S. R . .A.-B. A. I. 253. Department of Agricultw9

MAY, 1928 This publication is issued monthly for the dissemination of information, instruction, 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 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 copies to members of his force. A file should be kept at each station for reference.

CONTENTS Paee Changes in directory...... ______. ___ .. ____ ... ______39 Notices regarding meat inspection ______. ______.______40 Green, unfinished animal casings for Canada______40 Labeling sausage from which casings have been removed______40 Animals slaughtered in April, 1928, under Federal meat inspection______40 Extent of tuberculosis in animals slaughtered at three important markets, April, 1928______41 Causes of condemnation of carcasses, March, 1928______41 Imports of food animals and of meats and meat food products______41 Summary of tuberculosis-eradication work in cooperation with States, April, 1928______42 Permitted arsenical cattle dips ______.______43 Summary of hog-cholera-control work, April, 1928 ______,- _____ ,._ , ------43 Anti-hog-cholera serum and bog-cholera virus produced under licenses ______., _., ______44, Instructions regarding samples and specimens forwarded for examinatigµ. ______~------:.-.~-"!--- 44 Proceedings under packers and stockyards act______------'------•-· Results of prosecutions for violations of laws ___ . ______. _ _• ______.,.,, ______New publications of the bureau ______...., ______-~-'--, ------.,- Organization of the Bureau of Animal Industry ______-;;,- -~- ...: ______: ~:'.' ______~ ,,~

CHANGES IN DIRECTOR\' ";._~~ ~~'{ / Meat Inspection Granfud ,._ ~ 3-AD. Swift & Co., 230-232 Michigan Street, E>uluth, M.inn. *30. Vicksburg Dressed Beef Co. (Inc.), Cedars, 1\1:iss. '- Meat Inspection Withdrawn 2-FF. Armour & Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. *342. E. Bucher Packing Co., Cairo, Ill. *725. Jacob Folger Estate, Toledo, Ohio. *83,5. Barton & Co., Seattle, Wash. Meat Inspection Extended *888. The Wm. Davies Co. (Inc.), , Ill., to include The Harris Abattoir Co. (Ltd.), Gunns (Ltd.), and The Canadian Packing Co. (Ltd.). Change in Number of Official Establishment 973-B. Hygrade Food Products Corporation, 624 First Avenue, , N. Y., instead of No. 460. Change in Name of Official Establishment *116. The Stedman Co., and The F. C. Stedman Co., P. 0. box 506, West State Street, Athens, Ohio. Change in Address of Official Establishment *818. Twin City Packing Co., 1629 Ogden Avenue, Menominee, Mich., instead of 210 Bellvue Street.

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Change in Address of Inspector in Charge Dr. L. E. Epple, 1629 Ogden Avenue, Menominee, Mich., instead of 210 Bellvue Street. Station Added Cedars, Miss., meat inspection: Dr. Henry Singleton, care Vicksburg Dressed Beef Co. (Inc.), in charge. Stations Discontinued Cairo, Ill., meat inspection; remove Dr. G. C. Pieper. Toledo, Ohio, meat inspection; remove Dr. M. L. Crans. Change in Address of District Supervisor Frank J. Miller, room 305a, United States Barge Office Building, New York, N. Y., instead of room 906, Dodge Building, 53 Park Place. Note Strike out asterisk preceding Establishment No. 137, F. A. Ferris & Co., New York, N. Y., on page 17 of the directory.

NOTICES REGARDING MEAT INSPECTION GREEN, UNFINISHED ANIMAL CASINGS FOR CANADA Information has been received from the Canadian Government to the effect that green. unfinished animal casings will be admitted into Canada on certifica­ tion. Therefore, green, unfinished casings intended for export to that country should be certified as indicated in Service and Regulatory Announcements of November, 1926. LABELING SAUSAGE FROM WHICH CASINGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED Notice is hereby given that the bureau has withdrawn its objection to the use of the term "skinless" in labeling sausage from which the casings have been removed. When submitted for approval, each label, carton, and other material showing the term " skinless" should bear a written statement describing the product.

ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED IN APRIL, 1928, UNDER FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION IN THE DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY THE CITIES IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE

Station Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Swine ______Buffalo ______5,817 1,715 388 ------69,285 Chicago ______7,323 4,447 5,753 1 75,976 CincinnatL ______127,463 81,721 179,039 ------378,368 ______9,8ll 8,788 3,091 14 86,627 Denver ______6,491 7,611 9,180 ------74, 358 Detroit ______8,264 2,026 13,722 31,144 4,902 7,882 4,019 ------79, 749 Fort Worth ______19,674 13, 849 18,203 ------382 45, 219 Indianapolis ______Kansas City ______16,326 6,076 2,037 72,029 58,468 15, 265 lll, 901 ------302 237,922 Milwaukee ______ll, 353 55, 310 1,926 87,314 National Stock Yards ______------New York ______18,124 6,506 12, 194 2 87,912 Omaha ______33,017 66,933 153,433 29 118,046 63,058 5,045 127,092 10 155,086 Philadelphia ______6,664 10,098 13, 661 12 86, 550 SiouxSt. Louis_------City ______9,075 7,548 2,788 2 130, 424 1,929 South St. Joseph ______32,784 23,848 ------105,148 South SL Paul ______24,743 6, 656 99,894 11 68,992 37,513 57,156 7,955 167, 030 Wichita ______6,381 2,029 4,426 ------4 63,092 All other establishments ______115,999 69,797 123, 178 727 1,226,067 Total: April, 1928 ______623,250 438,387 917,728 1,496 3,446,338 April, 1927- ______741,951 453,956 959,673 3,267 3,329, 557 10 months ended April, 1928 ____ 7, 6ll, 513 3,902,742 10,858,949 17,651 40, 385, 000 10 months ended April, 192T____ 8,465,501 4,188,292 10,844, 333 28,092 34,632, 100

Horses slaughtered at all establishments, April, 1928, 5,663. Inspection of lard at all establishments, 140,454,586 inspection pounds; compound and other substitutes, 33,018,893 inspection pounds; sausage ~bopped, 57,545,720 inspection pounds. Corresponding inspections for April, 1927: Lard, 137,257,608 inspection pounds; compound and other substitutes, 27,818,560 inspection pounds; sausage chopped, ..56,416,279 inspection pounds. (These totals of inspection pounds do not represent actual production, as the same product may have been inspected and recorded more than once in the process of manufacture.) 1928] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 41

EXTENT OF TUBERCULOSIS IN ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED AT THREE • IMPORTANT MARKETS, APRIL, 1928

Retained for tuberculosis Station Total slaughter Passed for Con• Total sterilization demned

Cattle: Chicago ...... 127, 463 4,400 120 648 Kansas City ...... •...... 58, 468 264 10 34 Omaha...... •..•...... 63,058 1,091 40 73 Swine: Chicago ...... 378,368 53,080 901 695 Kansas City ...... 237, 922 15,315 232 153 Omaha...... 155,086 20,056 197 142

CAUSES OF CONDEMNATION OF CARCASSES, MARCH, 1928

Cause Cattle Calves Sheep Swine

Emaciation...... 481 149 167 94 Hog cholera .....•.... ~·································...... 1, 110 Inflammatory diseases...... 970 286 397 3,576 Immaturity...... 569 ...... _ Tuberculosis...... 2,976 31 ...... 5,733 All other causes...... 851 267 370 4, 588 Total...... •.•...... , 5, 278 1 1, 302 934 15, 101

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 April, 1928, witn figures for other periods for comparison. Imports of food animals

Country of export Cattle Swine Sheep Goats

Mexico ...... 48,466 3 7,010 163 Canada ...... 18, 914 1,785 2,692 ------Channel Islands ...... 139 ------Virgin Islands (to Porto Rico) ...... 233 ------1----1·----I------Total: April, 1928 ...... 67, 752 1,788 9,702 163 April, 1927 ...... 32, 695 17, 227 1,229 5 10 months ended April, 1928 ...... 446,036 80,230 41, 054 320 10 months ended April, 1927 ...... 299,424 196, 564 44,988 81

Import of meats and meat food products

Fresh and refrigerated Cured and Other Total Country of export canned products weight Beef Other

Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds ...... ------1, 651, 554 130, 220 1, 781,774 Australia ...... •.•...... 29,200 8,323 1,152 24, 103 62, 778 Brazil ...... ------159,759 224 159,983 Canada ...... 1,028,052 1,313,369 1,145,672 555,590 4,042, 683- Uruguay ...... _.. . .. _...... ------2, 485,288 74,836 2, 560, 124 Other countries ...... 363, 887 82,401 463, 725 152, 013 1,062, 026 Total: April, 1928 ...... 1,421,139 1, 404, 093 5, 907, 150 936, 986 9, 669, 368 April, 1927 ...... 1,576, 303 2,385,500 6, 492, 902 542, 405 10, 997, 110 10 months ended April, 1928 .. 33, 293,822 13, 042, 457 46,884, 868 10, 133, 117 103, 354,264 10 months ended April, 1927 .. 13,449,913 18, 407,200 34, 880, 548 3, 752,470 70, 490, 131

Condemned in April, 1928: Beef, 1,009 pounds. Refused entry: Pork, 5,834 pounds. 42 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [May,

SUMMARY OF TUBERCULOSIS-ERADICATION WORK IN COOPERA­ TION WITH STATES, APRIL, 1928

Tuberculin tests during month Total to date Inspector in State Once• Ac• Herds charge State or Territorial official Herds Cattle Cattle tested cred• under or tested re• free ited super• lots acted herds herds vision --- Ala ...... 203 5,885 3 4,975 228 7,396 R. E. Jackson ...•. C. A. Cary, Auburn. .Ariz •...•. 205 3,261 29 8,099 43 8,168 F. L. Schneider ... S. E . Douglas, Phoenix. Ark ...... 100 1,102 2 2,888 16 2,929 H. L. Fry...... •.• J. H. Bux, Little Rock. CaliL ... 412 16,302 146 5,491 133 5,678 R. Snyder ••.••••• J. P. Iverson, Sacramento. Colo •.••• 29 630 11 3,087 159 3,642 W. E. Howe ...•.. C. G. Lamb, Denver. Conn ••.. 739 9,897 368 4,213 1,484 7,104 R. L. Smith.•..... J.M. Whittlesey, Hartford. DeL ..•.. 243 3,022 103 2,921 1,751 5,459 W. G. Middleton. 0. A. Newton, Bridgeville. D . C .•... 1 242 0 90 8 99 A. E. Wight .••••. Fla ...... 93 4,076 37 7,400 430 8,267 J. G. Fish.....•... J. V. Knapp, Tallahassee. Ga ...... 1,779 11,203 48 8,566 35 8,636 A. L. Hirleman_ •. J.M. Sutton, Atlanta. ...• 962 14,476 32 29,877 54 33,243 W. A. Sullivan •••. A. J. Dickman, Boise. Ill ..•.••.. 7,869 77,971 1,465 122,300 1,394 137, 134 J. J. Lintner •••.•• F. A. Laird, Springfield. Ind •••... 3,832 31,338 233 97,155 36,077 139,655 J. E. Gibson ••••.. Frank H. Brown, Indian- apolls. Iowa...•. 7,423 114,870 1,708 94,102 8,008 156,323 J. A. Barger•••..•. M. G. Thornburg, Des Moines. Kans.. ... 2,453 24,183 207 68,756 854 70,291 N. L. Townsend __ J . H. Mercer, Topeka. Ky...... 1,408 8,266 26 70,245 63 71,656 W. F. Biles ... ~-·- D. E. Westmorland, Frankfort. La ...... 340 3,570 58 6,862 19 7,192 G. T. Cole •.•..••• E. P. Flower, Baton Rouge. Me ...... 1,192 6,844 76 32, 715 4,001 36,922 G. R. Caldwell ...• H. M . Tucker, Augusta. Md ...... 1,195 12,957 740 9,820 5,426 22,810 E. B. Simonds •.•• J.B. George, Baltimore. Mass..... 251 5,401 410 1,623 753 2,923 E. A. Crossman ••. F. B. Cummings, . Mich ..