Show is A WS TOO SEVERE FOR GOOD OF INDUSTRY Official Would Have State Pay Owners for Diseased Animals Destroyed Better operation co-operation between outside cities and towns greater powers for forthe forthe forthe the department and the right to take under the direction of the live stock department of the state rabies among do dogs s the registration of brands on animals and the inspection of slaughtering slaughtering slaughtering houses and meats are the principal principal principal prin prin- cipal recommendations in the report of Dr A. A C. C Young state live stock inspector in- in in-I in accord accord- according During the last two years ing g to the report numerous outbreaks of disease in animals have occurred in inthe inthe the state but owing to our defective laws and inadequate appropriation it has been impossible to handle them ina in m ma a satisfactory manner It is re recommended that a new anda and a appropriate set of laws pertaining to the live stock industry be enacted and that appropriations be made by the legislature to fully protect and encourage encourage encourage en en- courage the rapidly growing third largest industry In Utah Another recommendation made is that the term state veterinarian for his office be abolished and the department depart- depart ment head be a commissioner LAWS WORK HARDSHIP It is believed by the inspector that the present stringent laws are working I Ia a serious hardship against the owners of hogs in the state infected with cholera It is suggested that to alleviate alleviate alle alle- this condition the state furnish the assistance of a veterinarian to the hog owners and pay a portion of the expense in immunizing their herds against the ravages of the disease Between and hogs died of the disease during the last year in Salt Lake county alone The appropriations for the upkeep of the department have been heen so small mall according to Dr Young as to prohibit the testing of hundreds of animals for tuberculosis among dair dairy cattle I It is recommended that the state pay paya a small price to owners of horses Infected infected infected In in- with glanders as the tendency of the owner when he finds his horse has lias the disease according to the doctor doctor doctor doc doc- tor is to cell Gell it for a small sum thus spreading the disease among other horses and injuring l g the state HOG INDUSTRY GROWING As the hog industry in Utah has been rapidly forging to the front great care should be taken of the animals according to Dr Young and the care is especially applicable to the food to tobe tobe tobe be fed the swine In the past it has been the custom to feed ked the animals anything from the refuse in the back yard of a brewery lo to hotel angel cake cal and dead horse horsemeat horsemeat meat But But in in the future if swine owners owners owners own own- ers are wise nothing but good and sanitary food will be fed the beasts if of lany lany degree of health is to be maintained maintained main main- among them Ho Hogs s by their nature are not exceptionally exceptIOnally clean and through their gregarious gre gre- arious policies are liable at any time timeto to incur tuberculosis or cholera During the years 1915 1916 horses were exported as against 1869 1569 imported cattle exported totaled 29 29 as against imported The The swine exportations greatly outnumbered outnumbered the importation with going out and coming in Sheep shipments to other states for the year ear totaled as against coming in m. One One goat left the state while came in m. Of head of 01 dairy cattle tested for tu tuberculosis during the year only third one of one per cent were found to be infected This is a decrease from one and three-quarters three per cat con con- dem demand nd for the previous period |