8. R. A.-B. A. I. 211 Issued December 24, 1924 United States Department of Agriculture

SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS BURE U OF A IMAL INDU TRY OVEMBER, 1924

[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 ce.nts each, or 25 cents a year. A supply will be sent to each official in charge of a station or branch of thd bureau service, who should promptly distribute copies to members of bis force. A file should be kept at each station for reference.]

CONTENTS Page Changes in directory ...... 11!} Animals slaughtered under Federal meat inspection, October, 1924 ...... • 120 Causes for condemnation of carcasses in eptember, 1924 ...... ___ ...... •...... • 120 Imports of food animals and of meats and meat•food products ...... 120 Foreign officials authorized to sign inspection certificates for meat and products for importation into the United States ...... •••...... •...... 121 Licenses for veterinary biological products ...... •...... •.... 121 Aoti•bog·cbolera serum and bog•cbolera virus produced under U. S. veterinary license in October, 1924 ...... 122 Summary of tuberculosis-eradication work in cooperating States, October, 1924 ...... 122 Texas•fever quarantine-Places to which southern cattle may be shipped for immediate slaughter .• 123 Results of prosecutions for violations of laws ...... •.•...... ·-·-· .. 123 New publications of the bureau ...... •...... 123 Organization of the Bureau of Animal Industry .•...... •...... I

CHANGES IN DIRECTORY Meat Inspection Granted 19-G. Sunlight Creameries, Dayton Avenue and Union Street, Wa&lrlngton - Court House, Ohio. 242. P. H. Butler Co., Seventeenth Street and Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh1 Pa. 419-L. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Ashby Street, Atlanta, Ga. , 473. Gulf & Valley Cotton Oil Co. (Ltd.), Gretna, La. (Mail, P. 0. Box 1202, 1 ew Orleans, La.) - Meat Inspection Withdrawn -- 404. ew Jersey Provision Co., Trenton, N. J. Meat Inspection Extended 2-R. Armour & Co., Los Angeles, Calif., to include the Hemphill Packing Cor and Morris & Co. Change in Name of Official Establishment 815. orthampton Provision Co. (Inc.), Philadelphia Road, Box 301, Easton,. Pa., instead of H. H. Volk. Change in Address of Inspector in Charge Dr. Frank Jelen, 3129 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, instead of 3125• ► Spring Grove Avenue. Dr. A. L. Hirleman, 528 Federal Building, Atlanta, Ga., instead of 313 State House. Dr. Henry 'larshall, 316-317 Federal Building, Richmond, Va., instead of 315 Federal Building. Add to List of Bureau Officials A. H. Carpenter, care unlight Creameries, Washington Court House, Ohio. Dr. G. T. Van Bushkirk, Ogdensburg, N. Y. 22280-24 t 119 120 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY LNovember,

Remove from List of Bureau Officials Dr. Charles Cowie, Ogdensburg, N. Y. (deceased). New Station Washington Court House, Ohio, meat inspection. ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION, OCTOBER, 1924

Station Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Swine

Baltimore ______Brooklyn ______7,675 1,930 6,213 237 81,008 6,062 8,727 25,848 Buffalo ______------Chicago ______9,335 3,016 IO, 181 ------76,710 Cincinnati. ______214,222 56,928 276,121 771 471,493 Cleveland ______13,064 8,042 7,171 4 63,237 Detroit ______11,888 9,317 15,986 ------·-- 72,858 Fort Worth ______7,018 6,776 23,772 69,481 51,589 ------Indianapolis ______56,979 6,913 341 24,624 Jersey City ______25,325 3,221 4,729 1 105,649 Kansas City ______5,836 8,719 47,516 75 78,785 Milwaukee ______153,843 51,150 109,910 963 225,570 13,889 37,341 7,368 106,356 National Stock Yards ______------New York ______55, 107 8,172 21,553 172 126,833 Omaha ______31,607 41,273 156,843 188 98,902 95,078 13,431 113,291 208 146,493 Philadelphia ______9,683 6,465 19,344 93,534 St. Louis_------21,416 3,450 7,305 ------130,501 Sioux City ______32,135 3,270 26,175 ------150 129,592 South St. Joseph ______42,454 11,278 South St. Paul. ______59,978 4 111,409 46,349 47,494 61,403 ------220,448 All other establishments ______162, 714 86,489 139,894 945 1,064,652 Total: October, 1924 ______1,016, 289 473,468 1,147,514 4,059 3,498,135 October, 1923 ______952,795 416,3 8 1,046,239 3,458 4,327,951 10 months ended October, 1924 __ 7,715,314 4,127,056 10,068,952 22,477 41,631,384 10 months ended October, 1923 __ 7,560,648 3,806, 715 9,635,640 19,763 42, 089,271