•.. 4,757 40,487 737 151,409 78 155,755 T . S. Rich •••..... B. J. Killham, Lansing. Minn •••. 3,793 67,064 2,400 54,074 8,375 66,858 W. J. Fretz •••..•. C. E. Cotton, St. Paul. Miss •.... 952 4,323 6 7,719 32 7,751 H. Robbins ••...•. R. V. Rafnel, Jackson. Mo ...... 722 8,390 31 63,281 975 66,800 Ralph Graham..•• H. A. Wilson, Jefferson City. Mont. ..• 893 17,609 80 29,386 93 29,977 J. W. Murdoch •.• W. J. Butler, Helena. Nebr..... 2,601 31,667 475 63,089 111 63,989 A. H. Francis..••• C. H. Hays, Lincoln. Nev. . .•.. 90 2,538 19 1,052 11 1,300 L. C. Butterfield•• Edward Records, Reno. N. H ..... 841 9,153 192 2,243 3,124 5,746 E. A. Crossman ... A. L. Felker, Concord. N. J. .... 568 6,235 275 3,022 1,838 6,495 W. G. Middleton. J. H. McNeil, Trenton. N . Mex .. 129 1,416 12 1,099 18 1,154 F. L. Schneider •. _ Mat. Keenan, Albuquer• que. N. Y ..... 4,971 61,305 3,873 38,896 54,473 106,896 H. B. Leonard •.•• E.T. Faulder, Albany. N. C ..... 1,981 10,645 24 249,489 368 250,236 W. C. Dendinger.• Wm. Moore, Raleigh. N. Dak .• 1,629 25,361 273 41,299 4,927 51,388 H. H . Cohenour .. W. F. Crewe, Bismarck. Ohio •.... 4,873 34, 753 578 143, 168 530 148, 713 A. J. De Fosset. •• F. A. Zimmer, Columbus. Okla ____ . 53 2,442 4 103 280 401 L. J. Allen ...... C. C. Hisel, Oklahoma City. Oreg .. --· 1,627 14,277 107 37, 767 436 38,239 S. B. Foster.•••••• W. H. Lytle, Salem. Pa ...... 2,547 28,766 1,441 90,848 4,405 109,282 J.B. Reidy ••.••.. T. E. Munce, Harrisburg. R. L ...•• 49 988 76 160 58 393 E. A. Crossman ... T. E. Robinson, Provi• dence. S. C ..••. 1,469 4,387 10 42,333 117 42,516 W. K. Lewis •••••• W. K. Lewis, Columbia. S. Dak•.. 227 6,304 71 8,844 1,181 10,282 J. 0. Wilson •••••. M. W. Ray, Pierre. Tenn .••.. 1,182 9,856 12 43,353 314 43,778 H . M. O'Rear•••. W. B. Lincoln, Nashville. Tex ...... 96 2,328 41 102 183 541 H. L. Darby ..•••• N. F. Williams, Fort Worth. ..... 1,975 14,380 161 10,724 79 11,548 F. E. Murray••••• w. H. Hendricks, . Vt. ..•••. 632 14,099 204 3,197 5,457 11,913 L. H. Adams .•... Edward H. Jones, Montpe• lier. Va ...... 954 8,218 43 18,075 2,233 20,593 R. E. Brookbank. H. C. Givens, Richmond. Wash •... 1, 797 13,053 973 37,604 48 40,408 J. C. Exline ...•.•. Robert Prior, Olympia. W. Va ... 1,225 6,050 25 32,537 1,140 34,283 H. M. Newton •.•. John W. Smith, Charles• ton. Wis...... 8,684 148,566 4,869 128,028 10,925 138,364 J. S. Healy•.•••••. Walter A. Duffy.Madison. Wyo .•••• 185 1,363 7 9,172 4 10,378 John T. Dallas .... H. D. Port, Cheyenne. HawaiL. 174 2,276 22 L. E. Case •••••••• L. E. Case. ------·------Total •. 82,405,953, 795122, 743 1,893, 258 162, 74912, 211, 504 "

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PERMITTED ARSENICAL CATTLE DIPS List of arsenical cattle dips permitted for use in the official dipping of cattle for Texas-fever ticks [Revised to Apr. 23, 1928] Name of dip Manufacturer

