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B. R. A.-B. A. I. 210 United States Dep ent:4f Agritnu ure SERVICE AND REGULAR CEMENTS BUREAU OF ANIMAL IND STRY OCTOBER. 1924 [This publication is issued monthly fonr tl'c ,i;-;vsrnin:ilion of info.rmat in, in.;truction;, ruling, etc, con- cerning the work of the Bureau of A nimal inilisrry. Free ltisinlhui Ion is Ilnul'e. to p ,r-,uns in the service of the bureau, establishments at which the Federcl me-it inspit.tion i- conducredi, public officers whose duties make it desirable for them to have such infhrrni itin, and journal-. epe.Cnally conceUrnd Orhers desiring copies may obtain themrn from 'he Superrnli'rudl-nt of Do lunmouts, Gover nment Prilnting Oflice, Washington. D. C., at 5 cents each, or 25 cvnts a y. ir. A supply ill he cent to eain cllicial in chain g- of a station or branch of the bur-leau service, wh.. siuld promptly distribute cope, to members of hi- force. A file should be kept at each station for refecence.I CONTENTS Page. C changes in dlirectory. ...... ................................................................. ..... 109 The foot-ani-outh tuin .......................... ..-------------.................------------------.......................--------. 110 Veterinary force_ hold foot-.and-mout r i d ;e in chci-Ik......................................... 110 Californ prac'lly free f-an- disease menace---...-.....---..........------...-------..-...-----------....... Ill Facsim ile of Swedish meat-Jnspectiii,,n r t-i iicA' .............. .. ................. ................... III Animals slaughtered under Ft-rl r:al me itria|,etir(.n. Septe-mber, 1.2-4- .............................. 113 Im ports of food a innals and tuf mn nt d andl fo.] pi I-,.luct ;............................................ 11-3 Foreign othicial authorized to sign inspection c(erti,.-.mitvs for meat annl products for importation into the U united States................................................................................ 114 Licenses for veterinary biuloei-al pr,..-lu, is. Uti.,r:r, 1 24........................................... 114 Anti-hog-cholkra serum and bog-,.houlra virus. ,irj-lutc--t under United States veterinary licens,-, Septem ber, Q24 ................................................................. ................. 114 Summary of tuberculosis-er.-dication work in c.'-per.liun with the various States, September. 1924. 114 Perm itted disinfectant .............. ............. .... .. .... ....................------------------............. ---- 161 United Startes to have agricultural conii:..nr t lexio City............-.........---------..........-------------.... 115 Am endments to Fiscal Regulations ................................................................ 116 Per diem allowance--......-...-.......---------------------------------------....--------------------........................................................ 116 T ips in Georgia .....................................................................----...........---------------- 116 Im portation of hay and straw packing nr ,tet ils .................................................... 116 Calendars for 1925 ............................................................... .................. 117 Results of prosecutions for violations of laws........................................................ 117 New publications of the bureau. ................................................................... 117 Organization of the Bureau of Animal Industry.................................................... 118 CHANGES IN DIRECTORY Meat Inspection Granted 3-AW. Swift & Co., 4044 South Halsted Street, Chicago, Ill. 555-E. Syracuse Rendering Co.; mail, 427 East Water Street, Syra ;ge N. Y. 191-B. Frye & Co., 334 Townsend Street, San Francisco, Calif. 713 National Packing Co. (Inc.), 27-29 Fulton Street, Boston, Mas. 815 H. H. Volk, Philadelphia, R. D. 5, Easton, Pa. " Meat Inspection Withdrawn i 2-AR Armour & Co., Jacksonville, Fla. 196-B Wilson & Co., Baltimore, Md. - 428 Shamokin Pure Food Products Co. (Inc.), Shamokin, Pa. o 982 Buck & Co. (Inc.), Lebanon, Pa. \ 1003 Interstate Vaccine Co., Kansas City, Kans. Change in Address of Official Establishment 807 C. F. Sabine Market, 603 West Twenty-seventh Street, Chicag 11 instead of 2700 Twenty-seventh Street. 