Horses slaughtered at all establishments, October, 1924, 1,061. Inspections of Jard at all establishments, 111,928,060 pounds; compound and other substitutes, 55,814,935 pounds. Corresponding inspections for October, 1923: Lard, 149,658,731 pounds; compound and other substitutes, 31,268,705 pounds. (These totals do not represent actual production, as the same lard or compound may have been inspected and recorded more than once in the process of manufactuer.) CAUSES FOR CONDEMNATION OF CARCASSES IN SEPTEMBER, 1924

Cause Cattle Calves Sheep Swine

Emaciation______569 101 518 61 Hog cholera______1,670 I nfiammatory diseases ___ ••. ___ •... __ . ______.. ___ .. _. ______._ 617 114 416 1,477 Immaturity _____ .• ______.. _. ..•. ____ . ____ ._. ___ • ______• 161 ______Tuberculosis.------3,847 44 ______5, 738 All other causes______1,204 239 527 3, 005 Total ______6,237 659 1, 461 11,951

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 October, 1924, with figures for other periods for comparison: Imports offood animals

Country of export Cattle Swine Sheep Goats Mexico ______17, 134 100 4,909 9 Canada ______. __ . . ______-- ______. _. ______16,056 5,748 11,314 5 Total: 0 ctober, 1924 ______. ___ . ___ . __ • _. ______••• ______33,190 5,848 16,223 14 October, 1923 ______31,093 248 11,895 6 IO months ended October, 1924 ------175,037 22,503 52,921 10,120 IO months ended October, 1923 ______128,380 2,038 39,271 ~ 140 -- - Hl:!4) ERVICE A D REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 121

I mports of meat and meat food products

Fresh and refrigerated I Country of export Canned Other Total" Beef Other and cured products weight

Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds rounds Argentina _. . . ____ .... _._ .•....••••..•..... 43,144 1,680 34 ,761 49,199 442, 784 Canada ... __ -..... - -...... -.... ---..•.•...• 419,416 2,300,349 181,903 4,707 2,906,375 Uruguay.. _. __ ... ·-. --..... -..... -.. -..... ------160,3 0 ------160,380 Other countries ..... ___ ...... _.....• _._ . . _ ------4,484 35,806 27,588 67,878 Total: October, 1924 .. _. _•...... 462,560 2,306,513 726,850 1,494 3,577,417 October, 1923_.-·-··········· 3, 0-15, 69 642, 99 802,546 154,390 4,645,704 10 months ended October, 1924 ...... ••. 10,630,777 10,623,592 9,478,197 I, 984, 142 32,716,708 10 months ended October, 1923 ...... -. 11,147,474 9,080, 347 10,039,193 980,152 31,247, 166

Condemned in October. 1924: Beef, 342 pounds; pork, 210 pounds; total, 552 pounds. Refused entry: Pork, 6 pounds.

FOREIGN OFFICIALS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN INSPECTION CERTIFI­ CATES FOR MEAT AND PRODUCTS FOR IMPORTATION INTO THE UNITED ST ATES The following are additional names, addresses, and facsimile signatures of foreign national Government officials authorized to sign and issue certificates of inspection for meat and meat food products offered for importation into the United States:

Country and name cnignature

BRAZIL Edvard Ferreira •.. ______

Luiz Martins Falcao. ______~~-~~ I

LICENSES FOR VETERINARY BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS Licenses Issued

