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SERVICE AND REGULATORY AN~NO MENTS BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY

AUGUST, 1929

[This publication is issued monthly for the dissemination of information, instructions, rulings, etc., concerning the work of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Free distribution is limited to persons in the service of the bureau, establishments at which the Federal meat inspection 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. A supply will be sent to each official in charge of a station or branch of the bureau service, who should promptly distribute copie to members of his force. A fi le should be kept at each station for reference.]

CONTEN Y'9 P&&'e Changes in directory ______. ______----- __ _- - __ ------___ __-- __ - ______69 Notice~ regardi~g meat i~pecti~~---- ______----- ___ ------_- - ______70 Anuna1 casrngs of foreign ongm ______-- ______iO Addition to the list of permitted dyes ______71 Animals slaughtered under Federal meat inspection, July. 1929______71 Extent of tuberculosis in animals slaughtered at three important markets, July, 1929______7l Causes of condemnation of carcasses, June, 1929______72 Imports of food aniIIJ.als and of meats and meat food products during July, 1929______72 Foreign meat-inspection official ______. ______72 Summary of tuberculosis-eradication work in cooperation with States, July, 1929______73 Permitted disinfectants ______.______74 Anti-hog-cholera serum and hog-cholera virus produced under licenses______74 Summary of hog-cholera-control work, July, 19'.<9______75 Proceedings under the packers and stockyards act______75 Notice regarding requests for transfer______75 Payment for books and subscriptions to periodicals______76 Results of prosecutions for violations of laws ______76 New publications of the bureau______76

CHANGES IN DIRECTORY

Meat Inspection Granted 21. W. H . Booth & Co. (Inc.), 1121 East First Street, Santa Ana, Calif. 220. Woolner Packing Co. 210-214 North Green Street, Chicago, Ill. 237. Hermitage Lard Co. (Inc.), Hermitage Road and Leigh Street, Richmond, Va. *51 3. Delaware Packing Co. (Inc.), South Kortright, N. Y.

Meat Inspection Withdrawn 237. Old Virginia Ham Co., Richmond, Va. 476. The Cudahy Packing Co., Portland, Oreg.

Meat Inspection Extended *889. United Packing Co., South St. Paul, Minn., to include Katz & Rifkin Packing Co., J. B. Kasowitz, Jacob Feinberg & Co., Joe Schaffer, Minne­ sota .Packing Co., and Dakota Packing Co.

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Change in Name of Official Establishment 48. Chicago Kosher Products Co., 3351-59 South Halsted Street, Chicago, Ill., and Sinai Kosher Sausage Factory, Kosher Star Sausage Mfg. Co., United Kosher Sausage Co., Newberry Kosher Sausage Mfg. Co., and Levin's Sinai Kosher Sausage Factory, instead of previous name and subsidiaries. 662. Chicago Kosher Products Co., 1002-1010 Maxwell Street, Ch'icago, Ill., and Sinai Kosher Sausage Factory, Kosher Star Sausage Mfg. Co., United Kosher Sausage Co., Newberry Kosher Sausage Mfg. Co., and Levin's Sinai Kosher Sausage Factory, instead of previous name and subsidiaries.

Change in Address of Official Establishment 70. E. A. Debroisse, mail, P. 0. box 554, Woonsocket, R. I., instead of P. 0. box 306. 704. D. Goldstein, 1726 Linn Street, Cincinnati, , instead of 21 Mercer Street. Change of Official in Charge Dr. A. W. Combs succeeds Dr. W. F. Osborn as inspector in charge of meat inspection at Fostoria, Ohio. Dr. S. H. Still succeeds Dr. C. J. Becker (deceased) as inspector in charge at Baton Rouge, La. Change in Address of Official in Charge Dr. L. P. McArdle, Box 378; office at Swift & Co., Watertown, S. Dak. Dr. J. G. Fish, Capitol Building, Tallahassee, Fla., instead of 7-8 Lewis Bank Building. Note Establishment 504, A. H. March Packing Co., Bridgeport, .Pa., no longer conducts slaughtering; remove asterisk from directory.

