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ANNUAL EEPOETS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



LOSSES. 



The following table gives statistics of the outbreak and of the work 

 of eradication up to the close of the fiscal year : 



Statistics of foot-and-mouth disease and work of eradication, fiscal year 1915. 



state. 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



Dist. of Columbia. . 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Maryland 



Massachusetts. . ... . . 



Michigan 



Montana 



New Hampshire. . . 



New Jersey 



New York 



Ohio 



Pennsylvania 



Rhode Island 



Virginia 



Washington 



West Virginia 



Wisconsin 



Total. 



.2-S 



O 



o 



O 



102 

 92 

 99 



105 



119 

 24 

 14 

 83 

 31 

 10 

 21 

 62 

 88 

 67 

 5 



100 

 39 

 55 

 71 





33 



12 



3 



768 



120 



48 



6 



84 



56 



98 



272 



32 



3 



50 



iro 

 2:2 



904 



59 



8 



1 



22 



40 



3,021 



33 



12 



3 



754 



115 



48 



9 



79 



56 



96 



271 



32 



3 



49 



1?3 



221 



838 



58 



8 



1 



22 



40 



2,961 



<B 



.a 



a 



Ph 



32 



12 



3 



709 



108 



43 



6 



73 



49 



94 



239 



15 



3 



49 



163 



204 



795 



54 



6 



1 



14 



37 



,707 





C3 



o 



733 



152 



48 



24, 338 



2,355 



1,647 



1,217 



2,951 



964 



2,107 



2,9t7 



1,408 



78 



1,314 



5,410 



4,019 



14, 9S9 



988 



378 



102 



193 



1,504 



G9, 742 



D . 



143 



49 



5 



33, 434 



3,871 



2,334 



313 



918 



1,621 



5,705 



3,993 



11 



26 



815 



489 



4,994 



12, 055 



375 



470 







1S9 



1,704 



73, 574 



.a 



D . 



si 

 m 



si 



3 . 



M » 



c3 

 O 







22 







1,248 



615 



32 







216 



197 



77 



852 



237 







9 



150 



3,136 



3C9 



33 











114 



1, 435 



8,742 



99 



c3t3 



•a 5 



C3.CJ 

 cS 3 



876 



223 



53 



59, 042 



6,841 



3,913 



1,530 



4,086 



2,782 



7,900 



7,792 



1,656 



104 



2,146 



6,0S7 



12, 150 



27,430 



1,396 



848 



102 



406 



4,704 



152,157 



I ■ 



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Nov. 19 

 Nov. 6 

 Nov. 16 

 Nov. 1 

 Oct. 15 

 Nov. 6 

 Feb. 5 

 Nov. 9 

 Nov. 3 

 Nov. 5 

 Oct. 15 

 Nov. 7 

 Nov. 29 

 Nov. 9 

 Nov. 4 

 Nov. 3 

 Nov. 1 

 Nov. 7 

 Nov. 12 

 Nov. 16 

 Feb. 26 

 Nov. 4 



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3 3CQ 



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Apr. 11 

 Dec. 31 

 Mar. 2 

 Apr. 23 

 Mar. 2 

 Mar. 22 

 May 6 

 June 18 

 May 15 

 Apr. 22 

 Mar. 18 

 Jan. 3 

 Jan. 23 

 June 9 

 May 18 

 Apr. 2 

 Apr. 29 

 Mar. 24 

 Mar. 20 

 Nov. 21 

 Apr. 12 

 Mar. 21 



I The number of counties in each State is given in order to show by comparison with the number infected 

 the appro.x.iniate area involved. 



The total appraised value of the animals slaughtered in the eradi- 

 cation of foot-and-mouth disease to June 30, 1915, amounts to 

 $5,243,138.55. Disposal of the carcasses cost a total of $156,049.22, 

 and property to the value of $22,158.51 was destroyed in disinfec- 

 tion. One-half of these amounts have been paid by the department. 

 These amounts do not include the sums paid for salaries of inspec- 

 tors, traveling and hotel expenses, and other expenditures. 



The National Dairy Show was held at Chicago October 22 to 31, 

 although the bureau inspector in charge at that place had warned the 

 manager of the show, prior to its opening, against the danger of 

 holding it, in view of the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. At 

 the clcse of the show the State veterinarian was requested by the 

 chief of the bureau to hold the cattle for a few days so as to deter- 

 mine whether any infection had gotten into the herd. This was 

 done purely as a precautionary measure, as there was no evidence of 

 infection in the herd or in the stockyards at that time. 



On November 1, 1914, one of the cows in the dairy-show herd 

 was found to be suffering from foot-and-mouth disease, and the 

 herd was immediately placed under close quarantine. This herd 

 consisted of over 700 head of valuable pure-bred cattle, comprising 

 in seme instances the very cream of years of systematic breeding. 

 Fortunately, the herd was confined in a tight l)rick building, where it 

 was possible to maintain strict quarantine, flies were not in season, 

 and the conditions made it practicable to try to save these valuable 

 animals. Employees and other persons entering the building were 



