[STATUTES AT LARGE, VOL. 28 (CHAP. 23), P. 601.]

AN ACT Providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public

documents.

Sec. 73. Extra copies of documents and reports shall be printed promptly when the same shall be ready for publication, and shall be bound in paper or cloth as directed by the Joint Committee on Printing, and shall be the number following in addition to the usual number:

Of the report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 30,000 copies, of which 7,000 shall be for the Senate, 14,000 for the House, and 9,000 for distribution by the Agricultural Department. Approved, January 12, 1895.

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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,

BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY,

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. Respect fully,

A. D. MELVIN,

Chief of Bureau. Hon. JAMES Wilson,

Secretary of Agriculture.

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Report of the Chief of the Bureau for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908. By

A. D. Melvin...

The need of State and municipal meat inspection to supplement Federal

inspection. By A. M. Farrington.....

The economic importance of tuberculosis of the food-producing animals. By

A. D. Melvin...

The relation of the tuberculous cow to public health. By E. C. Schroeder...

The causation and character of animal tuberculosis, and Federal measures for

its repression. By John R. Mohler......

The transmission of avian tuberculosis to mammals. By John R. Mohler and

Henry J. Washburn.....

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.

By John R. Mohler.....

The effect of smelter fumes upon the live-stock industry in the Northwest.

By R. J. Formad.....

The prevention of losses among sheep from stomach worms (Hæmonchus

contortus). By B. H. Ransom...

Malta fever and the Maltese goat importation. By John R. Mohler and

George H. Hart..

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.

By Roy A. Cave....

The development of live-stock shows and their influence on cattle breeding

and feeding. By E. G. Ritzman

The value of the poultry show. By Rob R. Slocum

Improved methods for the production of market milk by ordinary dairies.

By C. B. Lane and Karl E. Parks......

The 1908 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the United States. By A. D.

Melvin ....

Miscellaneous information concerning the live-stock industry:

The live-stock market in 1908 .

Meat prices at home and abroad...

Our foreign trade in animals and animal products

The Federal meat inspection ....

Live stock registered in the United States.

Certified pedigree record associations

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