The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-04-27
REVIEW OF WORK OF LIVE
STOCK SANITARY BOARD

f, board and the live stock sanitary
conditions under consideration.
No Compensation
The members of the board, whe-
Their acting as the live stock commits
sion or acting as the livestock sani-
tary board, do not receive any com
%pensation whatsoever for acting on
these boards, other than their neces-
sary travelling and subsistence ex-
penses while in attendance upon, and
in going to and from board meetings.
All claims against the board, no mat
ter of what character, are made out
on state claim blanks, verified by
oath of the claimant, audited by the
executive officer, and approved by
the state board of examiners and
state auditor before being presented
for payment.
The livestock sanitary board ap-
points it's own chief executive officer,
who acts as the state veterinary sur
geon. He acts for and performs all
of the duties imposed by law on the
board when the board is not in ses-
sion, but any order or regulation
promulgated by him is subject to re-
view, modification or annulment by
the board at its next or any subse-
quent meeting.
Their executive officer, whose title
is also that of state veterinary sur
geon, by and with the consent of the
livestock sanitary board, appoints in
s%pectors, deputy state veterinary sur
geons and other agents or assistants.
The present act provides that it
shall be the duty of the livestock san
itary board to supervise the sanitary
condition of live stock in Montana;
to circumscribe, extirpate, control
and prevent infectious contagious dis
eases in live stock; to foster, promote
and protect the live stock industry in
every way possible; to establish and
maintain a laboratory; to define the
standards for all dairy and meat food
products; to issue dairy, creamery
and slaughter house licenses; to in
spect all diaries, cheese factories,
butter factories, condensed milk fac
ice cream factories, milk
receiving stations, slaughter
and meat depots; and to pro-
mulgate and enforce necessary regu-
lations governing these duties.
This is one of the most important
works ever undertaken by any state
1t is not to be presum-
ed, with our very limited financial
appropriation, that this additional
work of dairy inspection can be per-
in n or two years. In a state
the size of Montana, and with our
present financial condition, it may
AXE quite a number of years before |
work is properly standardized, t
tut that it will be standardized moots {
# no contradiction, provided the {
york receives proper public support. {
In presenting this summary of the |
york performed by the livestock SAN S
tary board, it is indeed gratifying to
ave our official reports warrant us
making the statement: "Infectious
diseases of live stock are
ess prevalent in Montana at this {
inc than at any time since the crea- '
of the livestock sanitary board"
This brief report refers only to
hose diseases which are considered
lcurable or dangerous. a
HORSES-Dourine l
From 1913 up to and including I
920, in conjunction with the United i
bureau of animal industry, we
lood tested 119,374 horses for dour-
lie, and found 3,410 animals which $
was necessary to destroy on ac- S
punt of their being affected with
lis dangerous disease.
In 1921 we blood tested 485 horses a
nd found but IL which it was neces 0
Try to destroy. ?
To do this work it was necessary L
obtain approximately four ounces
7 blood from the jugular vein of G
ach animal. 1t was also necessary e
individually brand or mark every q
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