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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...under the direction of the United States Bureau of Animal Indus try scabies of sheep was very largely erad-icated in Western States. However, the work was not completed and these states, with a few centers of infection remaining were turned from federal quarantine to the jurisdiction of state officials to complete the eradication of the disease. Unfortunately, instead of being eradicated, this disease has in some states been allowed to spread until it has now become a general menace to the industry. It is my judgment that we should again ask the Bureau of Animal Industry to take charge of this situation, place its men in the field and stay with the work until the last vestige of sheep scab has been removed from the United States. Federal Trade Commission and the Packers. On December 10th, 1918, Chairman Sims of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee introduced at the request of the administration a bill which, if enacted will vitally affect every producer of live stock. This bill has since been followed by the Kendrick and Kenyon bills. These bills propose to place in the hands of the President or Secretary of Agriculture discretionary powers to deal with the meat packers and livestock industry. These powers range in order from a simple license system to actual government control of certain facilities. The bills deal only with the machinery for marketing, transporting and storing meat products and not to actual packing operations. Much ado has been made over the report of the Federal Trade Commission, as relating to the meat packing industry. Controversy has raged over these reports both in and out of Congress. This Commission has been openly charged with bias and unfair practices of being a prosecuting agency instead of an...