Correction Page 36 of the directory, under Grand Forks, N. Dak.; the official number of The Northern Packing Co. is *969, not 996.

New Station South Kortright, N. Y., meat inspection, Dr. A. W. Kay, in charge, care Dela­ ware Packing Co. New Subst:i.tion Santa Ana, Calif., meat inspection, under Los Angeles, Calif.

NOTICES REGARDING MEAT INSPECTION

ANIM AL CASINGS OF F0REIGN ORIGIN Certificat es required b y B. A. I. Order 305 and instructions issued thereunder, which bear t he official title of the high offi cial of the foreign country as specified below, will be accept able ,Yith animal casings offered for importation into the United Stat es. The certificat es must nlso bear the signature of the high official of the national government having jurisdiction over the health of animals in the foreign country in which t he ca ings originated, but o>';ing to t he fact that the high offi cials are changed from t ime to t ime it is impracticable t o p ublish ,their names. Offic ial title Foreign country Secret arv t o the G vernment of Bomba y in charge of the agricultural department:__ Government of Bombay, India . The notice in Service and R egulatory Announcements of September, 192 , i hereby revoked s far as the Government of Bombay, India, i cone rned. 1929) SERVI CE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 71

ADDITION TO LIST OF PERMITTED DYES By a decision of the Food, Drug, and I nsecticide Administration, effective September 15, 1929, one new dye, Brilliant Blue F. C. F., will be made available on that date and may be used in conformity with the- meat-inspection regula­ tions.

ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED IN JULY, 1929, UNDER FEDERAL MEAT IN­ SPECTION IN DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY THE CITIES IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE

Station Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Swine

Baltimore ______6,889 1,354 3, 798 48,742 Buffalo ______9,473 3, 250 9,102 69,219 131, 331 38,308 252,2 7 320 5 7,590 12, 273 7,034 8,619 3 77,542 Cg~~~~ati·-===leveland ______======- _= =- 7,299 6,764 12, 529 57,359 Denver ______6, 9 4 1,829 12,067 19, 758 ______6,157 7,117 7,976 89,156 Fort Worth ______32,225 32,408 33,842 2,006 25,033. ______16, 124 4,219 11,049 89, 797 K an sas City ______64, 773 17, 671 107,485 88 241, 741 Milwaukee. ______12, 270 23,533 5,547 2 111, 626i National tock Yards ______27,380 11, 6 8 66,313 122,879 New York ______32,406 57,216 Omaha ______224,82 15 83,600 74,849 3,904 137,055 9 214,433 ______--- -- 5,639 8,041 23,618 63,847 St. Louis ______13, 842 , 534 10, 160 136,525 Siou x City ______33,877 1,995 31,463 127, 756 South St. Joseph ______26,653 5,517 87, 714 3 95, 107 South St. Paul. ______3 , 943 45, 559 19,377 147,049 Wichita ______5,458 1,563 3,554 5 53,312 All other establishments ______141,239 75, 119 186,427 523 1, 134, 709 Total: July, 1929. ______706,084 362,623 1,254, 10 2,974 3,596,780 July, 1928 ______662,331 361,564 1,076,307 921 2,984,203 7 months ended July, 1929 ______4, 617, 126 2,682,8 0 7,792,924 12,200 28,772,219 7 months ended July, 1928 ______4,756,357 2,835,419 7,333,727 7,682 30,791,477 New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, and Newark! ______39,416 63,917 275,098 15 153,479

1 The slau ghter figures for this group of cities are included in the fig ures above fo r "New York" and "All other establishments" and are combined here to show the total in the greater New York district. Horses slaughtered in July, 1929 ______15, 559 Horses sla ughtered in July, 1928. ______12, 356 7 months ended July, 1929 ______. ______58, 249 7 months ended July, 1928 ______65, 235 Inspections oflard at all establishments, 156,3 4,75 inspection pounds; compound and other su bstitutes, 34,906,715 inspection pounds; sausage, 73,592,155 inspection pounds. Corresponding inspections for July, 1928: Lard, 125,170,111 inspection pounds; compound and other sub­ stitutes, 37,910,056 inspection pounds; sausage, 67, 72,256 inspection pounds.