License No. Date Name and address of firm Products

1924 52 Nov. 21 The Cutter Laboratory, . Sixth and Grayson Streets, Hemorrbagic-se pticemia Berkeley, Calif. aggressin. 148 Nov. 15 Zell-Straub Laboratories, 5520 Norwood Park A venue, Hemorrhagic-septicemia Chicago, Ill. bacteria. 158 Nov. 29 Globe Laboratories, Fostepco Heights, Tex. (near Fort Hemorrhagic-septicemia Worth, Tex.). aggressin. 162 Nov. 6 Monarch Biological Laboratories, 511 New Nelson Build­ Hemorrbagic-septice mia ing, corner Missouri A venue and Main Street, Kansas bacterin. City, Mo. 165 Nov. 21 American Scientific Laboratories (Inc.), 59 West Austin Abortion mixed bacterin A venue, Chicago, Ill. (bovine); bemorrbagic­ septicemia bacterin; mixed distemper bac­ terin (equine). 183 Nov. 29 The Superior Laboratories Corporation, 322 ortb First Anti-bog-cholera serum; Street, Kansas City, Kans. bog-cholera virus. 184 ov. 24 Jackson Infirmary (Pasteur department), 121 North Rabies vaccine. President Street, Jackson, Miss.

Licenses Terminated . S. veterinary license No. 183, issued September 19, 1924, to the William Hoffman Serum Co., Kansas City, Kans., was terminated ovember 29, 1924, on account of change of name under which the establishment was operating. . S. veterinary license o. 183, described above, was then issued to the Superior Laboratories Corporation. 122 BUREAU OF ANIMAL IND TSTRY [November,