Atlas Cattl:e ·DiP- - ~------Chipman Chemical Engineering Co., New York, N. Y. Atlas Cattle Dip Improved ______. Do. Cooper's Cattle Dip ______Wm. Cooper & Nephews, Chicago, Ill. TixoL ______Do. '' Flag Brand" Arsenical Cattle National Chemical Co. of , 310 Sansome Street, San Francisco, Dip. Calif. Glidden Tik Dip ______The Glidden Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Hemingway's Alliance Brand Hemingway & Co. (Inc.), Boundbrook, N. J. Arsenical Cattle Dip. Hemingway's Alliance Brand Do. Arsenical Cattle Dip No. 2. Jen-Sal Arsenical Dip ______Kil-Tik ______Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories (Inc.), Kansas City, Mo. Kiltik-A ______The Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Do. Kiltik-DKey Dip ______------_ Do. Interstate Chemical Co., 12 Bayview Avenue, Jersey City, N. J. Lariat Arsenical Dip ______General Chemical Co., 25 Broad Street, New York, N. Y. Ligol Cattle Dip ______Ligol Chemical Co. (Inc.), P. 0. box 593, Houston, Tex. MoorMan's Arsenical Dip ______Moorman Manufacturing Co., Quincy, Ill. Probovis ______Lehn & Fink, Bloomfield, N . J . Rex Arsenics! Dip ______Rex Research Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. Rogers Tick Dip ______Detroit White Lead Works, Chicago, Ill. Rogers Tick Dip "D " ______Tic Tox ______Do. Baird & McGuire (Inc.), Holbrook, Mass. U. S. Tick Dip ______U. S. Sanitary Specialties Corporation, 435 South Western Avenue, . Chicago, Ill.

DISTRIBUTORS OF ARSENICAL DIPS Distributed under trade name of- Dip distributed Distributor

Burch's Tikdip ______Cooper's Cattle Dip ___ _ F. S. Burch & Co., Chicago, Ill. Dixie Brand Cattle Dip __ _ Glidden Tik Dip ______Culver & Kidd, Milledgeville, Ga. Martin Senour Dip ______Kiltik-D ______The Martin Senour Co., Chicago, Ill. Hockwald's Tik-Tok Ar- Tic Tox ______·_ ___ Hockwald Chemical Oo., San Francisco, Calif. senical Dip.

SUMMARY OF HOG-CHOLERA-CONTROL WORK, APRIL, 1928 Out- Bureau Demonstrations Farms Farms breaks veterin- Premises Autop- quaran- cleaned reported State arians investi- sies per- tined or and dis- to bu- engaged gated Number Hogs formed carded infected reau vet- in work 1 treated erinarians

Alabama______1 123 67 1,321 16 ------25 Arkansas______1. 25 62 40 260 ------35 California______1 38 1 41 9 ------13 Florida______2. 5 117 53 1,906 6 ------16 8 Georgia______1. 33 16 2 82 2 ------5 ~------2 185 12 304 25 15 23 29 Indiana______2 138 ------8 ------3 Iowa______2 28 2 27 12 ------16 Kansas______2. 5 Kentucky______2 2~~ ------ii------22f 2i ======- - - - 1 16 Louisiana______1 24 7 400 3 Maryland______2 248 ------3 ------10 1 14 Michigan______2 38 2 22 2 ------6 Mississippi______1. 04 89 15 226 6 ------7 Missouri______1 57 ------9 ------27 Montana______. 2 8 ------7 3 ------2 Nebraska______. 4 13 ------12 ------4 North Carolina______1 16 8 314 4 8 ------2 Ohio______1 81 ------1 ------9 Oklahoma______2 149 1 65 7 8 ------8 South Carolina______1 65 66 1,030 ------7 South Dakota______1 18 ------4 ------3 Tennessee______1 4 ------2 1 ------13 Texas______2 50 2 40 4 ------12 Virginia______1 37 ------2 ------11 88 3 32 4 5 ------9 i~~~-~~~~======} 1. 58 Wisconsin______,___ 1 _ 20 3 72 8 ------6 Total______37. 8 ,--2,-0-3-5 l---29-5- l---6,-3-6-9 i---1-80- 50 41 290

1 Fractions denote bureau veterinarians devoting part-time to bog-cholera work NOTE.-No work reported from , Idaho, Utah, and West . ,------'

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

Hyperim- Clear serum Simultaneous Hyper- Total serum completed mune blood immunizing cleared virus virus

pril, 1928 ______C. c. C. c. C. c. C. c. C. c. A pril, 1927 ______84,685,807 49,436,986 57,758,543 2,883,269 15,843,984 A 126, 882, 564 51,673,082 54,956,847 2,361,251 28,805,679 Ten months ended April, 1928_ 963,849,282 522, 998, 488 586,358,189 42,014,355 187,199,804 Ten months ended April, 1927 _ 1, 008, 831, 883 405,018,995 415,367,571 45,749,748 218, 739, 856