EXTENT OF TUBERCULOSIS IN ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED AT THREE IMPORTANT MA/RKETS, JULY, 1929

Retained for tuberculosis

Station Total slaughter Passed for Con- Total cooking demned

Cattle:Chicago ______Kansas City ______131,331 4, 199 139 635 Omaha ______64,773 147 9 32 74,849 552 30 69 Swine:Chicago ______Kansas City ______587,590 86,956 1,398 1, 186 Omaha ______241, 741 12,459 154 137 214, 433 21, 784 224 232 72 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [August,

CAUSES OF CONDEMNATION OF CARCASSES, JUNE, 1929

Cause Cattle Calves Sheep Swine

Emaciation ______,______343 96 370 45 Hog cholera______762 Inflammatory diseases______865 157 417 1, 868 Immaturity______56 ______Tuberculosis______2,301 33 ______4,596 All other causes______940 186 533 3, 932 Total ______4,449 528 1,320 11,203

IMPORTS OF FOOD ANIMALS AND OF MEATS 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 July, 1929, with figures for other periods for comparison. Imports offood animals

Country of export Cattle Swine Sheep Goats

Mexico______1:1, 712 ______1 ______Canada______25,770 840 231 6 Australia______4 ______Virgin Islands (to Porto Rico)______72 ______

Total: July, 1929 ______1 39,554 840 236 6 July, 1928______29,418 916 208 56 7 months ended July, 1929______327,989 1,361 21,980 108 7 months ended July, 1928 ______1 241,157 18,476 20,457 230

Imports of meat and meat food products

Fresh and refrigerat6d Cured and Other meat Total Country of export canned products weight Beef Other ----- Argentina ______Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Australia ______------5,834,636 90, 711 5,925,347 Brazil ______53,641 13,634 1,940 69, 215 ------666,349 2 666,351 Oanada ______------3,291,087 New Zealand ______1,088,186 984,420 938,456 280,025 Paraguay ______2,277,729 544,791 ------12,549 2,835,069 ------885,521 ------885,521 Uruguay ______-_ ------5,615,920 118,741 5,734,661 Other countries ______------35,677 70,627 106,304 Total: July, 1929 ______3,419,556 1,542,845 13,976,559 574,595 19,513, 555 July, 1928 ______1,652,010 1, 706, 502 6,644,604 608,498 10,611,614 - 7 months ended July, 1929 __ __ 20,350,704 9,165,824 60,772,454 6,336,287 96,625,269 7 months ended July, 1928 ____ 13,061,876 10,461,094 42,128,883 6,670,689 72,322,542

Condemned in July, 1929: Beef, 532 pounds; pork, 602 pounds; total, 1,134 pounds. Refused entry: Beef, 2,486 pounds; pork, 317 pounds; total, 2,803 pounds. FOREIGN MEAT-INSPECTION OFFICIAL The following is an additional name and facsimile signature of a foreign national government official authorized to sign and issue certificates of inspection for meat and meat food products offered for importation into the United States:

Country and name Signature

ENGLAND Lawrence Gibson ______'1929] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 73

