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S. R. A.-B. A. I. 418 Issued March 1942 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY FEBRUARY 1942 [This publication is issued monthly for the dissemination of information, instructions, rulings, etc., con- cerning the work of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Free distribution is limited to persons in the service of the Bureau, establishments at which official inspection work is conducted, public officers whose duties make it desirable for them to have such information, and journals especially concerned. Others desiring copies may obtain them from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., at 5 cents each, or 25 cents a year (foreign, 60 cents). A supply will be sent to each official in charge of a station or branch of the Bureau service, who should promptly distribute copies to members of his force. A file should be kept at each station for reference.] CONTENTS Page Changes in directory.--.-. .-----------------------------------------------------------------9 Animals slaughtered under Federal meat inspection, January 1942 -------------------------------- 10 Meat and meat food products prepared and processed under Federal meat inspection, January 1942-- -- 10 Summary of tuberculosis-eradication work in cooperation with States, January 1942 --------------- 11 Summary of brucellosis (Bang's disease) work in cooperation with States, January 1942------------- 12 Biological products prepared under licenses, January 1942------------------------------------- 13 Inspections and tests in the production of anti-hog-cholera serum and hog-cholera virus under licodse;, January 1942_---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Licenses issued for biological products, January 1942---_------------------------ ------- 13 Results of prosecutions for violations of laws - ----------------------------- -14 Retirement act amended----------------------------------------------------.--.--------- 14 Within-grade salary advancements-----------------------------------.--------------- - 15 Politicalactivity.----- ----- -- --------------------------------------------------- 15 Amendments to Department regulations --------------------------. ---- I-------- 15 New publications of the Bureau------------------------------------------ ----.----- --------- 15 Organization of the Bureau of Animal Industry- ------.----------.---.--- 16 CHANGES IN DIRECTORY Meat Inspection Granted t115. Ziegler Provision Co., 851 Fulton Street, Chicago, Ill. !*131. Baum Packing Co., S. McDonald Street, Danville, Ill. Meat Inspection Withdrawn 878. Walter Meyer Sausage Co., 118 West Ayer Street, Ironwood, Mith. 989. Easton Packing Co., Inc., Coal and Belmont Streets, Easton, Pa. Change in Name of Official Establishment 417-A. Swift & Co., 425-29 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., and H. C. Derby Co,, Division of Swift & Co., instead of H. C. Derby Co. 960. The Kroger Grocery & Baking Co., 36th and L Streets, Omaha, Nebr., instead of Lewis Packing Co. Change of Mail Address of Official in Charge Dr. Ralph Graham, P. 0. box 439 (office 204 Federal Building), Topeka, Kans., instead of 204 Federal Building. Change of Office Address of Official in Charge Dr. E. E. Maas, Building "F", Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration, San Juan, P. R., instead of 209 Post Office and Court House Building. Change of Official in Charge Dr. D. A. LaMar succeeds Dr. C. B. Bratager (transferred to St. Louis, Mo., as assistant to inspector in charge) as inspector in charge at West Fargo, N. Dak., effective March 1, 1942. Dr. S. G. Fortune succeeds Dr. D. A. LaMar as inspector in charge at Piqua, Ohio, effective March 1, 1942. Dr. C. W. Doming succeeds Dr. S. G. Fortune as inspector in charge at Wichita, Kans., effective March 1, 1942. 449361-42 9 10 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [February New Station Danville, Ill., meat inspection, Dr. C. D. Bailey, care Baum Packing Co., in charge. Stations Discontinued Ironwood, Mich., meat inspection. (Remove Mr. Wirges.) Columbia, Mo., physiology of reproduction investigations, in cooperation with Missouri. (Remove Dr. McKenzie.) ' Substation Discontinued Easton, Pa., meat inspection, under Dr. R. R. Newman, Allentown, Pa. ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION, JANUARY 19421 Station Cattle Calves Sheeplambs and Goats Swine Chicago2------------------------------ 144,212 21,234 223,051 --------- 603,626 Denver.--.-------------------------------- 11, 620 1,681 23,921 ------------ 51,350 Kansas City------------------------------- 80,060 14,770 109,317 ------------- 249,667 New York 3 _______- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45 , 165 56, 035 24 4, 680 209, 528 Omaha ----------------------------------- 80,984 3,240 117,874 -------------- 319,972 St. Louis 4 ------------------- ------ 63,019 30,582 50,712 340,376 Sioux City_------------------------------ 40,936 676 76,983 ----------- 247,935 South St. Paul. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 82,793 48,297 96,264 406,460 All other stations ------------------------ 508,370 263,530 668,189 248 3,401,699 Total: January 1942 - .------------------1,057,159 440,045 1,610,991 248 5,830,613 January 1941 .-------------------891,329 411,191 1,625,178 141 4,517,314 7 months ended- January 1942 --------------- 7,061, 154 3,214,352 10,945,767 8,702 29,037,398 January 1941 --------------- 6, 076, 279 3,118,022 10, 647,035 3, 962 29, 914,401 I Horses slaughtered: January 1942----------------- ---------- ----------------------------- ------ --- 2,174 January 1941_- ----------------------------- ------------ -------- ------- -------- 1,207 7 months ended: January 1942--- -- ---------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ---. 20,971 January 1941.-.---- ------------------------------------------------------------ 8,771 2 Includes Elburn, Ill. 3 Includes Jersey City and Newark, N. J. 4 Includes National Stock Yards and East St. Louis, Ill. 6 Includes Newport and St. Paul, Minn. MEAT AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS PREPARED AND PROCESSED UNDER FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION, JANUARY 1942 Product Quantity Product quantity Meat placed in cure: Pounds Pounds Beef .--------------------------12,822,500 Bacon, sliced.-.-. 27,561,403 Pork - ---- --. --------------- 278,079,523 Lard: Smoked and/or dried: Rendered. - 3,272,511 . Beef --------------- ----- 5,731,688 Refined - - . 13 i430, 700 Pork------------------- ------ 134,346, 97 Canned - 2, 518,41 Sausage: Rendered pork fat: Fresh, finished ----------- ------ 17, 011,130 Rendered.-- - . 20,033,-4-1 Smoked and/or cooked.- - 51,090, 692 Refined - .1,162, 51 To be dried or semidried - . 10, 487, 927 Canned 1, 076, 93 Loaf, headcheese, chili con carme, Olco stock . 14,775,012 jellied products, etc.- 12, 88, 553 Edible tallow. t, 566, 33 Cooked meat: Compound containing annual Tat .. 23, 711, 112 Beef . -- . 68,251 Oleomargarine containing animal fat. 6,523,21 Pork. 19, 118, 180 A1 iSceIIOneOUs .. 133, 13)0,8(3 Canned meat and meat food prod- ucts: Total .------------. 1. ..,761, 415 ifeef -- - -- -- - 13, 276. tr'' l io :t I,r41r M iiit i11 ,I 1 i ,10 3 This figure represents "'inspectioni pounds"' as some of the products miay have been inspe3'cd and re- corded moore than once dlue to having been subject-el to more than one distinct processing treatment, such as curing lirst and then canning. 19421 SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 11 SUMMARY OF TUBERCULOSIS-ERADICATION WORK IN COOPERATION WITH STATES, JANUARY 1942 Tuberculin tests during Total to date 1 month State or Terri- ----------- I toyInspector iin charge state official C eI Cat- Once- Ac- Herds Cattle tic tested- cred- under tested re- free ited super- acted herds herds vision Alabama 2 035' 1 270,875 618 271,445 R. E. Jackson_ R. S. Sugg, Auburn. Arizona -- 3,0061 4 12,236 81 12, 593 F. L. Schneider- T. B. Jones, Phoenix. Arkansas -------- 6,0031 1 228,256 1 228,257 A. W. Rice- Joe S. Campbell, Little Rock. California ------ 143,556 553 74,424 18 74,669 H. M. O'Rear __ C. U. Duckworth, Sacra- Inento. Colorado- ------ 2,695 16 60,611 30 60,846 Edgar Heiny--- . M. (ow, Denver. Connecticut 16,543 47 3501 17, 368 18,826 R. L. Smith- Claude Jones, Hartford. 2 08 5 Delaware ----- 3, 405 7 6,286 , 1 8,393 0. L. Lockwood - Harry McDaniel, Jr., Dover. Dist. of Col 0 0 15! 2 17 A. E. Wight Florida ---------- 7.019 3 40,633 62 67,656 T.H.Applewhite. J. V. Knapp, Tallahassee. Georgia 1, 0841 0 242,4581 45 242, 557 W. C. Dendinger- Tom Linder, Atlanta. Idaho ----------- 1,913 3 51,095 43 51, 270 A. K. Kuttler. A. P. Schneider, Boise. Illinois- --- 68,2571 132 233, 213 680 243, 259 T. M. Bayler --- C. E. Fidler, Springfield. Indiana --------- 14,7941 27 146,103 1,330 147,750 W. A. Sullivan._- J. L. Axby, Indianapolis. Iowa --------- 106,134 490 169,000 385 194,440 J. A. Barger ---- C. C. Franks, Des Moines. Kansas 3, 7341 32 170,338 197 171,032 Ralph Graham Will J. Miller, Topeka. Kentucky 2,945 6 163,647 24 16:3,867 E. E. Coshow ---- L. L. Breeck, Frankfort. Louisiana 6,352 26 148,758 0 148,804 W.A.McDonald_ E. P. Flower, Baton Rouge. Maine -------- 3, 190' 7 43,231 163 43,817 B. J. Cady------ D. P. Corbett, Augusta. Maryland 20, 432 42 29, 224 14, 757 44,081 0. L. Lockwood- Mark Welsh, Baltimore. Massachusetts 27, 214 65 1,061 20, 695 21,805 E. M. Aldrich,- Jas. DeNormandie, Bos- ton. Michigan 43, 934 91 206,993 63 207,087 C. 11. Hays - .---- C. H. Clark, Lansing. Minnesota 13, 264 70 188, 598 783 189,696 W. J. Fretz - -----C. E. Cotton, St. Paul. Mississippi ------- 2,627 3 260,164 4