LICENSES ISSUED FOR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS IN APRIL, 1928 License No. 3 was issued , 1928, to the H. K. Mulford Co., Glenolden, Pa., Broad and Wallace Streets, Philadelphia, Pa., for tuberculin (avian). License No. 52 was issued , 1928, to the Cutter Laboratory, Fourth and Parker Streets, Berkeley, Calif., for staphvlococcus bacterin (canine). License No. 112 was issued , 1928, to the Fort Dodge Serum Co., 600½ Central Avenue, Fort Dodge, Iowa, for pullorin. License No. 162 was issued , 1928, to the Monarch Biological Labora­ tories, Missouri Avenue and Main Street, Kansas City, Mo., for abortion mixed bacterin (bovine); canine staphylococcus bacterin; enteritis mixed bacterin (swine); mixed bacte_rin (bovine); mixed bacterin (ovine). , License No. 163 was issued , 1928, to the Fidelity Laboratories (Inc.). 1838 West Hickory Street, Oklahoma City, Okla., for roup bacterin.

INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING SAMPLES AND SPECIMENS FORWARDED FOR EXAMINATION The attention of inspectors in charge and other interested parties is invited to the "Instructions regarding samples and specimens forwarded for examination,'' appearing on page 116 of Service and Regulatory Announcement for November, 1921. Please observe these instructions explicitly, as the information is necessary to insure proper identification and disposition of material forwarded to the bureau.

PROCEEDINGS UNDER PACKERS AND STOCKY ARDS ACT Docket No. 159.-In re Howard S. Turner, dealer, Union Stockyards, Chicago, Ill. Notice of inquiry issued July 3, 1926, alleging failure to comply with bonding regulation. On , 1928, the respondent was ordered within 15 days to execute and maintain a reasonable bond in the form and amount required by the Secretary of Agriculture to suitable trustees to secure the performance of his obligations incurred on that market; and that he be suspended as a dealer unless and until he executes a bond in accordance with the terms of the order. Docket No. 160.-In re Roberts & Oake, dealer, Union Stockyards, Chicago, Ill. Notice of inquiry issued July 3, 1926, alleging failure to comply with bonding regulation. On May 28, 1928, the respondent was ordered within 15 days to execute and thereafter maintain a reasonable bond in the form and amount required by the Secretary of Agriculture to suitable trustees to secure the per­ formance of its obligations incurred as such dealer and file with the Secretary of Agriculture a fully executed copy of such bond. Docket No. 192.-In re Jack Lee Live Stock Commission Co., market agency. and dealer, Union Stockyards, Ogden, Utah. Notice of inquiry issued , 1927, aUeging that the respondent was insolvent. The Secretary dismissed the case on , 1928, because the company was no longer engaged in business as a market agency or dealer. Docket No. 207.-In re Wertheimer & Degen v. Union Stockyards Co. of Omaha (Ltd.), Omaha, Nebr. On August 22, 1927, Wertheimer & Degen, a dealer at the Union Stockyards, Omaha, Nebr., filed a complaint alleging unjustly discriminatory yardage charges made by the Union Stockyards Co. of Omaha (Ltd.). A hearing was held on January 10, 1928, and briefs were filed later. The Secretary, on May 4, 1928, dismissed the case because the evidence did not sustain the allegation of the complaint, and he further found that the complainant was not entitled to an award of damages. 1928) SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 45

Docket No. 246.-In re Chas. A. Oss and others who are registered and doing business under the packers and stockyards act, as market agencies, at the Union Stockyards, South Omaha, Nebr. Inquiry issued November 1, 1927, and was amended later to include certain dealers. It alleged unfair and unjustly discrim­ inatory practices and devices in connection with the buying and selling of live­ stock in commerce at the Union Stockyards, South Omaha, Nebr. A hearing was held, beginning January 11, 1928, and arguments were made before the Sec:re­ tary on , 1928. On , 1928, the Secretary found and concluded that the respondents had engaged in and used unfair and unjustly discriminatory practices and devices, both indiviclually and in concert. At a conference with representatives of the respondents, he was led to believe that they would do their utmost to cause the course of normal trading to be resumed immediately and con­ tinued. Acting on this belief, on May 21, 1928, he ordered that the case remain open until he deems further action advisable. Docket No. 271.-In re W.R. Finger, dealer, Buffalo Stockyards, Buffa.lo, N. Y. Notice of inquiry issued , 1028, alleging failure to keep accounts, records, and memoranda as would fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in his business. On , 1928, the acting secretary ordered the respondent to keep and maintain proper accounts, records, and memoranda pertaining to his transactions.

