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By November 28 this had been so far accomplished as to warrant 

 an order admitting live stock from non-quarantined states, in cars 

 disinfected for the shipment before the animals were loaded. (See 

 page 351.) No stockers were as yet admitted, and the animals 

 received were still destined to immediate slaughter. The con- 

 cession had reference to the preservation of the yards against rein- 

 fection, rather than in view of any possible infection to animals 

 outside. Employees were stationed at each point of entrance and 

 exit with buckets containing a 5 per cent, solution of carbolic acid 

 with which the boots of all passers were cleaned and disinfected. 

 Stock for immediate slaughter from the counties in New York 

 which were not under state quarantine were received in the Texas 

 yards, which were quite distant and well apart from the general 

 yards. 



In recognition of the hardship involved in disinfecting cars at 

 Buffalo, the commissioner, November 28, authorized the removal 

 of sealed cars to certain specified points at a distance where proper 

 facilities were available. (See page 352.) 



On November 28 an order was issued by the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture placing Monroe County in quarantine, the pestilential 

 fruits of the first Blake drove having just come to light. (See 

 pages 352, 353. ) 



On November 30, the Commissioner of Agriculture issued u 

 notice to railroads carrying stock to or from East Buffalo, to take 

 the place of the order of November 28, outlining regulations for 

 the handling of stock at Buffalo, etc. (See page 353.) 



On December 2, 1909, the federal government published an 

 order authorizing the shipment by rail in unsealed cars through 

 a quarantined area, of carcasses of calves, sheep and other rumi- 

 nants with hich?, skin and hoofs attached, which originated in a 

 non-quarantined area and were consigned to a point in a non- 

 quarantined area, provided each carcass was separately crated and 

 labeled so as to show origin and destination. Hay, straw and 

 other fodders were similarly allowed to be shipped by rail from 

 a non-quarantined area into a quarantined area, to be used, under 

 precautions against infection, for packing purposes and again 

 shipped out into a non-quarantined area. (See page 365.) 



On the same date notice and warning was issued by the Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture, through newspapers and the mails, to 



