350 Seventeenth Annual Report of the 



State of New York — Department of Agriculture 



Albany, N. Y., November 20, 1908. 



Dear Doctor. — Your attention is hereby called to the fact, which probably 

 is already known to you, that Foot and Mouth Disease exists in the western 

 part of the state but we do not know whether it lias been carried to other 

 parts or not; that it is producing alarm as to certain products from New 

 York State going to different states in the union as well as abroad. 



This department is doing and desires to do everything possible to suppress 

 this disease, and you are hereby requested to notify this department at once 

 by wire at its expense of the existence of this disease or any symptoms that 

 might be indicative of the disease in any animals coming within your knowl- 

 edge. 



Give this matter close attention. The Agricultural Law as amended last 

 winter provides in Section 07 as follows: 



" All veterinarians in the state shall immediately report to the commissioner 

 of agriculture the existence among animals of any infectious or communicable 

 disease coming to their knowledge. The report shall be made in writing and 

 shall include a description of the diseased animal or animals, the name and 

 address of the owner or person in charge of the animal, if known, and a state- 

 ment as to the location of the animal." 



Very truly yours, 



WILLIAM HENRY KELLY, 



Chief Veterinarian. 



State of New York — Department of Agriculture 



QUARANTINE AGAINST FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE 



Albany, N. Y., 'November 23, 1008. 

 To Whom It May Concern: 



I, Raymond A. Pearson, Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of New 

 York, hereby give notice that the infectious and communicable disease known 

 as " Foot and Mouth Disease," now exists in Yates County. 



Therefore, for the protection of our Live Stock interests, and under the 

 authority of the Agricultural Law of this State, I hereby order as follows: 



1. The county of Yates is placed under quarantine against Foot and Mouth 

 Disease. 



2. The movement of any cattle, sheep, goats or swine, upon or across any 

 public highway or their exposure in any open unfenced ground within the 

 limits of the county named, is prohibited. 



3. The transportation by rail or otherwise, of any cattle, sheep, goats or 

 swine from any point within the county named, to any other point within or 

 outside of said county, is prohibited. 



4. All Veterinarians and other persons are required to report to the under- 

 signed the existence or suspected existence of Foot and Mouth Disease, and 

 they shall report any cattle, sheep, goats or swine showing frothing at the 

 mouth, lameness or sore teats, of recent development and affecting several 

 animals at the same time. 



