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pastures operated there, as in New York, in delaying purchases for 

 winter feeding, but the chief protection was found in the high 

 price of corn above referred to. The corn raiser preferred to 

 accept the handsome profit to be derived from a prompt sale in 

 the public market, rather than to incur the outlay and dangers 

 attendant on feeding stock. Thus, without any exercise of pre- 

 science or any definite sanitary purpose of his own as regards in- 

 fection, he escaped from one of the worst plagues of farm animals 

 and saved the herds of Ohio from serious losses. The state officials 

 held in quarantine at Springfield two separate shipments from 

 Michigan, but even these showed no evidence of disease. The 

 fortunate escape of Ohio was of equal value to New York and all 

 the states east and south on the lines of stock traffic by rail. With 

 Ohio infected these could only have secured protection by the 

 most rigid and perfect quarantine of the Buckeye State. 



STATE AND FEDERAL ORDERS ISSUED AFTER NOVEMBER 21, 1009 



On November 23, the Bureau of Animal Industry telephoned to 

 have all the western stock possible enter New York by Suspension 

 Bridge if they were to be unloaded in the East Buffalo yards. 

 Canada pul an end l<» Ibis proposal by forbidding transit I" all 

 st<>rk coming from or through Michigan. 



November 25, the federal government quarantined the whole 

 state of Michigan ; and issued another order prohibiting the export 

 of hides or skins from any point within quarantined territory. 

 (See page 365.) 



On the same date the commissioner issued orders restrict- 

 ing shipment to ~Ncw York points of stork from Michig! ■ 



through Michigan, and forbidding shipmenl of an) tocl into 

 New York unless for immediate slaughter. (See page 3ol.) 



Meanwhile, a large force of men had been kept busy at work 

 night and day in the herculean task of cleaning and disinfecting 

 the East Buffalo stock ; ards. T!- j East Buffalo Li i Stock Asso- 

 ciation had voted to close the ya ■■■'. md al bus mess for the 

 time, so that all had been locked up, and the purifying was carried 

 on systematically, including the alleys, so that each block of pens 

 and its outlet, once cleaned, was closed and made inaccessible to 

 wagons and men engaged in conveying manure from the sections 

 as yet uncleaned, 



