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oyiade its oppearay^ce hi this State, and it is believed that if the same 

 watchful care and prudent legislation be exercised and continued in 

 the future as in the past, this dread disease will never make its 

 appearance in Maine. 



The hing plague of the West, however, is no less dangerous than 

 liiat which may be imported from Europe, and if we should allow 

 this scourge to reach this State, it will matter little whether it come 

 from Liverpool or New York, its virulent and deadly effect will be 

 all the same, and we believe it to be a matter of honor and con- 

 sistency, as well as self-protection, to prohibit the introduction of 

 suih caille from infected States. 



liy the present quarantine regulations of Canada, cattle from the 

 United States, en route to foreign ports, are required to be held for 

 ninety days, and it would be of great service to American stockmen 

 to have this embargo removed. We are just in receipt of a letter 

 from Sioux City, Iowa, requesting the facts as to the present health 

 and condition, as well as brief history of any past general or special 

 nriheaUhfulness of cattle within our State, as the Senate's special 

 committee upon commercial relations with Canada will soon call up 

 the matter, and enquire for evidence, and we have taken great 

 pleasure in replying, to be able to furnish the information embodied 

 in thi^ r-port, as the best evidence we could possibU' give of the 

 'M,iL;ii standard" of health that is now enjoyed among the "flocks 

 ai/(l herds" of Maine. 



F. O. Beal, President^ 

 W. W. Harris, 

 Geo. H. Bailey, 



State Veterinary Surgeon. 