SUMMARY OF TUBERCULOSIS-ERADICATION WORK IN COOPERA­ TION WITH STATES, JULY, 1929

Tuberculin tests during month Total to date Inspector in State Herds Cat- Once- Ac­ Herds charge State official or Cattle tle tested cred­ under lots tested re- free ited super­ acted herds herds vision ------1---1----1------1------Ala ______362 7,452 3 5,717 305 8,310 R. E. Jackson __ _ C. A. Cary, Auburn. Ariz ______219 2,360 19 8,252 46 8,328 F. L. Schneider_ R. J. Hight, Phoenix. Ark ______86 1,277 0 2,894 17 9,175 H. L. Fry ______J . H. Bux, Little Rock. Calif.. ____ _ 471 8,548 137 6,616 120 6,833 R. Snyder ______J. P. Iverson, Sacramento. Colo ______63 1,923 80 944 . 166 1,482 W. E. Howe ___ _ C. G. Lamb, Denver. Conn ______506 4,697 446 3,667 2,643 7,022 R . L. Smith ____ _ J.M. Whittlesey, Hartford. DeL ____ -- 194 2,008 140 3,579 2, 146 6,439 E. B. Simonds __ 0. A. Newton, Bridgeville. D. C ______1 12 0 99 8 107 A. E. Wight ___ _ Fla______82 4,765 18 7,920 204 8,754 J. G. Fish ______J. V. Knapp, Tallahassee. Ga______1 824 7,832 8 27,113 27 27,146 A. L. Hirleman_ J. M. Sutton, Atlanta. Idaho ______'420 5,633 27 33, 637 55 36,867 W. A. Sullivan __ A. J . Dickman, Boise. Ill_ ____ - - - - - 3,915 37,003 766 142, 710 5,406 160, 742 J. J. Lintner. __ _ D. W. Robison, Springfield. Ind ______2,752 21, 797 ' 79 128,944 27,227 178,473 J. E. Gibson ___ _ Frank H. Brown, Indian- apolis. Iowa ______4,412 78,336 784 105,899 3,189 176,360 J.A.Barger_ ___ _ M. G. Thornburg, Des Moines. Kans ______1,088 8, 757 41 83,687 595 84,752 N. L. Townsend. J. H. Mercer, Topeka. Ky______970 5,372 3 72,324 60 74,139 W. F. Biles ____ _ D.E. Westmorland,Frank- fort. La______296 6,698 39 8,229 17 8,597 G. T. Cole ______E. P. Flower, Baton Rouge. Me______310 3,305 16 43,025 707 43, 817 G. H. Cald welL H. M. Tucker, Augusta. Md. ______1, 225 12, 800 113 15,109 7,496 28,529 E. B. Simonds __ James B. George, Balti• more. Mass ______556 6,136 432 2,127 1,385 4,219 E. A. Crossman_ E. F. Richardson, Boston. Mich ______7, 070 64, 261 388 170, 178 74 172,756 T . S. Rich ______B. J . Killham, Lansing. Minn ______7, 890 136, 395 1,250 81,483 9, 139 95,000 W. J. Fretz ____ _ C. E . Cotton, St. Paul. Miss ______588 3, 751 1 5,793 28 5,821 H. Robbins ____ _ R. V. Rafnel, Jackson. Mo ______895 8,331 2 72,493 216 76,185 Ralph Graham __ H. A. Wilson, Jefferson City. Mont._____ (1) (1) (1) 31, 429 91 31,897 J. W. Murdoch. W. J. Butler, Helena. Nebr ______1, 795 24,964 129 68,994 116 69, 476 A. H. Francis__ _ C.H. Hays, Lincoln. Nev______64 2,549 0 1,261 11 1,572 L. C. Butter­ Edward Records, Reno. field. N. H______356 3, 763 154 2,095 3,836 6,002 E. A. Crossman_ A. L. Felker, Concord. N. L______339 3,110 119 3,971 2,891 10,004 W. G. Middle­ J. H. McNeil, Trenton. ton. N. Mex ___ _ 33 238 4 2,070 23 2,151 F. L. Schneider. Mat Keenan, Albuquer• que. N. y ______7,421 79,185 6,240 26,649 69,234 106,114 H. B. Leonard __ E.T. Faulder, Albany. N.C ______517 5,379 0 256,530 394 257,311 W. C. Dendin­ William Moore, Raleigh. ger. N. Dak ____ 2,628 48,995 198 52,848 5,223 64,219 H. H. Cohenour_ W. F. Crewe, Bismarck. Ohio______4, 960 39,097 1,253 177,371 793 184,389 A. J. De Fosset. C. McCandless, Colum• bus. Okla ______25 1,389 10 126 292 436 L. J. Allen ______C. C. Hisel, Oklahoma City. Oreg ______2,138 14,292 71 50,970 465 51,457 S. B. Foster____ _ W. H. Lytle, Salem. Pa ______8,226 64,708 2,407 106,459 5,465 124,407 J.B. Reidy ____ _ T. E. Munce, Harrisburg. R. L______61 915 100 181 115 430 E. A. Crossman_ T. E. Robinson, Provi- dence. s. c ______591 2, 187 0 59,970 102 60,136 W. K. Lewis_ ___ W. K. Lewis, Columbia. S. Dak ____ _ 212 4,880 10,086 J . 0. Wilson ___ _ Tenn ______53 8,668 1,210 T. H. Ruth, Pierre. Tex ______346 3,888 0 62,462 170 62, 757 H. M. O'Rear __ _ J . M. Jones, Nashville. 181 8,305 47 395 242 1,122 H. L. Darby ___ _ N. F. Williams, Fort Worth. Utah ______795 5, 601 30 31 101 11,579 F. E. Murray __ _ W. H. Hendricks, Salt Lake City. Vt •. ______487 9,386 462 5,502 6,975 22,492 L. H. Adams_ ___ Edward H. Jones, Mont• pelier. Va ______2,629 11,774 26 20,639 1,280 22,178 R. E. Brook- H. C. Givens, Richmond. bank. Wash ______1,460 12,681 149 41,875 67 45,638 J.C. Exline____ _ Robert Prior, Olympia. W.Va _____ 1,689 8,360 20 49,004 1,190 50,808 H.M.Newton __ John W. Smith, Charles- ton. Wis ______9, 306164, 247 829 146,068 10,330 159,494 J. S. Healy ______Walter A. Duffy, M adison. Wyo______34 514 1 9,981 4 11,304 John T. Dallas __ H. D. Port, Cheyenne. ---- - I TotaL. 82, 488 959, 856 17, 094 2, 217, 988 171,896 2, 597, 312 I