449 Hotel Sherman Co., 4301 Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Ill., instead of 125 West Lake Street. 18142--24t- 109 110 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [October, Change in Name of Official Establishment *152 Leavenworth Packing & Storage Co., Third & Choctaw Streets, Leaven- worth, KIans., instead of the Schalker Packing Co., The Goldberg-Kosher Packing Co., Sanitary Sausage Co., Schalker & Co. 62 Sheeran Packing Co., South Columbus Avenue, Fostoria, Ohio, instead of the Foitoria Serum Co. Substation Discontinued Shanimkin, Pa.. meat inspection, substation of Pottsville, Pa. Change in Address or Inspector Dr. (;. Coi'e, care White Provi-ion Co., Atlanta, Ga., instead of care Swift & Co., 96 Wells Street. Dr. W. O. McHugh. P. 0. box 550, Zanesville, Ohio, instead of care Zanesville Provision Co. Dr. L. C. Butterfield (office 204-205 Cla*-Peters Building; mail, P. 0. box %%27, insto:l ,f care Nevada Packing Co., Reno, Nev. Add the Following Officials Dr. S. (. Flnadnrs.-, in charge international inspection and quarantine, care American Consul, Mexico City, Mexico. Dr. W. T. Conway, dome of Federal building, Eighth and Olive streets, St. Loui.-, Mo. Dr. C. .J. Milt i,. 120-1 Ea.st End Trust Building, Highland and Penn Avenues, Pittslburgh, Pa. Dr. C. L. Elliott. care Jactb E. Decker & Sons, Mason City, Iowa. Dr. L. A. Wilson. care Interstate Packing Co., Winona, Minn. Dr. I. .\. L.icking. care IO-scar Mayer & Cou., Madison, Wis. Remove the Following Officials Dr. IL. J. Digaiam, Madison, Wi-. Dr. J. J. Brougham, St. Liouis, Mo. Dr. W. T. Conway. Pittsbiurgh, Pa. Dr. C. J. Millen, Mason City., Iowa. Dr. C. L. Elliott, Winona, .Minn. Mr. Alfred IL. Baker. Havre, Mont. THE FOOT-AND-MOUTH SITUATION Veterinary Forces Hold Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Check (Statem.nt issued October 231 Report- to the 1'. S. Department of Agriculture from Dr. Marion Imes, in charge of the State and Federal forces engaged in eradicating foot-and-mouth disea-e from southeastern Texas, show the effectiveness of control measures. Although nearly a monthly has passed since the announcement on September 27, of the outbreak, the infection has not spread from the area originally mapped out as dangerous territory. The last infected herd was found by veterinary inspec- tors October 15 and was slaughtered alnd buried the same day. The toll of the disease thus far has been limited to 6 herds containing about 2,700 animals, and in addition about 4,600 stray cattle rounded up from exposed pastures. Doctor lines reports that extraordinary precautions are being taken to guard the quarantined area. The veterinarians engaged in suppressing the disease are making a thorough search of the large quarantined area for stray animals. Part of the country i. wooded and swampy, but the inspectors selected for the work are accustomed to all kinds of field conditions. Public officials, railroad com- panics, stockmen, and the public are giving wholehearted cooperation, and the presence of Texas rangers is reported to have a wholesome influence in obtaining compliance with the necessary regulations. While a large number of States have promulgated regulations prohibiting entry of lii\etock and other specified commodities from Texas, the regulations are more rea.,oon hle and more in accordance with carefully drafted Federal restric- tions than those promulgated during the California outbreak. Great Britain, which inmpo:ed restrictions on importations of livestock and animal products * Contlinr-ts 4lahellering. 1".'-4 S from tih, United State., when the Texas outbreak wa. rpirt.il. l.it- modified her reiulitioii-. Tho-i, in frc'v now restrict, cliif1l, imlioirtilt -liilits ,r'iii itiiii, iii tlih \\"'-tern and Si ntll \\cW-tlri Si it - California Prarticall) Free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Menace (Statement issued October 2-' \\it li the pa--ing of two months since the occurrence of any further outbreak oif ot-and-mouth disease inl Ca'1irirni. save ui:c small flare-up, tci I'. S. De- )partmenit of .