Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-19 | Page 12 | Biennial Report is Filed by Hoggan

BIEKNIAL m FILED BY HQG6AH State Livestock Inspectoi Declares General Conditions Condi-tions 'Satisfactory. Tlif.ro is not a Known case of glanders in Utah at the prr-hrmt time, accord ins to the first biennial report of the state livestock board, which was filed in tho office of Governor Bamberger yesterday by Dr. W. It. Morgan, btatc livestock inspector, in-spector, and Thomas Redmond, secretary of tho board. In the past eighteen months the department depart-ment has destroyed fourteen horses on account ac-count of gla rider.-, the report state;;, eleven of them originating in Utah, two coning from California and one from Monta na. The ole.vf n head originating in Utah were appraised rind SO per cnt of the value was paid by the state to the owners of the atihnalH. This vstcm whs followed in 1 all cases of animals destroyed in the campaign cam-paign to rid the statu of infectious dis-tasen. dis-tasen. Anthrax is one of the most serious diseases dis-eases with which tho department has had to deal. There have been outbreaks of nnthntx during the past pen son in Davis, Salt Lake, Utah and Weber counties, ranging rang-ing a iit,s of 2uu cattle and exposing many others. There have been 1 fiUO animals inoculated jigainst the disease. It. Jlnggan save that his recommendations recommen-dations lor successful eradication of in-fed in-fed ioijh diseases are by systematic vac-'ination vac-'ination hpring find fall, burning of all carcasses dead from any contagious or Infectious diseases, plowing up all infected pastures and thorough cleaning and disinfection disin-fection of Infected barns, sheds and cor-rolas. cor-rolas. Various other diseases which have been encountered are given attention in the report, particularly hog cholera and rabies, both of which have been troublesome. Sheep dipping, destruction of predatory animals arid recording of maiks and brands are dealt with in considerable detail. de-tail. With reference in destruction of predatory preda-tory animals I "r. Hoggan says that "to carry on this work in the future f would recommend, t hat a law he enacted, doinc avay with the paying of bounties, and turn the fund to the. livestock board to arrange a force of men as hunters and trappers under civil service methods, similar sim-ilar to forest rangers. This would give us a permanent working force within the state and divide the state into districts. At the present lime the state is paying bounties while the adjoining states are not. and It Is possible that we are paying" bounties on aninuUs taken from those fita ten." The board started with an appropriation of S30.O00 and other funds to a total of $,1d,S20.4S, and the disbursements are cr!ven as follows: Marks and brands, il"P5.72; sheep inspection, $4715.:! 1; tuberculosis tuber-culosis eradication, $1$,M6.27; bog cholera control, $1069. 0C; brand inspection, Sfi274..'i7; contagious diseases, $37. S3; total, to-tal, $.15,820.45.