[STATUTES AT LARGE, VOL. 28 (CHAP. 23), p. 601.] AN ACT Providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public SEC. 73. Extra copies of documents and reports shall be printed promptly Of the report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 30,000 copies, of which 7,000 Approved, January 12, 1895. 2 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Washington, D. C., July 28, 1909. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, for the year 1908, and recommend that it be published, as provided by section 73 of the act of Congress approved January 12, 1895. ORGANIZATION OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY Chief: A. D. MELVIN. Assistant Chief: A. M. FARRINGTON. Biochemic Division: M. DORSET, chief. Dairy Division: B. H. RAWL, chief. Inspection Division: RICE P. STEDDOM, chief; MORRIS WOODEN, R. A. RAMSAY, and ALBERT E. BEHNKE, associate chiefs. Pathological Division: JoHN R. MOHLER, chief. Quarantine Division: RICHARD W. HICKMAN, chief. Zoological Division: B. H. RANSOM, chief. Experiment Station: E. C. SCHROEDER, superintendent. Editor: JAMES M. PICKENS. 4 CONTENTS. Page. The relation of the tuberculous cow to public health. By E. C. Schroeder... The causation and character of animal tuberculosis, and Federal measures for The transmission of avian tuberculosis to mammals. By John R. Mohler and Field tests with serum for the prevention of hog cholera. By W. B. Niles... The control of hog cholera by serum immunization. By A. D. Melvin............... Infectious anemia, mycotic lymphangitis, and chronic bacterial dysentery. The vitality of typhoid bacilli in milk and butter. By Henry J. Washburn.. The action of saltpeter upon the color of meat. By Ralph Hoagland ....... Notes on the animal industry of Argentina. By George M. Rommel.. State legislation regulating the standing of stallions and jacks for public service. |