\gricultitre Loniidler- the disease in that 1:i1tI practically sup- pr-.e,.l. That fl:re-u1p involved five small herds, all in the same locality in Tno- luh ine County. This slight rectrrrence is attlribuited to iiLferti ni picked up in the StaniuiiLnu Natiinal Forest wvhiih the animals were being trailed to their home ranches. The forest now contains no livestock except a few atra; '. and these are living rounded up and shot. The carcasses are disposed of by approved methods. No, infection of any kind has been found since October 9, but the inspection forces will continue making the necessary tests for the protection of the livestock industry of the Stllte and the Nation. FACSIMILE OF SWEDISH MEAT-INSPECTION CERTIFICATE Thi- facsimile shown on the next page represents the form of the approved Swedish incat-in-.p)ection certificate ane-ptalhle under the provisions of B. A. I. Order 211 i Re\ i-edl, Rit~gul:.tion 27, section 5, liirararaip1 5. ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION, SEPTEMBER, 1924 Station Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Swine BalLim r ..............., .. 1.740 5,918 5 71,834 BrooKl n ........ ....... ... .. .. 5,502 6, 64 25,975 ............ ......------ Bul.ilu. -.... ........- .. .. -. ... .. .241 2,938 I 40,057 --- --------- 64,922 Chi gl ................... ... .... 170. 992 44,335 17, 108 180 41. 017 C cinc nal ............ ....... ... .......... 12.053 6,744 7,140 3 3. .12 le'.eland ........... ..... ...... .... .9. .052 12..23 --'.l Detroit-_ 6,054 5,564 14,'!0 1.. .... tl.- .--.- - Fort Worth ..--- ......--------------.......-------------. 445 52,140 8,821 652 26, 047 Indianapohl.i..... ............... ... 1 l.614 3,625 5,334 ......... L, 5.33 Jersey City---.... .-- ..----------...-----------.. 5,601 6i.930 40,784 ... 817 Kansas City ... .----- 132,224 -. 346 12%. 725 1" i 1i. 326 'M lh .iuke- ................... ... 10,626 22,486 7,882 I 52,623 National Stock Yards ----------. --------.. 43, 227 8,866 22, 683 1'2 91,940 New York -----------------------..--------- 29,176 42,758 141.282 1.4 N6, 171 O m nh i .... ............... .......... 1. 1.1 11,475 1. 242 iI 1,,4. 499 Philh dl.lpha ................ ............... 1.i. 6,762 It.. 27 2' .-..-..8... 82,610 St. Louis -------------------------- .-------- 2' 4,644 5,869 7 145,746 Sioux it......... ................... 28.745 2,888 13,097 3 119,090 South St. Joseph -----------------------. 1,442 12, 864 63,398 18 65, 840 Sounh St. Panl......... ........ 31,368 31,830 41,113 -- .------. ;US.. 134 All other ablishmen ......... .. 146,671 80,262 142.521 752 -*2.695 Total: Septeml-er. 1924 -----------------... 870,171 419,113 1,140.675 2,323 2.'i.960 Seplemb.:r. --. ------..---------. 809,810 338,093 "''. 560 4,735 3,212,350 9 month+ enled- .-eptlmber, 1924 -----------------... 6,699,025 3, ;-'.. 588 8, 021.438 1 418 '.. 133, 249 Septemh r. 1923 ------.-----..-.-----.. 6,607,853 3,390,327 8, '-', 401 1*.. 305 |.., 761,320 Hors-es sIl.ughtere.d it all eftabliihmnrntl, Septembh'r, 1924, 800. Inspections of lard at ;ill establishments, 116.232.A04 pounds; comrpund and neither uh-btiitut--, 26,620,480 pounds. C o)rals lo riot repri :nt actual proliu (ion, as the ane lard or compound may have been inspected and corded more than once in the pi-.-ss ,ii[ mn:iriirictlir- Carcasses Condemned During August, 1924 Cause (" till,' C ], ,.- .*',-l. .-wine E m aviation ...................... ... ..... .. .. .331 10I 441 73 Hogcholera .. ................ .. ........ ... ........................ ....... 1,266 Inflam m atory diseases ............................. ., I" 4211 1 523 Im m at arity.............. ..................... .......... 1414 .. ...... ... T uberculosis .................. .... .... .. .. ". 4x 7..7. All other causes ---------- ----------------------------- 2.37 427 .. 2 Total ..................... ...... .. .. .. ., I9 i r.57 I 2& S 12. W44 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY Veterin&rintyg for k6ttexport. Kingdom of Sweden. The Royal State Departement of health. Meat and canned foods division. Place (avsandningsort) Date (datum och Ar) I hereby certify tha the meat or meat food products herein described were derived from animals w ch received ante-mortem and post-mortem veterinary inspection at the time of slaughter, and that the said meat and meat food pro- ducts are sound, healthful, wholesome and otherwise fit for human food, and have not been treated with and do not contain any preservative, colouring mat- ter, or other