The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-30

ing their health and resistance to diseases. Good equipment and high grade stock are not enough. The animals should be handled by an at tendant who has certain natural quali- fications for his work. He should by all means have an inherent fondness for live stock and possess intelligence, good judgment and even temper.
 Every state agricultural college maintains a corps of specialists who are winning and well qualified to help
 MODE OF FIGHTING DISEASE
 How the spread of livestock diseases in the United States IS largely controlled and sources of ln- lection are stamped out is explained by the bureau of animal industry or the United States department of agri- culture Approximately 19O employees of the bureau, engaged in this work are stationed at the principal livestock markets of the country.
 All receipts of cattle, sheep, and swine unloaded in daylight are inspected at the time of unloading, while those yarded at night are inspected early in the morn ing, before any trading takes place. out going shipments the reinspected peIore loading and holdovers are reinSpected III the yards each day until disposed of
 DISEASES WATCHED FOR The principal disease for which inspec- tons are made are foot-and-mouth dls- ease anthrax, scabies of cattle and sneep' cattle. fever, and hog cholera. 1T any symptoms of these or other communlcaple diseases are detected, all affected or e& posed animals are segregated and treateu' Or otherwise handled in accordance ~i'h depa rtment regulations.
 | Stockmen promote the health of their live stock The United States department | of agriculture is constantly glVlng out | in portant information in the 1orm oi | bulletins, which are available on request and in every state has representatlVes employed in combating animal diseases 1 or some other important activity connect l ed with agriculture stock raising. The
 state veterinarian is also ready to give advice and assistance in the diagnosis ana | control of outbreaks of disease, ana III f, nearly every community there IS vet erinaran who should be called on when needed All these agencies exist TOT the purpose of rendering assistance 10 the | live stock owner, and his losses couid oe l minimized if he would utlilZe theih eo |" greater extent.
 1 Officials of the state in which the ship ,ment originated are immediately notined, | as well as department field forces Tn that territory and every effort IS maoe to trace the origin of the infection. Tn tnis way centers of infection are located III most cases, and the spread of the ois
 ease to other premises and herds is usual ly prevented by the prompt application
 Of appropriate sanitary measures.
 MILLIONS INSPECTED
 During the last fiscal year ended June 30. 1918, inspectors of the bureau or anl-
 nal industry made 3S,70O.S4 inspections for contagious or communicable diseases and supervised 7O3,4S1 clippings or cattie
 and sheep at market centers. The Vacci- nation of S4,731 hogs against hog cholera and the dipping of these hogs were aise supervised, in order that they might pf
 shipped to country points for feeding without danger of spreading the disease In addition, great numbers of horses
 were inspected for influenza, in the effor
 to control that disease and reduce losses
 from it.