1 Report not in .

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PERMITTED DISINFECTANTS In accordance with the provisions of B. A. I. Order 309, governing the inter­ state movement of livestock, the bureau has granted permission for the use of the following saponified cresol solutions, in the general disinfection of cars, yards, and other premises: To the P. M. Frank Disinfecting Co., 494 Broome Street, New Yorkr N. Y., for the use of "Cardis." To Z. D. Gilman, 627 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C., for the use of "Crestall Dip" under the name of "Kresolig," which is identical with "Crestall Dip" manufactured by Baird & McGuire (Inc.), Holbrook, Mass.

ANTI-HOG-CHOLERA SERUM AND HOG-CHOLERA VIRUS PRODUCED UNDER LICENSES

Hyperim- Hyperim- P eriod Total serum Clear serum mune blood Simultane- munizing completed cleared ous virus virus . C. C. C. c. C. c. C. C. C. c. July, 1929 ______107, 271, 526 68,372,864 70,352,263 9, 737,798 23,560,110 July, 1928 ______72, 601, 340 50,913,300 61,064,887 8,114,830 15,938,543 7 months, ended July, 1929 ______612,758,235 441,122,608 518,786,797 38,503,437 138, 059, 094 7 months ended July, 1928 ______501, 616, 017 328,120,752 376,663,941 35,270, 738 109, 356, 988

LICENSES ISSUED FOR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS IN JULY. 1929 License No. 9 was issued , 1929, to the Lederle Antitoxin Laboratories, Middletown Road, near Pearl River, N. Y., for abortion vaccine (bovine); anthrax spore vaccine; antianthrax serum; antiblackleg serum; anticanine­ distemper serum; antihemorrhagic-septicemia serum (bovine); antihemorrhagic­ septicemia serum (porcine); anti-hog-cholera serum; anti-influenza serum (equine); antimastitis serum (bovine); antistreptococcic serum (equine); antiswine­ erysipelas serum (suero contra el mal rojo); antiwhite-scours serum (bovine); autogenous vaccine; avian tuberculin; blackleg aggressin; blackleg filtrate; blackleg vaccine, chicken-pox vaccine; equine-influenza mixed vaccine; hemor­ rhagic-septicemia aggressin; hemorrhagic septicemia combined vaccine (for cattle); hemorrhagic-septicemia combined vaccine (for sheep); hemorrhagic­ septicemia combined vaccine (for swine); hemorrhagic-septicemia vaccine (for fowls); hog-cholera virus; mallein; mastitis mixed vaccine (bovine); mixed bacterial vaccine (bovine); mixed bacterial vaccine (equine); mixed bacterial vaccine (for fowl), mixed bacterial vaccine (for swine); rabies vaccine; staphylo­ coccus combined vaccine (equine); streptococcus combined vaccine (equine); swine-erysipelas vaccine (cultivos del mal rojo); tetanus antitoxin; tuberculin; white-scours vaccine mixed (for calves). License No. 158 was issued , 1929, to the Globe Laboratories, Fostepco Heights, near Fort Worth, Tex., for chicken-pox vaccine. License No. 186 was issued , 1929, to the Gochenour-Collins Labora­ tories (Inc.), near Glenmont, Md., for blackleg bacterin.