substance not permitted by the meat- and canned foods act and regulations, and have been handled only in a sanitary manner in this country. Undertecknad intygar harmed att nedan angivna klttvaror harr6ra fran djur, vilka undergAtt veterinarbesiktning omedelbart fore och Qmedelbart efter slakten, att desamma Aro tjanliga till manniskof0da, att de icke hava be- handlats med eller innehAlla ftrbjudna konserveringsmedel, farg- eller andra Amnen, samt att desamma hbr i landet hava behandlats ph ett i sanitart av- seende tillfredsstallande satt. Kind of product. Varuslag. Number of pieces or packages. Antal kolly. Weight. Vikt. Identification marks on meats and pachages Nr......................... (A kott eller emballage anbragta veterinara kontrollmarken Nr) Consignor (Avsandare) Consignee ....................... iMotitaarel .............. .................. ..... A dress... .................................. .............. ............ Destination (adressorti Shipping marks ... ... ....................................................... ...... (Avsindarens befraktningsmarken) (Signaturej Veterinary inspector under meat canned foods eact. Av Medicinalstyrelsen f6rordnad 'etaintr. lanktt enlist 811. E till Med *Styre: kuna relse den 23 april 1K24. 112 [October, 1924] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 113 IMPORTS OF FOOD ANIMALS AND OF MEAT AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS The statements following show the imports of food animals and of meats and meat food products inspected by the Bureau of Animal Industry during Septem- ber, 1924, with figures for other periods for comparison. Imports of food animals Country of export Cattle Mexico-----------------------------......................................... 1,193 .... Canada---.--------------------------...........................---------..........16,985 Total: September, 1924.................------- September, 1923.......................-- 9 months ended- September, 1924............................ September, 1923.............................------------ 18,178 21, 624 141,847 97,287 Swine Sheep Goats ---........ 9,359 2,370 5,391 1,262 8 5,391 10,621 2,378 46 7,927 24 16,655 36, 698 10,106 1,790 27,376 134 Imports of meat and meat food products Fresh and refrigerated Country of export B Pot Argentina----------------------------- 1 Brazil---.......-------.------------------....... Canada-----............--------------------...... 54 Uruguay--.........----.....----...---......----------------. ......-- Other countries.......................... Total: September, 1924................-------- 56 September, 1923................ 3,01 9 months ended- September, 1924-............-----..... 10,16 September, 1923 .....--.......----..... 8, 10 eef unds 2,636 4,945 7,609 Other Pounds 1,200 1,059,923 5, 190 1,061, 123 2,385 994,577 8,217 8,317,079 1, 605 8,437,448 Canned and cured Pounds 472,628 57, 140 199,966 24, 818 754, 552 815, 152 8,751,347 9,236,647 Other Total products weight Pounds Pounds 312,270 797,534 166,639 172,784 69,555 1,734,227 ----............ 199,966 20,257 I 45,075 568, 721 7,887 1,902,648 825, 762 2,949,586 4,830,001 29, 139,291 26,601,462 Condemned in September, 1924: Beef, 2 pounds; pork, 1,564 pounds; total, 1,566 pounds. Refused entry: Pork, 4,188 pounds. FOREIGN OFFICIAL AUTHORIZED TO SIGN INSPECTION CERTIFI- CATES FOR MEAT AND PRODUCTS FOR IMPORTATION INTO THE UNITED STATES The following is an'Ladditional name, address, and facsimile signature of a foreign national Government official authorized to sign and issue certificates of inspection for meat andrmeat products offered for importation into the United States: Alfredo L6pez -------------- 18142-24t-2 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [October, LICENSES FOR VETERINARY BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS, OCTOBER, 1924 LICENSES ISSUED License Date Name and address of firm Products No. 1924 6 Oct. 7 Pitman-Moore Co., near Zions- Hemorrhagic-septicemia aggression; blackleg ag- ville, Ind. gressin. LICENSES TERMINATED United States veterinary license No. 114, issued January 1, 1921, to the White Serum Co., Nashville, Tenn., was terminated October 8, 1924, without prejudice. United States veterinary license No. 130, issued February 24, 1922, ta the E. R. Alexander Clear