The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-18
BUREAU or ANIMAL INDUSTRY
WAGfNG ENDLESS WAR UPON
DISEASES DEADLY TO STOCK
Branch Office of Bureau in State Gives Interesting
Figures Of Work Already Accomplished by
Government; Work First Began When Outbreak
Of Pleuro-pneumonia Became Serious Among
Cattle; Activities Extended to Fight Most All
Diseases of Animals.


Al nrsl Thought n may seeln foot
IN 10 ash a man What H. would 90
were he suddenly 70 rome into pos.
session " ~ nNa zee hurF 20. geo HNo
sheep $4,000. 900 cattle and tt.hoo|
CSC horses ana mHlra hut perhaps Il
isn't Cncie sam Who h he nlcet
extensive un-fo-dafe FARMER IN the
enFI1. urns hat much liirHtorks aud
for GOOD measure there Il a large
place Every man who Il a stock
holder IN this concern may do we'll
% ny 20 put hinIsrif In fancy IN the
place 81 fhIa uraIIhIral OF stockmcn
Nhn In thIa particular business alone
~ ian finuss a hllIIanaIre'
when ne livestock Industry % Am
erlta te4elorrh p snct an 1xirnt thai
auIIlrGaha II fIsHnaN became a serious
o. ne welfare Of the rountfy
steps wrrn tattn 20 reduce the dan
ser. "a Was nn outbreak % pieuro-
pneumonia IN cattle hat waa the al
rect cause 81 TIE establishment Of tho
hurrau OF animal Industry. That bu-
rrIsu noe has many more dutlea. but
preventing 1iHeaHta from entering The
country. chscklne the spread Of those
nlreadp hers and p~rotgcilng tho pub
m " = Z iArss par, u ne ~ers ana
requires the services 81 t.eep Trained
veterinarian me clasp 81 work that
thcar men perform may BE- judged
b. The Requirements they must ful-
fH Al present an men entering a
veterinary coiiere must have had AZ
least " years of high school train
Ing. IhuAg entering rtHi year
have three years. and thereafter no
MAn mas e6.r c..4 ~ these schools
n he has MOI had a fuli hlnh school
rnurNn 81 four years The course a.
= r~risrInafY collrre. ~ Recognised ~
me American Veterinary Medical a.
~nutiaiInn. me war department the q.
9 civil service and ire Y = bureau %
animal Industry. must extend through
four yourA nine months 20 the ye.f.
which putt eradnato on a q with
nfadunfna Of unlvefslueH Many % The
men abs oecury h more Responsible
positions were graduates % Colleres
u universities before taking ~ their
special line 81 ~prk.
since lsef. when act Of congress
established the nurenu % animal In
duttrs ana Dr. H. n. salmon wa APP
pointed chief. She American livestock
Industry has been protected from
plaques OF afi sorts from without the
borders o. the country. n those al
ready here are gradually being con
quered. The most destructive dis
ehssa such - foot and mouth and
fIndcrrast. which VA an enormous
tui every yea In some foreign coun-
tries. have been prevented by this
couutry'n system Of poiic.~n from ~
~ gaining more thnn a temporary
hoid On our farms Hlnderpert has
never gained entrance No thoughtful
man clu doubt that the establishment
~ thh bureau In the nick 81 time
has prevented the coat ~ food produc-
ton from bolng much higher thar az
present
II hog cholera could be eliminated
and there u even reason to believe
that ID can be- duue-hoW much more
efficient would he the farms %
great corn bolt and those % other
necilona that are now lardinr the In
comes % their ownora
tlioicra Los Heavy
A report 81 the United States Live
Stock Sanitary association estimates
the average loarea from cholera az
tho.ove.eo o a year for the ost forty
years. which means that losses have
been much greater In later years on
accoun Of the iarBe Increase IN the
number OF swine. That annual loss
representa- 4 per rent Interest on an
Investment Of 81. ESQ. 0o0. 600. In forty
years tho loss has amounted TO az
uOo.0 Gee. 900. nearly twice a. much a.
the theoretical Investment
In 1914 the swine Industry paid q
toll Of $4,000 oo 10 this deyaststor
Of nordh- But there - encoufaee-
ment. The USE 81 anti-hog- cholera 80
rufn. a preventive developed BY the
bureau 81 animal INDUSTRY, VA increaA-
inr rapidly Inc Joe. during the year
cndluE. March ~, 1915, - estimated
Go DO vs. .pov. goo, a reduction ot 90
per cent In les than five years. In
lows. the hos hub ~ the world nchf-
81 t,oet,"N moss aicn OF ch"ieth IN
1919. In 1917 the loss was a niue
loss than lta,epv. IN thai rmte alone
twenty federal VETERINARIAN are AT
work continually investigating out
breaks Of cholera, ESTABLISHING quar-
uuflne ana applying sahitafl meht-
ures for the control 81 the disease, ems
c~uurnNing the use or serum ANA az
nintine IN the rc1ncton OF ch"iera
losses.
some economists look upon the cx-
rendlture OF 100000 annually 10
fight hos cholera a an e-xfravaeance
uHt NHfH ~ ''tN'NA Nt"t ~" H''e