required to be cleaned and dis
infested was 6275. This report states
that sheep scab has been considerably
reduced in the United States during
the year, and 1t is hoped that another
years work will leradicate the disease
from many of the states now having
slight infection.
The bureau has taken up the work l
OF eradlcaDng Texas fever among cat
tie in the United States, and during q
the past year 2,3O7,9S4 cattle were r
inspected for this disease. The gov o
ernment is cooperating with the va q
rious states IN the eradication Of the o
Texas tick, and as the territory is S
cleaned up 1t is released from quar- n
antine. During the past year terri S
tory of 4O,97O square miles was freed