Serum Co., Kansas City, Mo., was terminated October 17, 1924, without prejudice. PERMIT ISSUED Permit Date Name and address of firm Products 1924 6 Oct. 23 A. Charklian, New York, N. Y_ Tuberculins (intra-dermo, ophthalmo, and subca- taneous). ANTI-HOG-CHOLERA SERUM AND HOG-CHOLERA VIRUS PRODUCED UNDER UNITED STATES VETERINARY LICENSE, SEPTEMBER, 1924 Ordinary C. c. 48,618,637 Serum Clear Total C.C. C. c. 18,132,901 66,751,538 Virus Simulta- neous C. c. 3,475,093 Hyperim- munizing C.c. 8,475, 6SS SUMMARY OF TUBERCULOSIS-ERADICATION WORK IN COOPERA- TION WITH THE VARIOUS STATES, SEPTEMBER, 1924 Tuberculin tests during month Herds Catt, Cat- or tested re- lots teed acted 83 35 16 114 84 136 279 4,611 2,793 3,804 o10S 1, 34.3: 435: 504 6351 2,611 589 666 2,174 1,166 2,103 1,716 2,382 43,438 20,103 64,079 3,346 7,237 6,231 3,532 6,836 36 6 36 67 82 4 29 2 1,982 322 1,226 37 36, 192' 102 689 Total to date Once- Ac- tested- cred- free ited herds nerds 1,649 168 2, 327 10 862 48 2,004 25 1,099 36 1,445 502 1,493 784, 270 10 5,147 3231 4,051 45. 15,343 9ii 1,797 747 29,073 7,81oi 34,985: 3,958 5,800 981 27,388 276 1, 560 112 13,422 1,737 1,987 1, 179 Herds under super- vision Inspector in charge 2, 2001 R. E. Jackson..... 2, 861 F. L. Schneider-.. 1, 092 L. E. Lyons-....... 2. 174 R. Snyder-......... 1,320 W. E. Howe-...... 1,747 R. L. Smith-....... 2,841 W. G. Middleton- 288 J. A. Kiernan..... 6,098 J. G. Fish......... 4,7291 A. L. Hirleman... 17, 2551 W.A. Sullivan.... 51,.53li J. Lintner...... 37, .5821 J. E. Gibson......- 52. 105: J. A. Barger.......- 6,940 N. L. Townsend.. 31,891 W. F. Biles....... 2,518 A. F. Staub....... 14, 835 J. B. Reidy....... 6,327 T. A. Ladson.... State official C. A. Cary Auburn. S. E. Douglas, Phoenix. J. H. Bux, Little Rock. J. P. Iverson, Sacramento. C. G. Lamb Denver. J. M. Whittlesey, Hartford. O. A. Newton, Bridgeville. J. V. Knapp, Tallahassee. P. F. Babnsen, Atlanta. W. R. Smith, Boise. F. A. Laird, Springfield. R. C. Julien, Indianapolis. M. G. Thornburg, Des Moines. J. H. Mercer, Topeka. W. H. Simmons, Frankfort. E. P. Flower, Baton Rouge. H. M. Tucker, Augusta. James B. George, Baltimore. 114 State Ala-......... Ariz-........ Ark-........ Calif ....... Colo----....... Conn---....... Del----....... D. 0--..- Fla------ Ga----........ Idaho-...... Ill---....... Ind........ Iowa....... Kans....... Ky......... La-......... Me---......... Md........ SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 115 Summary of tuberculosis-eradicalion work in cooperation with the various States, September, 19.4-Continued Tuberculin tests Total to date during month tate Herds Cat Once- Ac- i IHerds Herds Cattle Cat- tested- cred- under r tested It...- frce ited super- ,ot acted herds herds vision Mass------....... 172 3, 1521 962' 5741 169, 1, 2li Mich....... 3,659 3.3,91JU 73.3 51,2S9, 2.53 61, b,1 Minn---...-.. 9S9 0,663 ssi 11,021' 4,'39, 18, 451 Miss-....... 49 995' IS 40t' 116' 72" 1 Mo..-..------..-. 906 9, 257! 51 48, 26' 39'l 49.912 Mont.---..... 588 8.825i 54 17,7.39. 150, 15,534, Nebr ....... 806 9, 694' 10 9, 18. 13- 9,819 Nev........ 27 471 4 1,770 15i "2,373 N. H....... ------ 188 1,889 134 1,854 847 3,3431 N.J ..--..... ------ 191 3,106 427 817 326 1,Sl.b N. Mex--------....----......-- ....... ---...... 2,127 4 2,3401 N. Y....... 4,225 54,2.3 5,076 1N, 183 1 8,893 35,789! N. C.......------ 5,241 12,734: 44 114,.771 64 12..456,' N. Dak.... 274 4, 539 76 14,7431 2,511 19, 675 Ohio....... -------2,116 17,1-'4' 875 24,281 1,363 28,518| Okla ....... 28 S45 2 214 4261 r,1i0 Oreg....... 1,0741 9, 269 74 25,912 5751 23,211; Pa ..-.--......' 1, 335 9, 99S' 351 19,417 2,9601 24,675 R. I ........ 8 190 0 31 28 59 S. C-.......---. 191 1, 151 4 763 182 4,643 S. Dak..-... 78' 2.322 39 523 3.59 1,046 Ten...--.... 75 1,541' 3 165 387' 12,745 Tex.--....... 141 1,8881 0 730 250 1,149 Utah....... 499. 2.823, 25 9,317 103 10,295 Vt......... 354. 7,327 797 1,S69. 2,715 6,965 Va...--...... 669 6,094 130 1,075 1.244 2,621 Wash...... 923 5,937 79 25,347 135 27,162 W. Va..... 274 2,090 26 4,562 517 5,000 Wis........ --------2,655 45,954 811 41,580 4,635 50,725 Wyo.--...... ----- 176 2,809' 92 4,803 9 4,833 Total 43,059 449,484 16,732 604,894 52,956802,059 Inspector in charge E. A. Crossman.... T. S. Rich........ W. J. Fretz ....... H. L. Fry......... Ralph Graham...