RESULTS OF PROSECUTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF LAWS Fines and penalties have been imposed in prosecutions for violations of regu­ latory laws, as reported to the bureau, as follows:

Livestock Quarantine Law T. E. Thomas, River Junction, Fla. (3 cases), driving or causing to be driven 4 work oxen from Florida into Georgia without dipping, inspection, or certifica­ tion, $20 fines. W. A. Bradford, Adel, Ga., interstate movement of 1 tick-infested mule from Taylor County, Fla., to Cook County, Ga., $5 fine. George G. Thompson, Monticello, Fla., interstate movement of 1 tick-infested horse from Jefferson County, Fla., to Thomas County, Ga., $5 fine. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co., interstate transportation of an infectious car, $100 fine. R. H. Johnson, St. Joseph, Mo., interstate shipment of 15 cows and 9 calves without prior tuberculin test, $25 fine. L. W. Harwood, Crawfordsville, Ind., interstate movement of 34 cattle without prior tuberculin test, $100 fine. G. W. Bush, Artesia, Miss., driving 101 cattle from Alabama to Mississippi without inspection, dipping, and certification, $100 fine; also, driving 90 cattle from Alabama to Mississippi without inspection, dipping, or certification, and without prior tuberculin test, $100 fine. Illinois Central Railroad Co., interstate transportation of 31 cattle from Mississippi to without prior tuberculin test, $100 fine.

Twenty-eight-Hour Law Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co., $100 penalty. Baltimore & Ohio•Railroad Co., $100 penalty. Chicago & Alton Railroad Co., $100 penalty. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. (5 cases), $500 penalties. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. (3 cases), $300 penalties. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co. (3 cases), $300 penalties. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co., $100 penalty. International Great Northern Railroad Co., $100 penalty. Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad Co., $100 penalty. Michigan Central Railroad Co. (3 cases), $300 penalties. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. (3 cases), $300 penalties. Northern Pacific Railroad Co., $100 penalty. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co., $100 penalty. New York Central Railroad Co. (18 cases), $1,800 penalties. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. (3 cases), $300 penalties. Wabash Railway Co. (19 cases), $1,900 penalties. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co., $100 penalty. UNIVER S ITY OF FLORIDA

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Meat-inspection Law Wolf Gartel, Dt:posit, N. Y., for offering unsound meat for interstate shipment, $40 fine.

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 shomd be regarded as notification copies. So far as possible additional copies will be furnished on request] Farmers' Bulletin 767 (revised). Goose Raising. By Alfred R. Lee, Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 14, figs. 10. Farmers' Bulletin 1273 (revised). The Stock-poisoning Death Camas. By C. Dwight Marsh and A. B. Clawson, Pathological Division. Pp. 10, figs. 7. Farmers' Bulletin 1491 (slightly revised). Breeds of Dogs. By S. R. Speel­ man and J. 0. Williams, Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 46, figs. 34. B. A. I. Order 310. Declaring Names of Counties Placed in Modified Ac­ credited Areas for Tuberculosis. Pp. 7 (mimeographed).

ORGANIZATION OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY Chief: JOHN R. MoHLER. Associate Chief: U. G. HoucK. Assistant Chief: A. W. MILLER. Administrative Assistant: CHARLES C. CARROLL. Chief Clerk: J . R. COHRAN. 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: G. W. POPE , chief. Meat Inspection Division: R. P. STEDDOM, chief. Packers and Stockyards Division: A. W. MILLER, chief. Pathological Division: JOHN S. BucKLEY, chief. Tick Eradication Division: R. A. RAMSAY, chief. Tuberculosis Eradication Division: A. E. WIGHT, chief. Zoological D1vision: MAURICE C. HALL, chief. Experiment Station: W. E. CoTTON, superintendent. Office of Accounts: GEORGE F. TucKER, in charge. Office of Personnel: GEORGE H. RussELL, in charge.

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