ANTI-HOG-CHOLERA SERUM AND HOG-CHOLERA VIRUS PRODUCED UNDER UNITED STATES VETERINARY LICENSE IN OCTOBER, 1924

Serum Virus I

Simulta- Hyperim- Ordinary Clear Total neous munizing

C. c. C. c. C. c. C. c. C. c. 33,511,456 12,790,586 46,302,042 2,680,206 5,400,701 I

SUMMARY OF TUBERCULOSIS-ERADICATION WORK IN COOPERA­ TION WITH STATES, OCTOBER, 1924

Tuberculin tests during month Total to date

State Cat­ Once· Ac· Herds Inspector in charge State official Herds Cattle tle tested• cred· under loort s tested re· free ited super· acted herds herds vision ------11------Ala ...... 1 3 2,140 25 1,683 169 2,235 R. E. Jackson .... . C. A.. Cary, Auburn. Ariz...... 1i 9 5, 335 239 2, 436 13 3, 040 F. L. Schneider .. . . E. Douglas, Pboeniz. Ark...... 154 687 3 1, 013 48 1,246 L . E. Lyons •...... J. H. Eux, Little Rock. Calif...... 2, 004 25 2, 174 R. Snyder...... J.P. Iverson, Sacramento. Colo...... 30 , 949 22 1, 115 40 1,339 W.E.Howe ...... C. G. Lamb, Denver. Conn...... 2 3 5,797 175 1,445 531 1, 761 R. L. Smith ...... J.M. Whittlesey, Hartford. Del...... 156 1, 574 253 1, 549 802 2,892 W. G. Middleton . 0. A. Newton, Bridgeville. D. C...... 6 75 0 270 10 288 J.A.Kiernan .••.. Fla...... 150 2, 903 6 5, 218 330 6, 169 J. G. Fish...... J. V. Knapp, Tallahassee. Ga...... 83 3,480 69 1 4,133 45 4,812 A. L. Hirleman .•. P. F. Babn.~en, Atlanta. Idaho ..•... 540 5, 227 44 15, 814 93 18,745 W. A. Sullivan .... W.R. Smith, Boise. Ill...... 1 5, 666 56, 054 3, 566 1, 840 808 55,361 J. J . Lintner...... F. A. Laird, Springfield. Ind...... 2, 666 18, 811 335 29, 999 8,478 39, 111> J.E. Gibson ...... R. C. Julien, Indianapolis. Iowa...... 3, 763 65, 331 1,854 37, 059 4,449 -!i5-1 169 J; A. Barger...... l\I. G. Thornburg, Des Moines. Kans ...... 1,419 15,838 116 7,041 839 8,465 N.L.Townsenrl .. J.H.Mercer.Topeka. Ky...... 1,678 7,787 77 28, -803 279 33,589 W. F. Biles ...... W. H. Simmons, Frankfort. La...... 194 2,925 104 1,559 115 2,529 A. F. Staub ...... E. B. Flower, Baton Rouge. Me...... 68 7,464 47 13,539 1, 753 14,952 J.B. Reidy ...... H. M. Tucker, Augusta. Md...... 687 7, 636 490 2, 106 1, 241 6, 578 _T. A. Ladson..... James B. George, Baltimore. Mass...... 119 2, 595 559 588 182 1,311 E. A. Crossman... L. H. Howard, Boston. Mich ..•... . 4, 666 40,746 1,206 53,125 -230 64,216 T.S.Ricb ...... H. W.Norton,jr.,Lansing. Minn •..... 2,860 59, 040 1,402 11,3 1 4,404 18,561 W. J. Fretz ...... C. E. Cotton, St. Paul. Miss...... 144 2,725 19 465 116 724 H. L. Fry•...... P. P. Garner, Jackson. Mo ...... , 1,502 12,972 61 49,617 414 51, 24/i Ralph Graham .... H. A. Wilson, Jefferson City. Mont...... 528 9,289 94 18, 104 152 18,890 J. w,. Murdoch... W. J. Butler, Helena. Nebr...... 1,575 18,108 224 10,626 142 11, 338\ C.H. Hays ...... L. R. Cantwell, Lincoln. Nev...... 126 1, 651 1 1,883 115 2,373 L. C. Butterfield•. Edwards Records, Reno. N. H...... 256 4, 759 155 1,807 942 3, 3 3 E. A. Crossman ... A. L. Felker·; Concord. N.J...... 220 4,694 448 871 347 ·1,653 W.G.Middleton. J.H.McNeil,Trenton. N. Mex .. ··I 66 1,542 0 2,193 4 2,406 F. L. Schneider... Mat. Keenan, Albuquerque. N. Y ...... 5,360 71, 799 7,641 19,010 JO. 214 438,437 H. B . Leonard .... 'ff . .J. Henry, Albany. N. C...... 5,987 15,459 31120, 176 65131, 553 W. C. Dendinger. Wm. Moore, Raleigh. N.Dak .... 167 3,234 46 14,789 2,521 19,950 H:H.Ccihenour .. W.F.Crewe,Bismarck. Ohio...... 6,285 43,660 2,618 29,392 1,387 89,524 A, J. De Fosset ... F. A. Zimmer, Columbus. Okla...... 37 1,333 15 181 459 658 ff. Orafke .•• _..... J. A. Whitehurst, Oklahoma. Oreg...... 845 9,453 131 26,675 617 23,786 S. B. Foster .... : .• . W. H. Lytle, Salem. Pa...... 3,190 31,774 521 19,451 3,040 .24,806 P. E. Quinn ...... T. E. Munce, Harrisburg. R. I...... 31 28 59 E. A. Crossman ... T. E. Robinson, Providence. S. C...... 214 1,873 3 771 185 4,817 W. K. Lewis ...... W. K. Lewis, Columbia. S. Dak..... 166 4, 5 82 561 358 1,119 J. 0. Wilson •..... A. E. Beaumont, Pierre. Tenn...... 75 2, 236 28 165 390 12,750 E. I. Smith ...... W. B. Lincoln, Nashville. Texas...... 107 4, 564 85 737 259 1, 148 L. J. Allen...... L. G. Cloud, Fort Worth. Utah...... ·399 2,343 25 9,389 106 10, 375 F. E. Murray..... A. J. Webb, Salt Lake City. Vt...... 329 6,559 394 1,905 2,730 7,037 L: H. Adams .•... Edward H. Jones, Mont· · pelier. • Va ...... 847 5,713 54 5,863 1,256 7,473 R. E. Brookbank. J. 0. Ferneyhough, Rich• · mond. Wash...... 6i0 5,774 110 25,954 132 27,832 J.C. Exline...... L. C. Pelton, Olympia. W.Va ..... 596 3, 767 18 5,062 522 5,500 GeorgeW. eff ... J.H.Stewart,Charleston. Wis ...... 3, 247 60,042 1, 044 41,302 5,235 51,010 J.-8.Healy...... JohnD.Jones,jr.,l'viadison. Wy:~;~·.·J ;~.-~~ ~;.-~~; ~.-~~ :: :: ~ :: ::, John T. Dallas .... A. W. French, Cheyenne. 163 5615 189 '1924) SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 123

TEXAS-FEVER QUARANTI E-PLA E TO WHICH SOUTHER CATTLE MAY BE SIDPPED FOR IMMEDIATE SLA GHTER The following change bas been made in the li t of places to which southern -cattle may be shipped for immediate laughter under State and Federal per­ mi sion. (See Service and Regulatory Announcements for January, 1924, p. 7.)

