U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY FOR THE YEAR 1886. WASHINGTON: 1887. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed thirty-five thousand copies of the Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, of which ten thousand copies shall be for the use of the members of the Senate, and twenty thousand copies for the use of the members of the House of Representatives, and five thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture; the illustrations to be executed under the supervision of the Public Printer, in accordance with the directions of the Joint Committee on Printing, the work to be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Agriculture. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Calf-raising on the plains. By George W. Rust, of Colorado.. Investigation of the disease known as "Staggers" among horses in Virginia Investigation of the live-stock interests of Maryland. By Dr. F. W. Patterson. Investigation of the "Loco" plant and its effect on animals. By M. Stalker. The dressed meat traffic. Letter of the Commissioner of Agriculture to the 191123 |