LICENSES TERMINATED IN JULY, 1929 Licenses No. 9, issued January 1, 1921, February 8, 1921, May 24, 1922, February 5, 1927, March 16, 1928, and June 7, 1929, to the Lederle Antitoxin Laboratories, Middletown Road, near Pearl River, N. Y., were terminated July 3, 1929, on account of changes in production of products involved, and a new license of the same number, dated July 3, was issued, as indicated above. License No. 34-A, issued March 1, 1929, to the Peters Serum Co., Colorado Springs, Colo., was terminated July 9, 1929, without prejudice. 1929] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 75

SUMMARY OF HOG-CHOLERA-CONTROL WORK, JULY, 1929

Demonstrations Out- Bureau Farms Farms breaks veteri- Meet- P remises Autop- quaran- cleaned reported State narians ings ad- investi- sies per- tined and to bu- engaged dressed gated Number Bogs formed or . disin- reau vet- in work1 treated carded fected erina- rians

Ala______3 Ark ______1 66 ------2 ------1.5 3 80 3 ------4 ______49 CaliL ______. 06 1 ·Colo ______1 ------1 1 .Fla ______1 1 25 Ga ______1.3 4 70 20 516 2 ------12 1. 3 2 76 6 262 3 ------16 ldaho ______1 60 1 50 , ______------3 ------Ill ______3 2 231 1 46 78 26 33 89 1nd ______------1 118 Iowa ______2 ------26 3 ------9 Kans ______2 62 ------10 ------29 Ky ______. 5 ------65 1 13 4 ------2 La ______1 1 60 1 18 2 ------1 1 ------37 2 78 2 ------5 Md ___ ------_------2 4 157 ------11 16 ------30 Mich ______2 34 6 78032 ______7_ _ ------______------______12 _ MissMo ______------______, 1.04 2 151 1 4 122 3 220 10 ______44 Nebr ______1 24 ------21 ------1 N. C ______. 5 1 20 1 47 2 2 ______2 -Ohio ______1 1 26 Okla ______1 25 16 ------39 2 1 89 ------3 4 ------4 1 44 43 567 3 ------25 .s.S. Dakc_ ---- ______------______15 ______3 'I'enn ______. 25 6 1 96 2 72 5 1 ------6 Tex ______1 ------51 2 70 4 ______22 Va ______1 1 106 Wash ______} 1 51 7 ------4 Oreg ______1. 5 ------45 4 227 1 ------1 Wis ______1 25 ------15 5 ------6 TotaL______33. 95 32 1,947 104 3,074 I 254 I 57 37 412

1 Fractions denote men devoting part time to hog-cholera-control work. PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT Docket No. 291.-In re Nashville Union Stock Yards (Inc.), Nashville, Tenn. On May 9, 1929, the Nashville Union Stock Yards (Inc.), filed a schedule of rates increasing yardage charges on all classes of livestock with the exception of horses and mules. On June 15, 1929, the acting Secretary of Agriculture sus­ pended these rates and ordered an inquiry into the reasonableness of all charges. A hearing was held from to 8. The case was argued before the acting .Secretary on and a finding made on August 2. Increases in yardage -charges somewhat less than asked for were allowed, and the differential between the price paid for corn and hay by the company and the price charged the shipper was materially reduced. The new rates were ordered to become effective August 16, 1929.