-. J. W. Murduch.. -. C. H. Hlays....... L. C. Buttcrfield.. E. A. Grossman... W. G. Mildleton.J F. L. Schbovder... H. B. Leonard.... W. C. Dendinger . H. H. Cohenour. A. J. De Fosset... H. Grafke......... S. B. Foster....... P. E. Quion...... E. A. Crossman._.' W. K. .ewis...... J. 0. ilison -...... E. I. Smith....... L. J. Allen..-...... F. E. Murray-..... L. H. Adams-...... R. E. Brookbank . J. C. Exline-....... George W. Neff-.. J. S. Healy........ John T. Dallas.... State olliclal L. H. Howard, Boston. H. W. Norton, jr., L.insing. C. E.. Col tonr. St. Paul. P. P. Ga.rner, J.ick.on. H. A. Willon, JelleT con City. W. J. Bullr, IlIclna. L. R. CantwIll Linculn. Edward Re.'cors, Reno. A. L. Felker, Concord. J. H. McNeil, Trenton. Mat Ke,-m:n, Albuquerque H. J. Hemi y, Albany. Wm. NM.or., Raleigh. W. F. Citwe, Bismarck. F. A. Zimmer, Columbus. J. A. Whitehurst, Oklahoma. W. H. Lytle, Salem. T. E. Munce, llarrisburg. T. E. Rorinson. Providence. W. K. Lewis, Columbia. A. E. Beaumont, Pierre. W. B. Lincoln, Nashville. L. G. Cloud, Fort Worth. A. J. Webb, Salt Lake City. Edward H. Jones, Mont- pelier. J. G. Ferneyhough, Rich- mond. L. C. Pelton, Olympia. J. H. Stewart, Charleston. John D. Jones, jr., Madison. A. W. French, Cheyenne. PERMITTED DISINFECTANT In accordance with the provisions contained in the regulations of this depart- ment governing the interstate movement of livestock, (B. A. I. Order 273) the bureau has granted permission for the use of "Cresyline Cresol Compound," manufactured by The Hunt Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio, as a saponified cresol solution, in the general disinfection of cars, yards, and other premises. , UNITED STATES TO HAVE AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER AT MEXICO CITY (Statement issued October 24) Dr. S. 0. Fladness, of the Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, left. Washington on October 24 for Mexico City, to take up, on November 1, his duties as agricultural commissioner representing the depart- ment.. His headquarters will be at the American consulate. Arrangements for attaching an agricultural commissioner to the consulate in Mexico were made through the State Department, and United States officials believe that the personal contact thus made possible will be of benefit to both countries. The duties of Doctor Fladness will consist largely in conferring with Mdxican authorities concerning livestock diseases and quarantine regulations in an endeavor to secure uniformity in the regulations of the two countries. He will perform other duties for various branches of the department, including activities of an economic character. His varied experience in livestock and other agri- cultural work makes him well fitted to fill this new office. At one time he 1924] I i I 116 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [October, represented the department in South America as a livestock specialist, has served two years in the Packers and Stockyards Administration, and has had much experience in meat inspection and livestock-sanitary work. As agricultural commissioner to Mexico the duties of Doctor Fladness will be to represent the department in all matters pertaining to agriculture, in which the two countries are jointly interested. AMENDMENTS TO THE FISCAL REGULATIONS Per Diem Allowance Paragraph 37 of the Fiscal Regulations of the department is hereby amended to read as follows: 37. Rules governing per diem allowance.-Per diem allowance in lieu of sub- sistence will be subject to the following rules: (a) Each day of 24 hours will be considered as beginning at midnight. Per diem allowance for any day in which the employee is in a subsistence status less than 24 hours must be fixed separately and at a rate not to exceed $1 if the sub- sistence status period is 6 hours or less, $2 if more than 6 hours and not more than 12 hours, $3 if more than 12 hours and not more than 18 hours, and $4 if more than 18 hours. These special rates will apply to travel status periods of less than a day occurring at the beginning or end of a continuous trip of more than one day. For trips of less than a day actual expenses only will be allowed. The change consists in establishing the actual expense basis exclusively for absences of less than 24 hours from