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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



generous and capable, notwithstanding the lack in some States of 

 adequate laws, appropriations, and organizations for such work. 

 The plan followed was in the main the Lame as in the last two pre- 

 ceding outbreaks of this disease in the United States, with such im- 

 provements in details as experience suggested. This method, de- 

 scribed in last year's report, consists essentially in quarantine against 

 the movement of live stock and certain materials from infected and 

 suspected territory, inspection to detect diseased animals and centers 

 of infection, tracing shipments of stock and movements of cars from 

 such centers made before quarantines were established, the slaughter 

 and burial or other suitable disposal of diseased and exposed animals, 

 and the cleaning and disinfection of the premises. The animals were 

 appraised before slaughter at their actual meat or dairy value and 

 this amount was paid to the owners, half by the Federal Government 

 and half by the State. 



The disease extended to 22 States and the District of Columbia. 

 The affected States are listed in the accompanying table, which also 

 gives statistics of the outbreak and of the work of eradication. Illi- 

 nois was the chief sufferer, both in losses and duration of quarantine 

 restrictions. 



Statistics of foot-and-mouth disease outbreak of 1914-1916. 



State. 



Counties, 



o 



W 



Animals slaughtered. 



03 



.a 



CO 





c3 

 O 



o 



o 

 Eh 





&>a 



Duration of outbreak. 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



District of Columbia. 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Montana 



New Hampshire 



New Jersey 



New York 



Ohio 



Pennsylvania 



Rhode Island 



Virginia 



Washington 



West Virginia 



Wisconsin 



102 

 92 

 99 



105 



119 

 24 

 11 

 83 

 86 

 31 

 10 

 21 

 62 

 88 

 67 

 5 



100 

 39 

 55 

 71 



Total. 



1,284 



51 



20 



9 



4 



11 



ID 



9 



16 



1 



3 



1 



8 



21 



39 



31 



3 



3 



1 



3 

 12 



35 

 12 



4 



,226 



118 



49 



12 



82 



70 



103 



272 



1 



42 



3 



52 



219 



22S 



892 



59 



9 



1 



27 



40 



701 



152 



48 



31,074 



2,437 



1,547 



1,218 



2,942 



1,008 



2,066 



2,951 



25 



1,416 



78 



1,315 



5,737 



4,069 



15,294 



985 



378 



102 



194 



1,503 



266 



3,556 



175 



49 



39 



45, 560 



3,973 



2, 335 



313 



866 



1,784 



6,088 



4,10S 



35 



11 



26 



S15 



625 



5,003 



10, 634 



379 



650 



22 



1,866 



640 



32 



2 66 



216 

 313 



78 

 818 



240 



189 

 1,435 



9 



150 



.070 



368 



33 



33 



148 

 764 



10 



77, 240 S5, 092 9, 767, 2 123 



876 



223 



87 



78, 566 



7,050 



3,914 



1,531 



4,025 



3,105 



8,238 



7,877 



60 



1,667 



104 



2,145 



6,545 



12, 142 



26, 306 



1,397 



1,028 



102 



531 



4,703 



$48, 366 



8,068 



7,139 



, 569, 102 



179, 731 



125, 297 



76,097 



135,000 



69,038 



217,848 



212, 334 



2,384 



67, 603 



4,960 



123, 387 



476,578 



359,971 



947,958 



71,096 



27, 744 



4,050 



12,814 



119, 155 



Nov., 1914, to Apr., 1915. 

 Nov., 1914, to Dec, 1914. 

 Nov., 1914, to Mar., 1915. 

 Nov., 1914 to May., 1916. 

 Oct., 1914, to Aug., 1915. 

 Nov., 1914, to Mar., 1915. 

 Feb., 1915, to May, 1915. 

 Nov., 1914, to June, 1915. 

 Nov., 1914, to May, 1915. 

 Nov., 1914, to Oct., W15. 

 Oct., 1914, to Aug., 1915. 

 Aug., 1915. 



Nov., 1914, to Jan., 1915. 

 Nov., 1914, to Jan., 1915. 

 Nov., 1914, to June, 1915. 

 Nov., 1914, to Aug., 1915. 

 Nov., 1914, to Apr., 1915. 

 Nov., 1914, to Apr., 1915. 

 Nov., 1914, to Mar., 1915. 

 Nov., 1914, to Mar., 1915. 

 Nov., 1914. 



Feb., 1915, to Apr., 1915. 

 Nov., 1914, to May, 1916. 



172,222 5,865,720 Oct. 



1914, to May, 1916 



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

 the approximate area involved. 

 2 Including 9 deer. 



In addition to the appraised value of the animals slaughtered there 

 were expenses for disposal of carcasses, disinfection of premises, 

 purchase of supplies, and for travel, subsistence, and salaries of in- 

 spectors. The expenditures by the Federal Government amounted in 

 round figures to $4,600,000. Adding to this a similar sum to repre- 

 sent the expenditures by the States, the total cost of eradication comes 

 to approximately $9,000,000. Large as this* sum is, however, it is 



