Show Three tree Menaces to o Live ive Stock OC Invasion of Foreign Diseases and Pests Met With Great Vigor Prepared Prep red rd 1 br the th United State Statu Department of Agriculture Three emergencies each constituting constitutes ing a national menace to the livestock livestock livestock live live- stock Industry were successfully met during the last fiscal year according to the annual annual report of of- John R. R Mohler Moh Mob ler Per chief of the bureau of ot animal In In- Two of them were outbreaks of foot toot mouth and month disease In Call Call- fornia and Texas while the third was the Invasion of ot the United States by the European fowl pest a new disease disease dis dis- dis ease tase which though extending to nine I states was successfully eradicated While emergencies of the kind mentioned men men- Honed are s sometimes regarded led as occurrences occurrences oc oc- oc affecting only the stock live-stock Industry Information received from many sources sh slow show w clearly the thee serious serIous serious seri serI- ous effect on Industry and commerce These erects effects extend to unemployment ment transportation difficulties reduced reduced re re- re- re market prices of products and public unrest Realizing such consequences consequences consequences conse conse- the bureau has met the Invasion invasion In in- of of- foreign diseases and pests with the greatest vigor Eradicating Tuberculosis In eradicating tuberculosis of live livestock livestock stock the combined state and federal forces tested about 32 per cent more more cattle than Curing the preceding year Altogether more than head were officially tested of ot which 31 per percent percent percent cent were condemned as diseased This proportion of at reactors Is a slight decline compared with former years A waiting list of cattle at atthe atthe atthe the en end of ot the fiscal year year shows the strong desire among mong cattle owners to have their herds tested The prevalence of ot hog ch cholera lera durIng dur lug Ing the year was unusually low due apparently to the practice of usIng using using us us- ing the serum preventive-serum treatment Though the seeming conquest of this disease which at one time caused enormous losses Is gr gratifying the bureau calls attention to Its treacherous ous nature and urges extreme watchfulness watchfulness watch watch- in In bringing under control promptly any new outbreak that may occur Of special Interest to stock live-stock growers on farms and ranches throughout th the country are the investigations investigations investigations in in- conducted on the governments government's governments government's governments government's gov gov- experiment farms These are maintained to solve practical problems confronting stock owners owners' In varlo various s regions Prevent Soft Pork One important Investigation deals with definite methods of ot preventing softness and oiliness of ot pork a condition con con- due largely to feeding peanuts soy beans and other oil-bearing oil feeds Numerous state experiment stations particularly In the South where the problem is most serious are cooperating cooperating co co- co- co operating r with the bureau in this work which is now how low In Its seventh year Studies of Interest to deal with the rate of ot wool growth Practical knowledge on this important question Is extremely limited though preliminary work shows that the growth of wool and hair varies considerably considerably considerably con con- during the different months and seasons of the year ear Extensive Investigations concerning concernIng concerning concern- concern Ing the quality palatability and food value of meat were planned during the year covered by the report In cooperation cooperation cooperation co co- operation with state experiment stations stations stations sta sta- producers and the meat trade This branch of research Is expected to have an Important bearing on the future of stock live production and public knowledge concerning the food value of meats In order to provide a means of measuring the quality of meat a machine has been designed for testing the tensile strength of meat fibers and another for measuring measuring ing the force required to shear or I break the fibers r |