post of duty. Decisions of the Comptroller General, 3 Comp. Gen. 598 and 966, lay down a rule which may be summarized by quoting from the syllabus of the latter: "Where an immigrant inspector is temporarily absent from his official station while operating in adjacent territory for short periods under conditions which would not ordinarily interfere with his domestic arrangements for obtaining the usual subsistence, he can not be regarded as in a travel status for the purpose of payment to him of a per diem, or an:, fractional parts-of a per diem, in lieu of subsistence." There is difficulty in determining from these decisions the state of facts which would warrant pay- ment of the per diem and those under which payment would not be permissible. For instance, one of the per diem charges considered and held disallowable in the. latter decision was based upon departure by automobile from official station at 5.30 a. m. with return at 1.00 p. m. on the same day. It has been deemed simpler therefore to prescribe the actual expense basis in all cases where the absence from official station falls short of a day. Tips in Georgia Subparagraphs (c), (f), and (h) of paragraph 33 of the Fiscal Regulations of the department are hereby amended by elimination of Georgia from the States enu- merated in said subparagraphs in which State laws forbid the payment of train, station, and hotel porters' fees and fees to waiters. IMPORTATION OF HAY AND STRAW PACKING MATERIALS The attention of bureau inspectors engaged in supervising the importation and disposal of import hay and straw packing materials and various feeding materials for livestock is directed to the following Declaration No. 1 of the Act- ing Secretary of Agriculture: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D. C. Declaration No. I October S9, 1954. The Secretary of Agriculture having so determined, it is hereby declared that Norway, Sweden, Ireland, and the Channel Islands, Austrhlia, New Zealand, Japan, Guam, the Union of South Africa, Canada, Mexico, and the islands of the West Indies with the exception of Jamaica are free from foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest. This decliat lon is made in riccordance with section 2, Regulation 11 of the regulations governing the sani- tary handing and control of hides, fleshinps, hide cuttings, parings, and glue stock, sheepskins and goat- skins and parts thereof, hair, wool, and other animal by-products, hay, straw, forage, or similar material offered for entry into the United States (B. A. I. Order ,sG6). C. MAculture., Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 1924] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 117 CALENDARS FOR 1925 Officers in charge and individuals reporting direct to Washington will please indicate in their stores requisitions for December 1 orders for the wall calendars they will require for the year 1925. One wall calendar should be sufficient for each room occupied as office or laboratory, and orders should be for a minimum number. The bureau has discontinued the purchase of desk calendar pads and stands for field stations. However, stations now equipped with such stands may procure pads for the same for 1925 by ordering on their stores requisitions for December 1 the number required, indicating the make of the stand for which intended-that is, whether Gem, Handy, Daily, etc. These calendars and pads may not be for- warded with the other supplies ordered on such requisitions, but an effort will be made to get them to the stations before the first of the new year. In this connection attention is called to the notice headed "Advertising matter not allowed in Government offices," in Service and Regulatory Anriouncem nts for November, 1915, page 127. RESULTS OF PROSECUTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF LAWS Penalties have been imposed in prosecutions for violations of regulatory laws, as reported to the bureau, as follows: Livestock Quarantine Law J. M. Bates and W. R. Gardner, interstate movement of tick-infested cattle, $100 fine. Samuel W. Brey, Souderton, Pa., interstate shipment and transportation of cattle without tuberculin test, $50 fine.1 The Pennsylvania Railroad Co., failure to mark waybill "Tuberculous cattle," $100 fine. Southern Pacific Co., interstate transportation of cattle without tuberculin test, $100 fine. Twenty-Eight-Hour Law Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, $100 fine. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co., $100 fine. Southern Railway Co. (2 cases), $200 fines. The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. (222 cases), $22,200 fines. Meat Inspection Law Easton Bologna Co., Farmersville, Pa., $50 fine. NEW PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU [The bureau keeps no mailing list for sending publications to individual employees, but publications are sent in bulk to officers in charge for distribution to members of their forces. The number of copies sent varies with the subject or nature of the publication and the number and class of employees. Officers in charge will use their judgment and distribute publications to best advantage. So far as possible addi- tional copies will be furnished on request.] Farmers' Bulletin 287. Poultry Management. Revision. By Animal Hus- bandry Division. Pp. 30, figs. 10. Farmers' Bulletin 898. Standard Varieties of Chickens. II. Mediterranean and Continental Classes. Revision. By Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 22, figs. 18. Farmers' Bulletin 1181. Raising Sheep on Temporary Pastures. Revision. By Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 16, figs. 6. Farmers' Bulletin 1251. Standard Varieties of Chickens. V. The Bantam Breeds and Varieties. Revision. By Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 20, figs. 31. 1 This case was reported in Service and Pegulatory Announcements for Septembrnr, 1924, as closed by the payment of a fine of $50. The attention of the United States attorney for the southern district of West Virginia having been called to the fact that the act of Feb. 2, 1924, provides a minimum fine of S1W, be now reports that the defendant, on Oct. 14, 1924, paid into court an additional $50 and that the judge entered an order fixing the fine at $100. 118 'BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [October, 1924] Farmers' Bulletin 1412. Care and Managiiicmut of Dairy Bulls. By J. R. Dawson, Dairy Division (now Bureau of Dairying). Pp. 22, figs. 21. Farmers' Bulletin 1413. Poultry House Construction. Supersedes Farmers' Bulletin 574, same title. By A. IR. Lee, Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 28, figs. 18. Farmers' Bulletin 1415. Beef on the Farm. By W. H. Black and E. W. McComas, Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 34, figs. 49. Farmers' Bulletin 1419. Care and IlauagoIni.int of Farm Work Horses. By J. 0. Williams and Earl B. Krantz, Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 18, figs. 15. Farmers' Bulletin 1422. Udder Diseases of Dairy Cows. By Hubert Bunyea, Pathological Division. Pp. 18, figs. 6. Department (ir.iilar 325. Foot-and-Mouth Disease. By John R. Mohler, Chief, Bureau of Animal Industry. Pp. 32, figs. 14. Amendment 27 to B. A. I. Order 287, relative to foot-aiid-inouiith disease in cattle, sheep, other ruminants, and swine. Releases all of Los Angeles County, Calif., except premises on which foot-and-mouth disease has existed. Effective November 1, 1924. P.. 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY Chief: JOHN R. MOHLEIK. Administrative Assistant: CHARLES C. CARROLL. Chief Clerk: J. R. COHRAN. Editor: D. S. BURCH. Animal Husbandry Division: E. W. SHEETS,2 chief. Biochemic Division: M. DORSET, chief. Dairy Division: C. W. LARSON, chief. Division of Hog-Cholera Control: U. G. HOUCK, chief. Division of Virus-Serum Control: D. I. SKIDMORE, chief. Field Inspection Division: A. W. MILLER, chief. .11eat Inspection Division: R. P. STEDDOM, chief. Pathological Division: JOHN S. BUCKLEY, chief. Tic/. Eradication Division: R. A. RAMSAY, chief. Tuifit rcilis Eradication Division: J. A. KIERNAN, chief. Zoological Division: B. H. RANSOM, chief. Experiment Station: E. C. SCHROEDER, superintendent. QOfice of Accounts: GEORGE F. TUCKER, in charge. Office (f Personnel: GEORGI: H. RUSSE.LL, in charge. 2 Appointed Oct. 16, 1924. ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 5 CENTS PER COPY SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, 25 CENTS PER YEAR V UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA S 1 2 II I0 III ) 11111111111116 IIIII I II I IIII8 3 1262 08852 8186 |