Permission Withdrawn

PENNSYLVA IA: Harrisburg- . pungin Abattoir.

RESULTS OF PROSECUTIO S FOR VIOLATIO S OF LAWS P enalties have been imposed in pro ecution- for violation of regulatory laws, a reported to the bureau, as follow :

Livestock Quarantine Law Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co., interstate transporta­ -tion of dead hog in car with live animals, $100 fine. Louisville & ashville Railroad Co., accepting cow for interstate transporta­ tion -without tuberculin test, $100 fine. ~orfolk & Western Railway Co., interstate tran portation of 55 cattle with­ out tuberculin test, $100 fine. tephenson Thomas apper, orfolk, . -ebr., Yiolation of act of February 2, 1903, $50 fine. Terminal Railroad Association of t. Loui , remo al of " outhern cattle" car without cleaning and disinfection, 5100 fine. ame, removal and interstate transportation of infectiou car without cleaning .and disinfection, $100 fine. The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. interstat e shipment and trans­ portation of 52 cattle without tuberculin test, . 100 fine.

Twenty-Eight-Hour Law

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. (2 ca es), $200 fine". Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. (6 cases) , 600 fines. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co., 5100 fine. ::vlissouri Pacific Railroad Co., $100 fine. t. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Rail-way Co. ( -± ca es), $400 fines. ~ orfolk & Western Railway Co., $100 fine. Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (4 cases) .. 400 fines. Wabash Railway Co. (7 cases), $700 fine~. Illinois Central Railroad Co., $100 fi ne. t. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. (2 case ) , . 200 fines.

Meat-Inspection Law Quong Lee & Co., San-Francisco, -cam~ S50 tfoe~-- -­

Consolidated Rendering Co., . ew York, - -. Y. 1 "' 50 fine.

NEW PUBLICATIO S 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.) Department Bulletin 1308. Chemical and Physical ::vlethods for the Control of Saponified Cresol Solutions. By Robert :\I. Chapin, Biochemic Division. Pp. 24. Farmers' Bulletin 612 (revised). Breeds of Beef Cattle. By E. W. Sheets, Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 22, figs. 17. Farmers' Bulletin 779 (revised) . How to select a ound Horse. By H. H. Reese, Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 22, figs. 35. 124 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [No,ember, 1924)

Farmers' Bulletin 1067 (very slight revision). Feeding Hens for Egg Produc­ tion. By Alfred R. Lee, Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 14, figs. 5. Farmers' Bulletin 1263 (revised). Breeds of Swine. By E. Z. Russell, Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 23, figs. 18. Mold Your Animals. Poster, 10 by 14 inche , for better-sires campaign. Use Purebred Sires. Poster, 10 by 15 inches, for better-sires campaign. Well-bred Cattle Yield Most Meat. Poster, 10 by 15 inches, for better-sires campaign. Amendment 2 to B. A. I. Order 287, relative to foot-and-mouth disease in cattle, sheep, other ruminants, and swine. Effective November 17, 1924. Releases entirely the counties of Alameda, Kern, apa, an Bernardino, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, and Tulare, Calif. P. 1. Amendment 29 to same order, effective December 1, 1924, releases certain portions of Galveston, Harris, Fort Bend, and Brazoria counties, Tex. P. 1. B. A. I. Order 290, to prevent the spread of splenetic, southern, or Texas fever in cattle. Effective December 15, 1924. Pp. 5.

ORGANIZATIO OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY Chief: JOHN R. foHLER. Administrative Assistant: CHARLES C. CARROLL. Chief Clerk: J. R. CoHRA . Editor: D. S. BURCH. Animal Husbandry Division: E. W. SHEETS, chief. Biochemic Division: M. DORSET, 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. Meat Inspection Division: R. P. STEDDOM, chief. Pathological Division: JoHN S. BUCKLEY, chief. Tick Eradication Division: R. A. RAMSAY, chief. Tuberculosis Eradication Division: J. A. KIERNAN, chief. Zoological Division: B. H. RA soM, chief. Experiment Station: E. C. SCHROEDER, superintendent. Office of Accounts: GEORGE F. TUCKER, in charge. Office of Personnel: GEORGE H. RUSSELL, in charge.

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