204 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



fires lately may have a word to say on that. Perhaps Mr. Pat- 

 ten can give us some information. 



Air. D. W. Patten. I do not think, Mr. Secretary, if my 

 barns had been so situated I would have had any buildings to- 

 day, but being scattered somewhat, I was able to save the larger 

 part of them. 



Prof. Shaw. Mr. Chairman, I would like to say a word 

 on that question. Is it possible to be as economical in labor 

 by having barns separate as it is when they are under one 

 roof? Suppose that buildings in one case are separated, and 

 suppose in another case that they are under one roof. Is 

 it possible to have as much economy in the labor of feeding 

 when the buildings are separate as when they are under one 

 roof? 



The President. I think not. 



Secretary Brown. I suppose the whole question turns on 

 whether the danger arising from having them under one roof 

 is more than counterbalanced by the extra labor where the 

 buildings are separate. 



I would like to ask Mr. Averill if he does not think it is 

 well to have more than one barn where you have diseased 

 cattle quarantined with tuberculosis or anything else of a con- 

 tagious nature ? 



Mr. Averill. I would say it is highly important to have a 

 place where animals can be quarantined and isolated away from 

 other animals in the herd. It is not necessary that that should 

 be done in an outside building, because after having an animal 

 sent to quarantine the stable or place occupied by the animal 

 in quarantine can be thoroughly fumigated, cleansed, and dis- 

 infected. 



The President. You say that they may be in the same 

 barn ? 



Air. Averill. I think if people would exercise due caution 

 about traveling between infected and uninfected animals, so 

 as not to carry the infection v;b^n passing from the stable 