NOTICE REGARDING REQUESTS FOR TRANSFER Several times in recent months the bureau has been embarrassed by employees' d eclining to accept transfer after requests for such transfer had received favor­ able action. Such declinations caused extra correspondence for the bureau, and also needless expense, labor, and trouble to employees from other stations who were selected to fill the vacancies and had made preparations to report by giving up living quarters, packing household goods, etc. Hereafter, requests for transfer will be entered on the records for one year from date of the request, and employees will be expected to proceed at once to any of the stations named in the request without expense to the bureau when duly notified within the year. If after making the request an employee wishes to withdraw the name of any ,of the stations included in the request, such withdrawal must be given to the bureau before the Washington office has taken any action to transfer him. All requests for tra.nsfer not renewed at the expiration of one year will be .automatically canceled. UN IVERSITY O F FLORIDA

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PAYMENT FOR BOOKS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS TO PERIODICALS Books and subscriptions to periodicals are not properly purchasable undet letters of authorization, and are obtainable only through the Washington office. RESULTS OF PROSECUTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF LAWS Penalties and fines have been imposed in prosecutions for violations of regula­ tory laws) as reported to the bureau, as follows: Twenty-eight-Hour Law Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. (3 cases), $300 penalties. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., $100 penalty. Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Co., $100 penalty. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. (2 cases), $200 penalties. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. (5 cases), $500 penalties. Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railroad Co., $100 penalty. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co. (3 cases), $300 penalties. Colorado & Southern Railroad Co., $100 penalty. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. (4 cases), $400 penalties. Erie Railroad Co., $100 penalty. Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co. (12 cases), $1,200 penalties. Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co. of Texas, $100 penalty. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co. (6 cases), $600 penalties. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., $100 penalty. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. (2 cases), $200 penalties-~ New York Central Railroad Co. (3 cases), $300 penalties. Northern Pacific Railroad Co. (6 cases), $600 penalties. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. $100 penalty. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co., $100 penalty. Texas & Pacific Railway"" Co. (4 cases), $400 penalties. Livestock-Quarantine Law Rush B. Chambers, Kirbyville, Tex., driving cattle interstate without inspec­ tion, dipping, and certification, $100 fine. Great Northern Railroad Co., interstate transportation of one dead sheep in the same car with live animals, $100 fine. Mack Hinson, Fort Smith, Ark., interstate shipment of cattle without inspec­ tion, dipping, and certification, $250 fine, suspended for two years on good behavior. · Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co., failure to mark way­ bill "Tuberculous cattle," $100 fine. The Twenty-sixth Street Ferry Co., Bradrick, Ohio, interstate transportation of two cattle without tuberculin test, $100 fine. Meat-Inspection Law Platt R. Harby, Walton, N. Y., was fined $25 for interstate transportation of diseased meat.

NEW PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU [The bureau keeps no mailing list for sending publications to individual employees, but sends copies to officers in charge of stations and offices. These publications should be regarded as notification copies. So far as possible additional copies will be furnished on request.] Farmers' Bulletin No. 1054. The Loco-Weed Disease. Revised by the authors, C. Dwight Marsh, Pathological Division, and W. W. Eggleston, Bureau of Plant Industry. Pp. 26, figs. 19. Amendment 3 to B. A. I. Order 317, declaring the following-named counties. to be modified accredited areas for a period of three years from August 1, 1929: Bartow and Gordon, Ga.; Cass and Vanderburg, Ind.; Calhoun, Fremont, and Jackson, Iowa; Barren, Bath, Fayette, Lee, Logan, and Scott, Ky.; Redwood, Minn.; Monroe, N. Y.; Medina, Ohio (expires , 1930); Blair, Fayette, Monroe, and Union, Pa.; parts of Lamoille, Vt.; and Morgan, W. Va. The following-named counties have been reaccredited for a period of three years from the same date: Menard, Ill.; Osage, Kans.; Hillsdale, Mich.; Ralls, Mo ..;. Hamilton, Nebr.; Carteret, Columbus, and Orange, N. C.; and Cameron, !:'a. P. 1 (mimeographed). U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1929